Painful sores in the nose may result from an injury, infection, or rarely, an underlying illness. Here, learn about healing, other symptoms, and more.

Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, or pork tapeworm (stock photo) A man in the US who complained of frequent migraines was found to have tapeworm larvae in his ...

Meet the fox tapeworm The new study is a retrospective one, in which a group of doctors in Switzerland examined medical records of 334 patients who developed the disease alveolar echinococcosis ...

The 52-year-old was sent for a CT scan, which revealed something alarming: his brain was infested with tapeworm cysts. The most common route of infection is eating undercooked infected pork that ...

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 ...

I WOULD suggest that the tapeworm referred to by Mr. G. J. Romanes is like the Bothriocephalus of man—perhaps a species of the same genus. This is not supposed to have a cystic state, but to be ...

A fish tapeworm infection, or diphyllobothriasis, occurs when a person eats raw or undercooked fish that's contaminated with the parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. Find out more about it here.

The House environment committee on Wednesday issued a warning to caregivers, breeders and dog trainers following several reported cases of tapeworm (echinococcus) in Kampos tis Tsakistras, in the ...