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Doctors find tapeworm larva in California man's brain
Click On Detroit ^
| Nov 05 2015
| Ken Haddad
Posted on 11/05/2015 11:59:55 AM PST by Gamecock
A California man went to an emergency room with a terrible headache and nausea, slipped into a coma, and was told a tapeworm larva had been living in his brain when he woke up.
The surgery and the aftermath have greatly impacted his life, Ortiz said. He had to drop out of school, move back home and find a temporary place for his dog. He can't drive or work.
"My memory is like a work in progress," he said. "It gets better from therapy," but he has to remind himself to do his memory exercises and other daily tasks.
The worm was forming in a cyst that was blocking the flow of water to chambers in his brain, "like a cork in a bottle," Singel told the Napa Valley Register
Another 30 minutes of that blockage, and "he would have been dead," Singel said. "It was a close call."
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: brain; larva; napl; tapeworm; tapewormlarva
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posted on
11/05/2015 11:59:55 AM PST
by
Gamecock
To: Gamecock
Lot’s of similar stories around the interweb.
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:01:15 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
To: Gamecock
But it was only fantasy.
The wall was too high,
As you can see.
No matter how he tried,
He could not break free.
And the worms ate into his brain.
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:02:12 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Gamecock
Burnt toast and a rotten egg....
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:12:37 PM PST
by
Feckless
(The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:13:06 PM PST
by
HangnJudge
(Cthulhu for President, why vote for a lesser Evil)
To: dfwgator
Ah! Great quote.
Roger waters is coming out with a new albumn. He must need money.
More doom and gloom. OH life sucks so much blah blah blah.
This is what life long socialism does to people.
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:13:36 PM PST
by
Uversabound
(Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
To: Gamecock
I think I’ve seen that trichinosis can also end up in your brain.
Doesn’t sound like much fun.
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:20:54 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Cis-American)
To: dfwgator
All you need to do is follow the worms.
8
posted on
11/05/2015 12:27:01 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
To: Gamecock
I saw that on an episode of House — no really.
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:29:49 PM PST
by
Fhios
To: Gamecock
The surgery and the aftermath have greatly impacted his life, After they took the worm out in the surgery and his brain started to clear up, he started to vote Republican.
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:43:59 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Opinionated Blowhard
Yes, tapeworms are a key Democratic constituency.
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:55:19 PM PST
by
oblomov
To: Gamecock
Reminds me of the first episode of House.
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posted on
11/05/2015 12:57:58 PM PST
by
Politicalkiddo
("This is the way the world ends--Not with a bang, but a whimper.")
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/05/2015 1:13:57 PM PST
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
To: Fhios
Yes you did.
First season, second or third show I believe.
They convinced the patient by showing her an X-ray of a worm in her thigh.
Great show. I enjoyed just about every episode.
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posted on
11/05/2015 1:26:44 PM PST
by
oldvirginian
(Hey America, it ain't a refugee migration. It's an Invasion!)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
11/05/2015 3:36:08 PM PST
by
S.O.S121.500
(Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights .........It is the LAW...)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
11/05/2015 6:19:00 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
To: Gamecock
Now I understand how Governor Moonbeam was re-elected.
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posted on
11/05/2015 6:19:23 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
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posted on
11/06/2015 12:42:30 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
11/06/2015 12:49:02 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
To: Gamecock; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
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posted on
11/06/2015 6:36:50 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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