The tapeworm Taenia solium enters the human body by consuming its eggs. These eggs can then develop into adult tapeworms in a human’s guts, “usually around 5-12” weeks. However, it doesn’t ...

Cysticercosis occurs when the tapeworm larvae infect human tissues, Ghali shared. “Humans become infected with T. solium by ingesting cysts that can be found in undercooked pork,” Ghali wrote.

If you’ve been online at all these past few weeks, you probably heard about Luis Ortiz, a 26-year-old man in California who had a “still wiggling” tapeworm pulled from his brain—shudder.

A close-up look at the scolex, or head, of a fully mature pork tapeworm. Interestingly enough, cysticercosis is what happens when the tapeworms don’t get the chance to become adults.

The man hadn’t traveled recently or had close contact with pigs, so neurologists chocked the condition up to his “lifelong preference for soft bacon,” which may have led to accidental ...

man had hundreds of tapeworms in brain, chest after eating undercooked pork “Australian cases reported have either been in immigrants or returning residents, who have traveled to endemic regions.

Parasitic tapeworms, the world's largest hornet and a bug with overly aggressive mating habits are all featured in science writer Amy Stewart's book Wicked Bugs, which examines more than 100 of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Researchers have attributed a Florida man’s battle with worsening migraines to tapeworm eggs found in his brain. In a study published in the American Journal of Case ...

Researchers have attributed a Florida man's battle with worsening migraines to tapeworm eggs found in his brain. ... Sign up for our weekly newsletter to stay informed and ... the pork tapeworm.