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Woman’s mystery illness turns out to be 3-inch snake parasite in her brain (arstechnica.com)

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It's the first time the snake parasite has been seen in a human, let alone a brain.

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[–] koper@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Do you think it makes sense to run all kinds of tests and scans whenever someone comes in with a headache? It's often impossible to be certain about the underlying illness so doctors have to make educates guesses. If it's probably a mundane problem, they're not going to continue digging just in case the patient might have a never-seen-before worm in their brain.