The tapeworm taenia solium enters the human body by ingesting the parasite’s larval cysts. These eggs can then develop into adult tapeworms in a human’s gut, usually around 5 to 12 weeks.

Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

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A man was left in horror after an X-ray revealed his body was riddled with tapeworm eggs. The image shows hundreds of 'rice grain' nodules that turned out to be cysts caused by the parasitic ...

Doctors at Dang Van Ngu Hospital in Hanoi performed MRI scans and medical tests, revealing injuries to his central nervous system caused by tapeworm larvae, which explains his neurological symptoms.