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(9,127 posts) Yes, its possible to have a worm living in your brain in fact, its far more common than you might think, said Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health, who also directs a travel clinic at Boston Medical Center.
Brain worms became a topic of public fascination Wednesday after the The New York Times reported that presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was mistakenly diagnosed with a brain tumor after scans picked up abnormalities that turned out to be caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died, he reportedly said in a 2012 deposition reviewed by The New York Times.
RFK Jr. says doctors found a dead worm in his brain
Though the article did not name the parasite involved, two doctors told the Globe the most likely culprit is T. solium, a pork tapeworm that is by the far the most common brain worm.
Over the course of his 30 year career, Hamer said he has treated about 20 patients suffering from a condition called cysticercosis, a parasitic disease caused by T. solium, which accounts for the vast majority of brain worms requiring medical attention.
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