silence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-27 months agoR.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brainwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkR.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brainwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
Likely explains his long history of pushing conspiracy theories, and makes him utterly unsuited to be President
minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months agoWTF?? He was mercury poisoned and had a brain worm? Was he doing some kind of 1800s-era science experiments at home?
minus-squareCarnelian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoApparently just eating an enormous amount of tuna + picked up the worm larva from some undercooked pork!
minus-squarebeefsquatch@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoOne could even say… too much tuna?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoHow does a worm go from your stomach, into your brain? That doesn’t make sense.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoThey bite through the lining of the stomach and circulate with blood looking for tissue to develop inside of. They usually do this in pigs, but it sometimes happens in humans
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoTerrifying! What the fuck, nature?
minus-squareTriPolarBearz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoIt’s called neurocysticercosis. Here’s some info from the CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/resources/pdf/npis_in_us_neurocysticercosis.pdf
WTF?? He was mercury poisoned and had a brain worm? Was he doing some kind of 1800s-era science experiments at home?
Apparently just eating an enormous amount of tuna + picked up the worm larva from some undercooked pork!
One could even say… too much tuna?
How does a worm go from your stomach, into your brain? That doesn’t make sense.
They bite through the lining of the stomach and circulate with blood looking for tissue to develop inside of. They usually do this in pigs, but it sometimes happens in humans
Terrifying! What the fuck, nature?
It’s called neurocysticercosis. Here’s some info from the CDC.
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/resources/pdf/npis_in_us_neurocysticercosis.pdf