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Humans Can Host a Variety of Parasitic Worms. Here's How to Spot The Signs.
The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of 'sugar worms' to get her children to brush ...
How to tell if you have parasitic worms – and how to treat them
In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...
Woman’s fever triggered by WORMS that had burrowed in her brain after making major food mistake
A WOMAN almost died after eating seafood contaminated with worms that burrowed in her brain. The 60-year-old turned up to ...
This is what it looks like when parasitic worms directly invade your brain
Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...
Woman’s poor sleep was caused by severe iron deficiency – then doctors found worms squirming inside her
MEDICS were shocked to learn a woman’s iron deficiency was caused by worms feeding off her body. The 75-year-old woman ...
60-Year-Old Woman Temporarily Loses the Ability to Communicate After Consuming Seafood with Worms Inside
A woman consumed a 'substantial amount of leftover crayfish' and later sustained a fever and lost the ability to communicate ...
Doctors find worms squirming through teen’s neck: A cautionary tale
In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting in fecal-contaminated soil with exposed skin. But, in the New England ...
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This Worm Can Regrow Its Body by Reversing to a Stem Cell-Like State
These worms are experts in regeneration – they ... multiple populations of other cells are recruited to swiftly restore the missing body section. It's a process called dedifferentiation, and ...
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Woman, 30, infected by brain worms on trip to Hawaii — the symptoms that sent her to the hospital
In January, a disturbing X-ray of a human body riddled with worms went viral after the patient contracted cysticercosis — which begins with eating undercooked pig but is passed through fecal matter.
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Transparent worms with glowing proteins may help fertility treatments
“You can anesthetize the worm, watch through a microscope ... you would expect scientists to look for insights into human biology. Its body consists of just 959 cells. It has no lungs, liver ...