Cue the ew. A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X.

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after consuming raw or undercooked pork.

The larvae develop into adult tapeworms in the human gut, and the eggs are then passed along through feces. If another person ingests these eggs, either through contaminated food or water ...

When consumed, these cysts survive the stomach's digestive process, allowing the tapeworms to attach to the small intestine wall and grow into adult parasites. Beef tapeworms can reach lengths of 5-10 ...

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On Isle Royale, moose host larval tapeworms, which form hydatid cysts in their body cavity. In wolves, larval tapeworms mature and live in the small intestine. Adult tapeworms produce eggs which are ...

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