We went to Chiang Rai to visit a missionary couple we met when we lived in Lop Buri. They lived in a remote village for about two years. Corrine started having bad headache
s last November. She finally went to the hospital and they took an x-ray and CT scan of her head and diagnosed her with.................................a tapeworm in her brain! It originally seeded into her calf muscle and then traveled to her brain. The doctors told her that she was very lucky to have such a LARGE tapeworm, because the CT scanner only takes pictures every 3 mm. If the tapeworm were any smaller then they may not have found it. She said it's weird to say a prayer of thankfulness for such a large tapeworm. She had to take de-worming medication for one month along with many antibiotics. The doctors told her that she would have a "tapeworm calcification" on her brain for the rest of her life and that she could continue to have headaches and start having seizures from the tapeworm calcification. By God's grace she has not had recurring headaches and never had seizures. She had a follow-up CT scan and to the doctors surprise there was no evidence of the tapeworm calcification. She is doing great and now takes worm medication every six months.
s last November. She finally went to the hospital and they took an x-ray and CT scan of her head and diagnosed her with.................................a tapeworm in her brain! It originally seeded into her calf muscle and then traveled to her brain. The doctors told her that she was very lucky to have such a LARGE tapeworm, because the CT scanner only takes pictures every 3 mm. If the tapeworm were any smaller then they may not have found it. She said it's weird to say a prayer of thankfulness for such a large tapeworm. She had to take de-worming medication for one month along with many antibiotics. The doctors told her that she would have a "tapeworm calcification" on her brain for the rest of her life and that she could continue to have headaches and start having seizures from the tapeworm calcification. By God's grace she has not had recurring headaches and never had seizures. She had a follow-up CT scan and to the doctors surprise there was no evidence of the tapeworm calcification. She is doing great and now takes worm medication every six months.This is a very rare and she got this due to living in a very remote village and receiving produce from the villagers and not cleaning it adequetely. George is now even more of a germ-ophobic. He keeps telling me to wash his fruits and veggies in antibacterial hand cleanser.
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