Teen dies of tapeworm egg infestation in brain

CNN ^ | 03/28/2019 | By Susan Scutti,

[BenLurkin]

An 18-year-old who complained of seizures in the emergency room of an Indian hospital turned out to have parasites in his brain, according to a case study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Drs. Nishanth Dev and S. Zafar Abbas of the ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Faridabad reported that the patient, who appeared in the ER with swelling over his right eye, was having tonic-clonic seizures. Formerly known as "grand mal" seizures, these neural disturbances cause stiffened muscles and a loss of consciousness.

To learn more about his condition, the medical staff performed an MRI exam and saw damage caused by cysts in his cerebral cortex (the outer mantle of brain tissue) as well as the brain stem, including the cerebellum, which sits at the back of the head above the spinal cord.

The doctors also discovered cysts in the patient's right eye and right testis.

Because of the number and location of the cysts, his doctors decided against treating the young man with antiparasitic medications. These can worsen brain bleeding and inflammation while leading to loss of vision. Instead, the patient was given an anti-inflammatory drug, dexamethasone, plus antiepileptic medications.

Two weeks after his arrival in the ER, the patient died,

[IC Ken]

India where the major energy source is still cow dung.

[SunkenCiv]

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[House Atreides]

India where the major energy source is still cow dung.
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And where hogs eat human excrement.

[bgill]

India never was very high up on the list of clean water. Or clean dry land.

[Dr.Deth]

That’s a whole lot of ridiculous bulls**t.

[dp0622]

That’s gotta hurt

I think a number of dems have the same problem.

[lionstar]

Jeez!!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I didn’t need to know that was even possible...

[MayflowerMadam]

Sounds like an episode of “House”.

[mylife]

I’d complain too!

[Bell Bouy II]

Or clean dry ANYTHING

[Responsibility2nd]

Could it be that teen was wallowing around in this Holy River?

[mylife]

My brother says, “you may as well jump in the Ganjes and get it over with, because you will get it in India”

[lizma2]

“Sounds like an episode of “House”.”

I remember that. Baylisascaris, Don’t eat raccoon poop.

[Sans-Culotte]

So I get off the plane in India. I ask "where's the toilet?' The guy says "you're in it."

[Gay State Conservative]

Having traveled in India and having had a tour of Tanzania’s largest hospital there is *nothing* that would surprise me in connection to diseases that residents of Third World countries might contract.

[A strike]

Meanwhile the Democrat brain disease gets no coverage.

[Charles Martel]

Could it be that teen was wallowing around in this Holy River?

If he wasn't before, he's probably floating down it now.

[Big Red Badger]

Exotic, Pristine
Vacation Destination.