It's Not a Tumor - Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain Instead

FoxNews.com ^ | Thursday, November 20, 2008

[martin_fierro]

Ich bin ein bug-in-ear.

[Bertram3]

Dude, that's no earwig. THIS is an earwig...

That looks like a misplaced merkin. You will never regret the time you spend looking up the word "merkin." I will use it in a sentence for you: I was practicing omphaloskepsis when I noticed my merkin was slipping.

[radiohead]

I get that. People travel. What I meant was, absent exposure to some 3rd world destination, your average American will probably not get a brain worm.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

They also used these parasites or something similar in a sequence on Startrek-TNG in an early season in which the little suckers were being used to take over Starfleet one Admiral at a time.

[Bertram3]

There is no treatment for trichinella in the larval stage. Once you get it, you got it.

[brytlea]

Oooo yes, sounds like the same show. Remember the guy who had a fish jump into his....well....never mind... ;)

[beaversmom]

Yep, I’m not even a guy and that hurt.

[Kackikat]

I wasn’t referring to that specifically, but most parasites and some worms (not larvae) can be killed by doing a parasite cleanse.

[aruanan]

Looks like the U.S. just got one.

[Kackikat]

I don’t know about the one you are stating, but most larvae can be killed by a prescription drug from the doctor...but it requires two or three different applications.

[Kackikat]

ROFL..you would be amazed what doctors, nurses and hospitals see on a regular basis. AND more so now than ever, since people are so nasty, and behavior so disgusting. In fact, there has been a huge return of bed bugs to hotels and motels that has not been seen in years. Travel is scary anymore.

[aruanan]

[Salamander]

Rod Serling’s “Night Gallery” and it was an earwig.

[pardon me but I have to scream now]

;]

[x]

Tequila!

[vetvetdoug]

I looked at the video. Unfortunately, my home computer can't download the entire segment but it is flat in the frame I see which is reminescent of Taenia solium. Other parasites from pork could be the ascarids which have a tendency to migrate to wierd places or a renal worm of hogs which would be unlikely. Parasites in a specie that they are not usually accoustomed migrate to abnormal places because of the unfamiliar orientation.

[mcshot]

House rules in our house. Great writing and acting.