Mmmm…forbidden worms…

  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    unidentified 52-year-old American man

    experiencing weekly migraines…unresponsive to medication.

    denied traveling to “high-risk areas…lived at home with his wife and cat in a modern home”

    the man revealed that he did have a preference for “lightly cooked, non-crispy bacon” which he ate for most of his life.

    diagnosed with neurocysticercosis, a preventable parasitic infection caused by larval systems from the pork tapeworm Taenia solium.

    “…cysticercosis was transmitted via autoinfection after improper handwashing after he had contracted taeniasis himself from his eating habits,” researchers said.

    prescribed

    drugs, but

    “The treatment of neurocysticercosis is controversial. … there is concern that most of the inflammation occurs when the cysts are killed, giving some clinicians pause when considering treatment. …”

    Patient went for it anyway and treatment was successful!

    Infected pork -> cold fry pan -> mouth -> toilet -> no hand wash -> eggs back to mouth -> larvae in brain

    Oof!

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      8 months ago

      Cook your food, wash your hands, people. That’s just life 101.

      Thanks for the write up!

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      8 months ago

      Infected pork

      Yeah, this - in Belgium, we eat raw pork all the time (search for “préparé du chef” by supermarket brand “carrefour dot be”, 40% raw pork). And not all of us are worm-devoured brainless zombies, last time I checked.

      Same with raw beef, fish, even water (salmonella anyone?): strong regulations at every step of the production line makes the customer safe.

      Gosh I love myself a thick slice of bread with a fat lump of ground raw pork on it. Just add salt and pepper.

      I’m hungry now, fuck you brain worm!

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        8 months ago

        Bet it tastes great, although visual appeal isn’t entirely there.

        You might’ve had steak tartare at some point? One of the most delicious things to have ever entered my mouth :) (sorry to the cows & environment, rare treat!)

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          8 months ago

          Yup, two days ago actually. Perfect with capers, Worcestershire sauce, raw (again!) onions, Tabasco sauce, egg yolk (guess what? Yes, uncooked), parsley and salt/pepper. Edit: Oh, don’t forget the mustard!

          In Brussels a tartare with French fries is called an Américain Frites, and is next to Mussels as Belgian National Dish.

          One of my all-time favorite as well, will have it anytime it is safe to have. Like with fish! There are delicious recipes with fish! Carpaccio, Laap Pa (Laos)… that you better be careful around but are so, so good.

          TMI: so the “Américain” in Belgium is raw ground beef, but in France is a sandwich with French fries added in the bread. French people are weird. In Belgium, if you ask for French fries in your sandwich, it is called a “mitraillette” ; I’ll let you find the translation, Belgians can be weird too.

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      8 months ago

      so this means he also had a colony of tapeworms going to town in his intestines in addition to the literal brain worms?