Brain-damaging infections, which are caused by tapeworm eggs accidentally ingested through undercooked food or fruits and ...

Heavy monsoon rains in Mumbai have led to a sharp rise in neurocysticercosis cases caused by tapeworm infection in the brain.

The symptoms of neurocysticercosis will differ in severity, depending on the amount, size and location of the cysts in the ...

Doctors say that children and people with weak immune systems are especially at risk. Dr Pai gave a serious warning: “Never disregard persistent headaches or seizures. Seeking medical attention ...

The infection, called cysticercosis, is caused by the larva of a parasite called Taenia solium — the pork tapeworm — which create cysts in various parts of the body. In the United States ...

As the monsoon rains persist in Mumbai, doctors have issued a health advisory over a spike in tapeworm infections, particularly a serious condition called neurocysticercosis. The illness involves ...

Doctors then discovered tapeworm eggs in his brain. The man admitted to making a habit of regularly consuming undercooked bacon, which experts believe is what made him particularly vulnerable to ...

A man in Indian had numerous tapeworm larvae cysts in his brain, a condition known as neurocysticercosis. Above, MRI images showing cysts in the man's cerebral cortex (left) and brain stem (right).

A 52-year-old man in Florida has been discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment for a life-threatening tapeworm that was found in his brain. The parasite is thought to have come from ...

Doctors diagnosed him with cysticercosis, which is a condition caused by an infection from a pork tapeworm. He was then treated with antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory medications.

*Doctors in Florida discovered tapeworm eggs within the brain of a man who had been eating undercooked pork. The 52-year-old man sought medical treatment due to severe headaches, PEOPLE reports.