According to the Daily Mail, American cancer doctor Bernard HSU said he recently received this case.The 21 -year -old girl decided to buy capsules containing 'tapeworm eggs' online because she could not achieve the goal of losing weight through diet and exercise.
After using the capsule, she actually started to lose weight.Although she occasionally had abdominal pain, she chose to endure for a long time.One night, when she went to the toilet, she felt "something touched her butt".When looking back, she saw some long brown worms floating in the toilet.
The girl initially thought it was evidence of "fat blocks from her body", but after a few weeks, a tumor grew in the chin, her condition became worse and she had severe headaches so noThere is any other way to see a doctor.After preliminary examination, the doctor showed the medicine to control the swelling and the girl was allowed to go home.
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However, a year has passed since she began to swallow the capsule, her spirit gradually weakened, when she woke up, she could not remember what happened in the past few hours, so she decided to go to the doctor again.After thorough examination, the doctor discovered that her brain, tongue, and liver had a positive test with a parasite infection.
After the girl admitted to the doctor that she swallowed 'tapeworm', the doctor analyzed that she was infected with "Taenia Saginata" and "Tapia Soline" (Taenia Solium), they lay eggs inBlood, parasitic into the brain and other body tissues, causing tumors on the jaw.
American cancer doctor Bernard HSU (Photo: Daily Mail)
Dr. Bernard pointed out that the disease is called "cystocercosis" and the infected person may experience vision changes, memory loss, impaired cognitive function ... due to tapeworm eggs.Fortunately, after 3 weeks of admission, the girl was used for deworming and steroids to control the symptoms of encephalitis, finally recovered and discharged from the hospital successfully.
It is known that this method of losing weight can be derived from 1830 to 1900. Because tapeworms absorb nutrients from the host, the host loses weight, but the tapeworm will still existIn human intestines, reproduce and harm.
"For a good person, losing weight through diet and exercise is completely feasible and it is less risky than letting 'auxiliary creatures' deliberately living in your body", Dr. Bernard emphasized.