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Man had tapeworm in brain for four years

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Sat, 22 Nov 2014, 1:24PM
(Photo: Wikimedia)
(Photo: Wikimedia)

Man had tapeworm in brain for four years

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Sat, 22 Nov 2014, 1:24PM

A British man has survived four years living with a rare tapeworm in his brain.

The 50-year-old was suffering pain and from memory problems, as the worm travelled from the right side of his brain to the left.

It's now been removed by surgeons.

It's believed the man caught it either from infected food, or through a Chinese remedy for sore eyes which includes raw frog as one of its ingredients.

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