A man discovered that tapeworms were the cause of his unexplained illnesses.
(Picture: New England Journal of Medicine)An otherwise healthy man discovered that tapeworms in his brain were the cause of his unexplained seizures.
According to a new case study published in The New England Journal, the man’s wife awoke one night to find him on the floor, shaking and speaking incoherently. He was rushed to the hospital for a seizure, where doctors found that he was unresponsive to questions and involuntarily gazing at the ceiling.
