I heard about worms from eating sushi but this is a new one.
Some anatomy expert or medical person here at FR explain to me how a WORM gets into the BRAIN from ingesting a frog or snake???
It is perhaps Taenia solium This long flat ribon like parasite averages 6 - 10 feet long but can reach 30 feet in length.
In addition to becoming infected with adults it is also possible to become infected with the larval stage (cysticercus) by ingesting the eggs. This produces the condition known as cysticercosis. These larval stages can encyst in any tissue throughout the body but cause most serious damage when they encyst in the eye or brain.
here is a old story:
Doctors at Arizona's Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale believe the taco contained Taenia solium, a parasite that is common in Latin America. It can be transmitted by infected food prepared by someone who has not followed proper sanitation procedures after coming into contact with the creature's eggs, which can be present in human feces.
Some experts point out that it is difficult to know for certain that the taco was the source of the worm.
However Becerra ingested the parasite, it attached itself as an egg to her intestinal wall. Eventually, the egg developed into the worm, which moved into her blood stream and to her brain, said Dr. Joseph Sirven, who operated on Becerra.
Once in the brain, the worm causes little harm until it eventually dies and decays, thereby inflaming surrounding tissue.
"It's after the worm dies that the body reacts to something foreign," Sirven explained.
Undergoing Brain Surgery While Awake
Although Becerra seems to have kept a good attitude — she even gave the worm a nickname, Tonya — she said the seizures it caused were devastating. She reached a point where she could no longer tolerate them.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/brainworm010410.html