Don't eat raw pork, Taiwan doctor discovers tapeworms living in patient’s legs

[SilentPanda]

A Taichung physician on Thursday warned against eating raw pork after treating a migrant worker for tapeworms that had infected their calf muscles.

Chang Wei-shuo (張為碩), an infectious disease specialist at Asia University Hospital, said that he treated a Thai national complaining of pain in their calves.

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An X-ray showed white, elongated forms in the person's calf muscles, leading to a diagnosis of cysticercosis, a tissue infection caused by pork tapeworms, he said, adding that the worker had said they sometimes eat raw pork.

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When people eat raw or improperly cooked pork that contains live eggs or larvae, the larvae could mature into pork tapeworms in two to three months, which could then work themselves into the human body, he said.

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Typically, cysticercosis occurs in the small intestines of the host and the body naturally expels worm eggs and dead worms, so the infection is usually not felt or detected, he said.

However, tapeworm larvae could also attach themselves to other parts of the body, such as the brain, spinal cord, heart, eyes, kidneys, lungs or skeletal muscle tissues, possibly leading to death, he said.

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泰籍移工愛吃生豬肉雙腳痛 Ｘ光一照竟然發現肌肉長滿蟲 - 自由健康網

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[Slayven]

More like don't eat undercooked pork

 

[Deleted member 52442]

as someone watches parasite removal videos, meh

i expected TAPEWORMS tapeworms

 

[Deleted member 2802]

There was a wriggling worm in a $90 sushi reddit thread

 

[digitalrelic]

Damnit, I guess my daily raw pork diet will have to go by the wayside.

 

[Rockets]

*laughs in muslim*

 

[Alucrid]

guess i can only eat raw chicken now

 

[Garp TXB]

I prefer the brain parasite worms that make you smarter in exchange for free housing. (I think I got some of that from Futurama)

 

[Slayven]

Scratch that, don't eat undercooked and underseasoned pork.

 

[Mona]

is this what happens when you eat raw cookie dough?

 

[Couleurs]

guess i can only eat raw chicken now

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I assume raw beef is fine too

 

[Slayven]

is this what happens when you eat raw cookie dough?

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You feel sad later

 

[Kitsunebaby]

Yeah, this has been a thing for awhile. A number of stories of tapeworms in the brain, too.

Still, who wants a well-done pork chop?

 

[jwhit28]

I know the USDA says pink pork is fine as long as it hits 145F but it still freaks me out a bit.

 

[jokingbird]

Just rewatched the pilot for House and this was the cause of the person almost dying

 

[Buckle]

as someone watches parasite removal videos

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Why does that sound disturbingly satisfying to watch?

"Fucking gross....yeah, get that shit out of there. "

 

[Baccus]

Who in hell eats raw anything (meat)?

 

[Garp TXB]

Who in hell eats raw anything?

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Really now? You're missing out on a whole culinary universe

 

[Baccus]

Really now? You're missing out in a whole culinary universe

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Thanks for the advice Mr Cat, but my human intestine doesn't play well with raw animal meat lol.

 

[mopinks]

Who in hell eats raw anything?

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wait until you find out about sushi

 

[El-Suave]

More than half of the population of Germany would have tapeworms then - because we love our Mettbrötchen.
I respect everbody for not wanting to eat it, I haven't since my youth, but the generalization is bullshit.

 

[Nola]

So what is the temp these things die at?

Wonder if this is actually something to worry about or do I just need to not eat my pork medium rare or rare?

 

[julia crawford]

2021 wrecking shit up not even a day into it

 

[Garp TXB]

Thanks for the advice Mr Cat, but my human intestine doesn't play well with raw animals.

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You did say anything. There's sushi (an animal?) and all kinds of delicious raw veggies and fruits.

 

[Baccus]

You did say anything. There's sushi (an animal?) and all kinds of delicious raw veggies and fruits.

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Yeahh phrasing was a bit incomplete. Now of course your advice makes way more sense.

Eating raw, ground animal meat does seem like a recipe for trouble. But what do I know.

 

[Buckle]

2021 wrecking shit up not even a day into it

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Those things that eat fish tongues and replace them are moving up to humans next.

I really feel like this is their year.

 

[ToddBonzalez]

People eat raw pork? I always heard that was a no-no.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Well there goes my dinner plans.

 

[BasilZero]

Raw meat or fish (sushi) is disgusting

 

[RedMercury]

Scratch that, don't eat undercooked and underseasoned pork.

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Gotta dress that shit up like it's going to a wedding

 

[Soybean]

Remind me again why irradiating food was so controversial? That would solve these issues, right? I miss the Wegmans irradiated ground beef that I could cook rare without worry. And I'd love to eat irradiated sushi without giving parasites a single thought

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I remember an episode of Ozzy and Drix teaching me this lmao.

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[Septimus Prime]

I have rights.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Who in hell eats raw anything (meat)?

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Gordon ramsay already told me that raw is not the way.

 

[Sacrilicious]

Remind me again why irradiating food was so controversial? That would solve these issues, right? I miss the Wegmans irradiated ground beef that I could cook rare without worry. And I'd love to eat irradiated sushi without giving parasites a single thought

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Because radiation is a scary word.

 

[Deleted member 22750]

Cook the meat

 

[Introvert]

I'm never eating pork again.

 

[I Don't Like]

*puts down raw pork*

Fine.

 

[Doc Laserstein]

file under: no shit

 

[Saifu]

I constantly hear horror stories like this but from folks that eat sashimi.

 

[Yokijirou]

I just bought pork chops for pork tonkatsu shiiiitt

 

[Failburger]

I remember an episode of Ozzy and Drix teaching me this lmao.

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What is this Cells At Work ripoff?

 

[Deleted member 52442]

Why does that sound disturbingly satisfying to watch?

"Fucking gross....yeah, get that shit out of there. "

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thats exactly what it is lmao

 

[Deleted member 22630]

It's not all bad, you get a friend for life!

 

[Kinthey]

Gordon ramsay already told me that raw is not the way.

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[VariantX]

I didn't even know intentionally undercooking pork was a thing. I'm still traumatized when Jack from Cooking With Jack said "medium rare" chicken...I don't think I ever dropped a youtuber so fast for a reason not filed under being a bigot or a racist before.

 

[EloKa]

*laughs in Mettbrötchen*

 

[Deleted member 22630]

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Not sure if I'd be giddy with excitement or horrified with terror if my pork was singing Hakuna Matata to me...

 

[Midramble]

Once participated in a upside-down chin based news video essay on these.

 

[sfedai0]

There is a lot of meat and seafood that can be eaten raw safely but it all comes down to preparation and quality of the meat. Ive eaten a bunch of different sashimi in Japan like fish, chicken, and horse.