Comment on R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
Carnelian@lemmy.world 11 months agoAh so, it is revealed in the article that while he believes his brain was eaten by a worm, he came to that conclusion while mercury-poisoned (unrelated) and it is most likely not accurate. The brain surrounded the worm with tissue to try and isolate it and the result is similar to having a brain tumor (as I read it, sry if summary is somewhat inaccurate)
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 11 months ago
WTF?? He was mercury poisoned and had a brain worm? Was he doing some kind of 1800s-era science experiments at home?
Carnelian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Apparently just eating an enormous amount of tuna + picked up the worm larva from some undercooked pork!
beefsquatch@programming.dev 11 months ago
One could even say… too much tuna?
Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How does a worm go from your stomach, into your brain? That doesn’t make sense.
silence7@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
They bite through the lining of the stomach and circulate with blood looking for tissue to develop inside of. They usually do this in pigs, but it sometimes happens in humans
TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s called neurocysticercosis. Here’s some info from the CDC.
www.cdc.gov/…/npis_in_us_neurocysticercosis.pdf