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Huh. I didn’t realize tapeworms could travel outside the digestive tract. Apparently it’s much more common with “pork tapeworm” and this poor guy is thought to have gotten in this situation by eating undercooked pork.
He was such a gem
Made me wonder what the AI overview would say when you google “you can only get a tapeworm from eating pork”, but it put the Sean Locke videos at the top and then and overview saying correctly that it’s not true.
Delightful!
A friend said there are no parasites (anymore) in European porc so you don’t need to over cook it, gotta try to find a credible source for that. He’s a chef and makes like lots of canned food and more on a semi industrial scale so It’s not nobody, but still I wonder.
That sounds like a risk I am not willing to take
I think trichinosis (sp?) is rare these days, but dunno about all the other wriggly stuff
Sous vide is always an option
I’ve heard that as well. It’s hard to figure out how many of the dissenting opinions are based on fact, and how many are outdated.
Schweinemet (raw ground pork you spread on rolls) is relatively common in Germany. Kind of gross looking but I think it is quite unlikely to cause problems if you eat it quickly.
the glorious mettigel
The Daily Mail commenting on a social media post is about as legitimate a news source as “a guy that was shouting at the bins behind the pub said…”
True, but it’s the most respectable source I came across when reverse image searching this meme. I guess we could have just stuck with the meme? It doesn’t give a lot of context.
RFK is that you?
What percentage of RFK is RFK?
…what’s actually making the cysts radiopaque? I wouldn’t have guessed tape worms or the damage they’re doing to soft tissue to be anywhere near that visible on x-ray
With a lot of parasites, when they die the tissue around them calcifies (just your body’s response). That’s what we are seeing on the radiograph.
That makes a ton more sense - thank you!
I would have assumed that perhaps it was a tracer at first.
I became a vegetarian because of all the scary stuffs like this.
You can get all kinds of parasites from unwashed or underwashed produce.
Beth Mole, a writer at Ars Technica, has a fun example with Rat Lungworm: Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain.
It started with a bizarre burning sensation in her feet. Over the next two days, the searing pain crept up her legs. Any light touch made it worse, and over-the-counter pain medicine offered no relief.
and so on until it’s diagnosed, then some lifecycle/vector explanation:
For instance, if a slug or snail traverses a leaf of lettuce, leaving a slime trail in its wake, the leaf can be contaminated with the larvae.
I think I read somewhere people can live of sun rays or some shit like that. 😆
Damn parasites.
Yup, you’re especially at risk from liver worms from things like watercress and other usual parasites when animals defecate over crops, or from farmers using egg-infested water. Always wash and disinfect.
Not just this but definitely helped me in my journey. The whole idea of having to use separate cutting boards and knives just incase you get a terrible infection is totally insane.
Same board three times: fresh veg on a clean board, raw veg after, then raw meat.
I’m trying to do more vegetarian, but hey I made a single chicken boob stretch through a week meal prep so i think I’m doing ok
What’s the difference between fresh vegetable and raw vegetables?
Fresh is ready to eat, raw needs cooking
Ahh like potatoes. What other veggies require cooking?
chicken boob
Thanks, i hate it
I like the danger
i mean you can cook food before eating it
mmMmm pork sashimi
That’s just pre hot pot
kbbq larvae
thanks I hate it
Keep away from the pork sashimi y’all.
Uncooked meat? Not even once!
