A 52-year-old man suffering from severe migraines was found to have tapeworm larvae attached to his brain, which researchers linked to his consumption of lightly cooked bacon.

Doctors believe that the tapeworm infection originated from his habit of eating undercooked bacon. The unidentified 52-year-old initially went to see the doctor because his migraines had suddenly ...

He may have gotten an intestinal tapeworm, called taeniasis, from eating undercooked bacon that had larval cysts in it and then, after improper handwashing, eaten the tapeworm eggs that he had ...

A person gets cysticercosis by "swallowing eggs found in the feces of a person who has an intestinal tapeworm," according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Doctors believe that the tapeworm infection originated from his habit of eating undercooked bacon. The unidentified 52-year-old initially went to see the doctor because his migraines had suddenly ...

The researchers concluded that the man most likely contracted the parasite via “autoinfection.” He may have gotten an intestinal tapeworm, called taeniasis, from eating undercooked bacon that ...

A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors believe ...

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of ...