Yet one unnamed patient, who is a huge fan of bacon (like many of us), ended up being admitted to hospital after he was suffering from excruciating migraine headaches and severe pain across the back of his head for weeks.
Those who’s had a migraine before will tell you what a hellish experience it is, so the man sought help from medics to try and get to the bottom of the problem.
The 52-year-old was taken for tests, which revealed his brain was covered in ‘cyst-like lesions’. And after further testing, it was disclosed that the cysts were full of tapeworm larvae.
We wa:rned you it was gross…
The tapeworms are usually found in pigs, and they lead to the condition, called cysticercosis. Pigs are frequently found to be infected with the taenia solium tapeworm, and the man’s brain was riddled with the larvae.
Unsurprisingly, the afflicted patient had to spend ‘several weeks’ in intensive care after the worms had burrowed their way into his brain.
He was treated with a course of anti-parasite medication along with anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce the swelling caused by the cysts and the worms.
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