Spanish Patient Highlights Risks of Poorly Cooked Pork
Doctors in Spain recently handled a fascinating yet terrifying case of a patient that developed brain cancer-like symptoms and was treated as such, but additional tests brought to light a scarier cause of his illness: cysts resulting from a pork tapeworm infection. This case highlights the dangers of exposure to these worms, or eating pork that hasn’t been cooked fully. The patient’s medical mystery started with worsening headaches that lasted more than two weeks. His behavior also started changing in subtle ways, and these symptoms prompted him to visit his doctor. A CT scan conducted on his brain showed he had lesions, and the doctor feared that he had cancer that…
