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Related: About this forumMan complains of migraines -- docs find tapeworm in his brain from eating undercooked bacon
He needed a hambulance.
A 52-year-old Florida man thought to be suffering from severe migraines was actually battling a bizarre tapeworm infestation in his brain caused by eating undercooked bacon.
The unnamed patient, whose tale of medical woe recently wriggled its way into the American Journal of Case Reports, had been complaining of week-long, aggressive headaches over a four-month period after consuming the pesky pork product.
Experts said the individuals lifelong preference for soft bacon wasnt the sole cause of the specific, bizarre ailment but rather that the breakfast favorite had gone bad, with undercooking leaving the man exceptionally vulnerable. ..........(more)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/florida-man-complains-migraines-docs-232005257.html
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Man complains of migraines -- docs find tapeworm in his brain from eating undercooked bacon (Original Post)
marmar
Mar 2024
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GreenWave
(9,989 posts)1. Florida man, eh?
Deep State Witch
(11,577 posts)2. Sure He Didn't Get It
From somewhere else?
eppur_se_muova
(38,172 posts)3. He's lucky he hasn't already gotten trichinosis.
LeftInTX
(32,048 posts)4. Yeah, something was "off" about this. I think one can get tapeworms from just about anything "filthy" or "fecal"