Re: Rare brain worms latest border disease - caused by poor hygiene ...

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Interesting ne,

Good to know. . . a nice set up for Food Sensitivity later with the

increased gut permeability that allows undigested foods to be absorbed intact.

I know a local woman/friend, just not a close friend that has Morgellans.

Says it's truly bizarre.

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Rare brain worms latest border disease

Fatal disease found in developing countries with poor hygiene habits

hits South Texas

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53761

Posted: January 13, 2007

1:00 am Eastern

© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com

Medical professionals in South Texas have identified another disease

that has apparently slipped across the border – caused by a rare brain

worm that can be fatal and is being spread by unsanitary food-handling

practices.

While not yet classified as a " major outbreak, " several cases of

cysticercosis have been identified in South Texas, a spokesman for San

's Metro Health District told KENS-TV, San .

Magnetic resonance image showing multiple cysticerci within patient's brain

According to the Center for Disease Control, cysticercosis is an

infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs

when the tapeworm larvae are ingested, pass through the intestinal wall

and enter the body to form cysticerci, or cysts. The cysts migrate

throughout the body, resulting in symptoms that vary depending on

whether they lodge in the muscles, the eyes, the brain or spinal cord.

Symptoms for Renaldo , 50, of Houston, began with mild headaches.

The tile worker, who immigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador 20 years

ago, told KENS-TV he had been eating most of his meals at mobile

kitchens because of the convenience, but after his ordeal with brain

worms, he insisted on preparing his own food.

" He's scared now. He's scared of any food from outside, " his sister, who

interpreted for him, said.

" It was a mild headache, but it wouldn't go away, " said. " It was

just there and it wouldn't go away with Tylenol. "

Clinic doctors gave him blood pressure medicine, but a few days later,

he passed out and did not awaken for eight days.

Dr. Mohanty, an assistant professor in the Department of

Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Medical School, found and

removed a cyst caused by a tapeworm larvae living in 's brain.

Undiagnosed and untreated, he could have died within hours.

According to the CDC, infection from the tapeworm, which is found

worldwide, occurs most often in rural, developing countries with poor

hygiene where pigs are allowed to roam freely and eat human feces. This

allows the tapeworm infection to be completed and the cycle to continue.

The risk for U.S. citizens has been considered rare due to strict food

processing and handling regulations, especially for pork products, and

generally high levels of hygiene.

The condition is very rare in Muslim countries where eating pork is

forbidden.

" The cycle starts with a human that's infected with the tapeworm, " said

Dr. Ostrosky, of the UT Houston Medical Center.

Failure to wash hands after using the restroom can result in

contaminating food and infecting further victims.

" These eggs hatch in the intestine and go through the gut-wall and into

the circulation where they get stuck somewhere, " Ostrosky said.

Cysticercosis joins Morgellons disease, a mysterious infection seemingly

similar to one documented 300 years ago, in the list of new illnesses

spreading throughout South Texas.

While Morgellons disease has not been known to kill and it doesn't

appear to be contagious, WND has reported its horrible symptoms are what

worry doctors.

" These people will have like beads of sweat but it's black, black and

tarry, " Ginger Savely, a nurse practitioner in Austin who has treated a

majority of Morgellons patients, told the San Express-News.

Patients infected with the disease get lesions that never heal.

Fibers removed from facial lesion of 3-year-old boy

" Sometimes little black specks come out of the lesions and sometimes

little fibers, " said , a Morgellons patient.

It's those different-colored fibers that pop out of the skin that may be

the most bizarre symptom of the disease.

More than 100 cases have been reported in South Texas.

" It really has the makings of a horror movie in every way, " Savely said.

The South Texas outbreak's proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border comes at

a time when the issues of illegal immigration, border security and

possible amnesty for over 12 million illegal aliens are being debated in

the U.S.

Despite Morgellons disease's distinctive symptoms and patients' tales of

suffering, most of the medical community don't see the disease as real,

with some doctors telling patients it's all in their head.

Morgellons disease may remain a mystery, but cysticercosis does not.

Doctors say washing hands, cooking meats thoroughly, especially pork,

and washing fruits and vegetables are the best ways to avoid the disease.

Video:

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[Guest guest]

Dineright4@... wrote:

>

>

> Interesting ne,

>

> Good to know. . . a nice set up for Food Sensitivity later with the

> increased gut permeability that allows undigested foods to be absorbed

intact.

>

> I know a local woman/friend, just not a close friend that has Morgellans.

> Says it's truly bizarre.

Whew! I've just read about Morgellans but it is creepy as heck. Lot of

argument about whether it's real or not, but bet I would know if it was

me whether it was real!