The pork tapeworm is a very serious parasite that makes its home in the brain. If you live around pigs or eat undercooked pork, it’s possible for you to consume pork tapeworm eggs. These eggs can turn into larvae, which in turn, can eventually move into the brain, causing it to swell and become inflamed. [...]

article written by Rita Putatunda According to parasitologists, the wrong episode of history has been blamed all along for contributing towards tapeworm infection in humans. For several decades, the assumption by most scientists has been that the human tapeworm was picked up by our species when they domesticated pigs and cattle, about 10,000 years back. [...]