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<\/p>\nPork and ham are popular dishes for the holidays.<\/p>\n
But if they are not cooked properly, you could end up with hundreds of worms calling your digestive tract home.<\/p>\n
A Chinese man named Zhu Zhongfa ate undercooked pork and unknowingly ingested<\/p>\n
the eggs of the dangerous parasite Taenia solium. As a result, his life was turned<\/p>\n
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upside down as he started experiencing seizures and fainting episodes for weeks.<\/p>\n
This eventually lead him to seek medical treatment for his mysterious condition.<\/p>\n
Only one month after he consumed the undercooked pork, doctors quickly identified<\/p>\n
the cause of Zhongfa\u2019s seizures and fainting episodes. His body was utterly infected<\/p>\n
with tapeworms. These unwelcome guests had made themselves at home in his brain,<\/p>\n
lungs, and other parts of his body. The worm larvae had spread throughout his body via his bloodstream.<\/p>\n
Doctors claimed that the tapeworm infestation is directly related to the undercooked pork Zhongfa<\/p>\n
consumed that fateful night. He didn\u2019t think much of it at the time, but the seizures and fainting<\/p>\n
episodes prevented him from going to work. His occupation in construction required him to operate<\/p>\n
heavy machinery, and his condition made it impossible for him to do so. The pork tapeworm<\/p>\n
infestation had completely disrupted his life and caused him immense suffering.<\/p>\n
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Though Zhongfa experienced weeks of seizures, but he only sought medical help when<\/p>\n
his condition became unbearable. When he was admitted to the hospital, he was foaming at the mouth and losing consciousness.<\/p>\n
The larvae entered Zhongfa\u2019s body through his digestive system and traveled<\/p>\n
through his bloodstream to his brain and lungs. These baby worms squirmed<\/p>\n
into his body tissue and formed cysts. If these cysts decay, they can cause infections.<\/p>\n
People with this same problem as Zhongfa often report headaches, seizures, blindness,<\/p>\n
and dementia. However, these symptoms don\u2019t always appear immediately.<\/p>\n
Sometimes it can take years for the worm larvae to reach the brain and lungs.<\/p>\n
These larvae form cysts near the brain or nervous system, and it can result in a dangerous infection<\/p>\n
called cysticercosis. In the case of Zhongfa, the larvae had caused numerous<\/p>\n
space-occupying lesions in his brain, as well as cysts in his lungs and chest muscles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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