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Woman complained of forgetfulness and depression before doctors pulled out an 8cm roundworm normally found in pythons
Woman complained of forgetfulness and depression before doctors pulled out an 8cm roundworm normally found in pythons
With the actual worm they pulled it out and presumably cleaned up the bit of her brain where it resided.
For the rest I guess they made her take something that kills nematode parasites, and some strong anti inflammatories?
Yeah I just wish they had gone into detail since this was a groundbreaking medical discovery
I got you fam. From the case write up:
And this bit from the conclusion:
It’s always dexamethasone.
I sure hope we don’t get a bunch of stuff developing immunity to that.