What is neurocysticercosis — seizures caused by tapeworm cysts in human brain

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Tapeworms can not only enter the human intestine from undercooked pork, but they can also enter the brain from consuming faces-infected foods.
In #PureScience, ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains a case study of the common neglected disease, neurocysticercosis, where a patient started to have seizures because of tapeworm cysts in his brain.
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Supplementary reading:

A 38-Year-Old Man with Altered Mental Status and New Onset of Seizures: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...
Neurocysticercosis—More Than a Neglected Disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
WHO Fact sheet: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sh...

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