Woman's body covered with parasites

Parasites are terrifying creatures that can be extremely harmful to human health. Parasites in the brain often cause symptoms such as epilepsy, headaches, and paralysis. They are also easily misdiagnosed and may even be life-threatening. If the parasites enter the brain and are not treated, that is not a good idea because the worms will wander around in the brain and may directly "eat" the brain, which will have more serious consequences. ”

1. Tingting (pseudonym), 23 years old this year, is from Yubeng Village, Deqin County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Recently, she, who had been in good health, suddenly developed symptoms of headache and thigh pain. Soon after, unexplained pains began to appear in many parts of the body. In severe cases, even the eyes will hurt and tears will keep flowing. This situation continued for more than a month. Last week, Tingting went to the Department of Neurology of the Provincial First Hospital for treatment. In order to find out the cause of Tingting's body pain, the doctor suggested that she first undergo a brain MRI and a whole-body CT scan.

   2. After receiving the test results, even experts who have been practicing medicine for many years exclaimed: "It's incredible." - From various imaging test data, Tingting's brain, back of the eyeballs, thighs, abdominal wall, back muscles are full of worms, and even her tongue and facial muscles are infected. Blood tests further confirmed that Tingting's cysticercosis antibodies were positive, indicating cysticercosis infection.

   3. After careful questioning, the mystery of Tingting's headache was finally solved. "We will eat raw pork on the day of slaughtering the pig." Tingting's brother-in-law told reporters that in the local area, when their own family or relatives slaughter pigs during festivals, they always add the tenderest meat to the seasoning and mix it and eat it raw. Tingting started eating raw meat when she was about 10 years old, but because she was a girl, she didn't eat much, and no one thought that she would be infected with parasites from eating raw meat.

   4. According to experts, cattle taeniasis is common in areas where people like to eat beef and mutton, especially in some areas where people like to eat raw beef and mutton. However, several ethnic groups in our country still retain the habit of eating raw meat. In non-endemic areas, if meat is not thoroughly cooked or the cooking method is incorrect, the cysticerci in it are not completely killed, and people are likely to be infected with parasites after eating it. In the south, some people even eat raw snake meat, frogs, etc. In addition to being infected with red worms, they are also prone to liver fluke disease. The saying that diseases come from the mouth is not without reason. If everyone can control their mouths, perhaps many diseases will not affect people's health.

   5. If these parasites only exist around the muscles, then the treatment method is very simple. You just need to go to the hospital for deworming. But if these parasites have already entered the human brain, it is very dangerous because even if the worms are killed directly, the presence of their corpses in the brain will produce a variety of reaction sources. It can even suddenly cause the human body to have violent reactions and lead to dangerous conditions such as cerebral edema.