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While swimming with a friend a man has a seizure and collapses. Shortly after, he finds out that a pork tapeworm has been slowly eating away at his brain!
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These killers lie dormant, waiting for the right time to strike. These stealthy predators get inside their hosts, yet work on very different timetables. Dangerous and often hard to detect, this is the story of the war on Sleeper Cell Parasites.
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Flesh-Eating HookwormArmed with jagged teeth used to hook onto its host, the hookworm can be transmitted from your household cat onto a human.Monsters Inside Me (02:07)
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Tapeworm In My BrainWhile swimming with a friend a man has a seizure and collapses. Shortly after, he finds out that a pork tapeworm has been slowly eating away at his brain!Monsters Inside Me (02:20)
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Scabies Mites and the ItchUnclean sheets and linens carry human scabies mites, which feed on human skin, causing intense itching. The condition is called scabies, or simply "the itch."Monsters Inside Me (01:26)
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Gnathostoma WormsBurrowing through the skin and internal organs, gnathostoma worms can eventually cause paralysis and death.Monsters Inside Me (01:52)
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Speaking in TonguesA software programmer is admitted to a hospital where he begins speaking only in computer code! His wife fears he has gone insane when doctors discover that he has the most dangerous parasite in the world!Monsters Inside Me (02:36)
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River BlindnessEven dead, the larvae of parasitic roundworms can cause river blindness, or Onchocerciasis. These parasites are transmitted through the saliva of blackflies.Monsters Inside Me (02:11)
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The 40-Year ParasiteLymphatic filariasis is caused by a thread-like roundworm called W. bancrofti. It causes painful swelling, which at its most extreme can manifest as elephantiasis.Monsters Inside Me (02:04)
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Entamoeba histolyticaFound in contaminated food and water, Entamoeba histolytica is a parasite that feeds on living cells in the human gut.Monsters Inside Me (01:46)
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Scarring from Sand Fly BitesCutaneous leishmaniasis manifests as painful sores that could, if infected, lead to death. It's caused by a flesh-eating parasite that may now be raging just outside of Dallas, Texas - a city of six million people.Monsters Inside Me (02:06)
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Pork Tapeworm in BrainThe pork tapeworm is a particularly vicious parasite because it can end up in the most important organ in the human body: the brain.Monsters Inside Me (01:55)
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Worms In My EyeA case of extremely itchy skin leads a man to the doctor, where he learns that he has a parasite that can cause river blindness.Monsters Inside Me (02:01)
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Maggots In My HeadA botfly lays maggots inside a man's head, providing shelter and nutrition for its young but a horrifying scenario for the human host.Monsters Inside Me (02:26)
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