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[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Moc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don’t eat pond grass and it won’t be a problem

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago

It was pond spinach thank you very much!!!!!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


CANBERRA, Australia — A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.

Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through a hole in the 64-year-old patient’s skull at Canberra Hospital last year when she used forceps to pull out the parasite, which measured 8 centimeters, or 3 inches.

We’ve just removed a live worm from this patient’s brain,'” Senanayake told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

A year earlier, she had been admitted to her local hospital in southeast New South Wales state with symptoms including abdominal pain, diarrhea, a dry cough and night sweats.

“This patient had been treated ... for what was a mystery illness that we thought ultimately was a immunological condition because we hadn’t been able to find a parasite before and then out of nowhere, this big lump appeared in the frontal part of her brain,” Senanayake said.

The woman lives near a carpet python habitat and forages for native vegetation called warrigal greens to cook.


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[–] papalonian@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Is there a way to travel to Australia in baldurs gate 3?

[–] aeternum@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

eating pigs is a good way to get brain worms.

[–] ZeroEcks@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

The craziest part is it's a snake / rat worm, not a pig / human worm!