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Parasite lurking in woman's brain caused mysterious 'burning' leg sensation
A woman developed an array of symptoms shortly after returning from a vacation, and parasites turned out to be the culprit.
She thought she had jet lag. Doctors found parasitic worms in her brain.
A 30-year-old New England woman’s symptoms started with a burning sensation in her feet. Over the following two days, the ...
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The world’s largest human poop is a 1200-year-old Viking treasure
At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...
Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her ...
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Woman with ‘burning’ sensation in legs diagnosed with brain worm infection
A New England woman thought she was just dealing with jet lag after an extended vacation, but medical experts later diagnosed her symptoms as an infection from brain worms.
Doctors find worms squirming through teen’s neck: A cautionary tale
In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting ...
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‘Insane X-ray’ shows tapeworm larvae inside human body. What mistake of the patient led to this?
The taenia solium parasite enters the human body when its ... It occurs when infectious eggs, shed in the feces of a human tapeworm carrier, are ingested. The condition often spreads through ...
Maha Kumbh: What Is faecal bacteria, found in alarming levels in Prayagraj waters?
Ganga is considered sacred by many but high level of faecal coliform bacteria has raised concerns amid Maha Kumbh Melain ...