When cysticerci enter a person’s central nervous system, it’s a disease called neurocysticercosis (NCC), which is the diagnosis the doctors in Spain gave the man. Testing after his MRI revealed his ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways Brain parasites can cause seizures and lifelong disabilities.

The monsoon season provides a break from the scorching summer, but it also increases the risk of infections. Waterlogging, ...

Lowri's headaches, seizures and psychosis were due to an infection caused by pork tapeworm larvae.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The difficult-to-detect meningeal worm is spread by white-tailed deer and is a notorious killer of moose. AP Photo/Jim Cole, File ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parasitic nematode infects a large range of wild and domestic herbivores, such as moose and elk (Getty/iStock) A moose in ...

Lowri avoided meat during the trip to avoid food poisoning. However, she unknowingly ate pork that contained microscopic tapeworm eggs, which caused the parasitic infection known as neurocysticercosis ...

They originally believed their patient had brain cancer, only to later discover he actually had worms inside his head. The doctors detailed their macabre case over the weekend in the journal The ...

A UK woman said she developed neurocysticercosis after a tapeworm infection, leaving 38 brain parasites that caused seizures, ...

It started with a bizarre burning sensation in her feet. Over the next two days, the searing pain crept up her legs. Any light touch made it worse, and over-the-counter pain medicine offered no relief ...

After visiting India, Lowri Denman, a woman from the United Kingdom, had brain scans that showed 38 parasite cysts, turning ...