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Tapeworm In My Brain

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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  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Flesh-Eating Hookworm
    Flesh-Eating Hookworm

    Monsters Inside Me (02:07)

    Armed with jagged teeth used to hook onto its host, the hookworm can be transmitted from your household cat onto a human.
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Tapeworm In My Brain
    Tapeworm In My Brain

    Monsters Inside Me (02:20)

    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!
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Scabies Mites and the Itch
    Scabies Mites and the Itch

    Monsters Inside Me (01:26)

    Unclean sheets and linens carry human scabies mites, which feed on human skin, causing intense itching. The condition is called scabies, or simply "the itch."
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: The 40-Year Parasite
    The 40-Year Parasite

    Monsters Inside Me (02:04)

    Lymphatic filariasis is caused by a thread-like roundworm called W. bancrofti. It causes painful swelling, which at its most extreme can manifest as elephantiasis.
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Parasites Nest In Brain
    Parasites Nest In Brain

    Monsters Inside Me (01:36)

    Schistosomiasis, aka snail fever, can take a deadly turn when the parasite swims the wrong way and ends up in the brain.
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Sneak Peek
    Sneak Peek

    Monsters Inside Me (00:31)

    Some of the most horrifying creatures on the planet are ones that are too small to see! Get a glimpse of these monsters in the new show "Monsters Inside Me", premiering Wednesday, July 1 at 9 p.m. only on Animal Planet!
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Speaking in Tongues
    Speaking in Tongues

    Monsters Inside Me (02:36)

    A 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!
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Entamoeba histolytica
    Entamoeba histolytica

    Monsters Inside Me (01:46)

    Found in contaminated food and water, Entamoeba histolytica is a parasite that feeds on living cells in the human gut.
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Worms Crawling Under My Skin
    Worms Crawling Under My Skin

    Monsters Inside Me (01:54)

    A seemingly harmless cat scratch leads to a rash that feels "alive"! A dermatologist confirms that the rash is really a case of hookworm and if it isn't stopped soon, it could turn deadly!
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Scarring from Sand Fly Bites
    Scarring from Sand Fly Bites

    Monsters Inside Me (02:06)

    Cutaneous 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.
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: River Blindness
    River Blindness

    Monsters Inside Me (02:11)

    Even dead, the larvae of parasitic roundworms can cause river blindness, or Onchocerciasis. These parasites are transmitted through the saliva of blackflies.
  • Play Monsters Inside Me: Malaria Parasite
    Malaria Parasite

    Monsters Inside Me (02:49)

    Contracted from infected mosquitos, malaria is one of the most successful human parasites. It travels from host-to-host through insects, destroying red blood cells as it multiplies.
 

What happens when humans fall prey to parasites? Explore the shocking, gruesome and sometimes deadly details of parasitic infection.

 
 

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