‘Oh my god’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world-first discovery
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theguardian.com
Woman complained of forgetfulness and depression before doctors pulled out an 8cm roundworm normally found in pythons.
It was a fairly regular day on the ward for Canberra hospital infectious diseases physician Dr Sanjaya Senanayake, until a neurosurgeon colleague called him and said: “Oh my god, you wouldn’t believe what I just found in this lady’s brain – and it’s alive and wriggling.”
The neurosurgeon, Dr Hari Priya Bandi, had pulled an 8cm-long parasitic roundworm from her patient, prompting her to call on Senanayake and other hospital colleagues for advice about what to do next.
What a strange worm. Wow.
aye you got duplicate comments
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Oh god. Now I'm worried.
Don't be. The full case report shows there was a lot going on with her, enough to make them do a brain scan.
But yeah... don't eat grass that carpet pythons have been on.