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re: Man suffered splitting headaches for years. Turns out, tapeworms were living in his brain

Posted on 2/1/20 at 10:54 am to
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 2/1/20 at 10:54 am to
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What's more, Amadio said the parasite likely entered Moctezuma's body while he was living in Mexico. But he'd moved to the US more than 14 years before his diagnosis -- so the tapeworm larvae might've been living in his body for more than a decade.


And here's how you sensationalize an article:

quote:

The cyst of tapeworms could've killed him if he had waited any later to seek help



Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29454 posts
Posted on 2/1/20 at 4:54 pm to
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Does he post on here?

He used to post in the Q thread.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
62174 posts
Posted on 2/1/20 at 5:09 pm to
14 years and still in larvae form?
This post was edited on 2/1/20 at 5:10 pm
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36419 posts
Posted on 2/1/20 at 5:17 pm to
From what limited knowledge I have about tapeworms, don’t they feed on what *you* feed on?

What the frick is a tapeworm living off of in your damn head?
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31970 posts
Posted on 2/1/20 at 5:23 pm to
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What the frick is a tapeworm living off of in your damn head?


All of your sweetest dreams.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
141192 posts
Posted on 2/1/20 at 5:39 pm to
Years? How was this not diagnosed like in the first 2 months?
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
17073 posts
Posted on 2/1/20 at 5:51 pm to
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Moctezuma's revenge?





Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
near the Apple spaceship
Member since Nov 2012
7544 posts
Posted on 2/1/20 at 6:27 pm to
I'm reminded of a Pink Floyd song...
Posted by phunkatron
Member since Jun 2019
1444 posts
Posted on 2/1/20 at 6:30 pm to
No shot in hell this guy would have died in the US. Hundreds of thousands of people develop hydrocephalus every year without suddenly becoming on the brink of dead.
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