X-ray images reveal the disturbing result of a culinary blunder that led to a man becoming infested with tapeworm eggs. Sam ...

An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.

A recent X-ray scan showcasing calcified parasites embedded throughout a patient's body has gone viral, highlighting the ...

It is possible that the individual may have made an unfortunate mistake in the kitchen that led to the parasites camping ...

Dr Ghali said that the disease, which is termed cysticercosis, is due to the presence of larval cysts of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The parasite infects humans through eating raw or undercooked ...

You may have no symptoms at all ... different species depending on where they are found. The main tapeworm species that affect humans are the beef tapeworm and the pork tapeworm.

Tapeworms are a group of parasites that depend on humans for growth and cause intestinal infection in them. Tapeworm symptoms and signs include stomach pain, loss of appetite, weight loss.

Essentially these are larval cysts of taenia solium - also known as the pork tapeworm." According to Ghali, this occurs from ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

A doctor has been left stunned after he made a disgusting discovery inside a man’s body following a routine X-ray check up. United States doctor Dam Ghali shared the image of an unnamed patient, ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley visits Kenya to see how the beef tapeworm needs to infect both beef cattle and humans to complete ... hookworms to reduce his symptoms. Infested by leeches.