These eggs can then develop into adult tapeworms in a human’s gut, usually around 5 to 12 weeks. However, consumption of the ...

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.

Doctors found tapeworm eggs in his brain. N'dea Yancey-Bragg. USA TODAY. An 18-year-old man who went to the emergency room after suffering seizures soon discovered he had parasites in his brain, ...