Died to eat raw pork

An 18-year-old boy was rushed to a hospital in India after eating raw pork. The first warning sign was seizures, so they decided to do an MRI. The result of the study was surprising: his brain was full of worms.

According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the patient arrived at the hospital with a swollen eye, groin pain and confusion. During the test, the doctors checked that these symptoms, as well as the convulsions, were caused by Taenia Solium, a parasite transmitted by the consumption of raw or undercooked pork.

This worm is able to lay eggs and reproduce throughout the body what is called cysticercosis. The case of the young man in India was so aggressive that he died after being hospitalized for two weeks.

What the WHO says

The World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated that tapeworm infection was the leading "preventable" cause of epilepsy in developing countries. It mainly contracts during the consumption of raw food and ingestion of water contaminated with parasite eggs.