The larvae leave the gut and travel to organs, most commonly the liver. The infection can result in large cysts, which place pressure on nearby blood vessels and affect circulation.

Pork can carry taenia solium larvae, a parasitic tapeworm. After eating infected pork, the larvae get into body tissues where they form cysts—a condition called cysticercosis.

Though larvae invading a person’s body sounds unsettling, they are generally harmless as “the host’s inflammatory response typically ends up killing off the cysts,” Ghali shared.

The larvae form cysts after one to two months and can live for several years in your body. After they die, they're absorbed or become hardened (calcify). At this stage, symptoms include: ...

The World Health Organization estimates Taenia solium larvae cysts developing in the brain are responsible for up to 70 per cent of epilepsy cases in some parts of the world.

The World Health Organization estimates Taenia solium larvae cysts developing in the brain are responsible for up to 70 per cent of epilepsy cases in some parts of the world.

A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors believe ...

A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, ... The arrows point to tapeworm larval cysts. The American Journal of Case Reports via CNN Newsource ...

Mouth larvae can infest oral tissues and cause dangerous side effects. Learn more about the symptoms of mouth larvae, health risks, how to remove them, and more.

A New York mother who endured more than a decade of seizures — and attempted suicide during one severe bout of convulsions — was suffering from an infestation of tapeworm larvae in her brain.