Worms Can Living In Human Brain Discovered At Women In China

Worms Can Living In Human Brain Discovered At Women In China


Parasitic worms found in the brains of living young women in China. Worm is successfully removed after brain surgery in Jiangsu Province, China.

According to the Yangtze Evening Post, Wednesday, July 6, 2011, she was diagnosed with epilepsy in December 2010. However, after a blood test, doctors detect women infected with pathogens (microbes). CT examination also showed that the point is not known to have in his brain. About six months later, because of uncontrolled seizures, the patient underwent surgery.

At surgery, the doctors found a granuloma, a special type of inflammation, in patients' brains. Doctors suspect that the cause of epilepsy suffered by patients.

However, team doctors later also found 23 centimeters long parasitic worms are suspected as the cause of granuloma and epilepsy.

Experts say the possibility of parasitic worms enter the brain after the patient is eating food containing the worm eggs. However, the origin of the worm was until now not known.