What is Brain Worm in Humans?
Brain worm is tapeworm that has migrated to the brain. The worm found in pork (Taenia solium) is one of several tapeworm species that can infest the human brain. Another species, Taeniarhynchus saginatus, occurs in beef. A fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium, has been found in undercooked salmon and freshwater fish. Dog or cat tapeworm can also infect people and lodge in the brain. Dwarf tapeworm is harder to detect, and lives primarily in rats, grain insects and humans. Geography • Read more in Conditions and Diseases« Revisiting The FluSleep Deficiency: Managing Sleep Debt Account » Beef tapeworm is common in regions of Africa, the Philippines, parts of Eastern Europe, and Latin America, but is rare in the United States. • Tapeworm in pork occurs world-wide. Most cases of human brain worm disease in America come from pork tapeworm. • Fish tapeworm occurs in North America as well as in Scandinavia, Japan, western Russia, and the Baltics. In North America, tapeworm in fish is most common i
