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

A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X.

In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...

Tapeworms, for example ... Sometimes you can even see the worms moving under your skin or across your eyeball. But not EVERY egg-laying invader is sinister. Face mites are pretty innocuous.

It was from animal faeces that I ended up getting a worm inside me, and under my skin. "You could see it. I would itch and then you could see this worm moving under my skin. I got quite attached ...

Doctors inspecting mysterious bruises appearing on the limbs of two toddlers have discovered a severe parasitic infection of tapeworm larvae living in nodules under their skin. Images taking of a ...

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...