Imagine returning from a dream vacation, only to find yourself battling a mysterious illness that leaves doctors baffled. For ...

Severe burning sensations and confusion were later attributed to rat lungworm, which is often transmitted through snails and slugs, a case study revealed.

Doctors were baffled. It was the start of a medical mystery that’s the subject of a New England Journal of Medicine case study this month. In an 11-page paper published February 12, doctors at ...

The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered ...

A 30-year-old woman from New England contracted brain worms during a vacation to Hawaii, Thailand, and Japan. Her symptoms ...

A 30 year old American woman returned from holiday in Thailand and discovered she was harbouring rare parasitic worms in her brain.

A WOMAN who complained of a burning sensation in her feet after returning home from a trip abroad was revealed to have ...

A lumbar puncture revealed that the patient had a rare parasitic infection caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which is ...

In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her ...

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The disease is also linked to female genital schistosomiasis, which can cause infertility, chronic pain, and increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. In the long ...