Neurocysticercosis, a parasite in your brain.
I thought I just had a migraine, but I have bugs in my head?
Well, not exactly. You had larva from a pork tapeworm that made multiple cysts, but they're all dead now.
A worm? In my fucking head? Are you kidding me?
No, no, you don't have a worm in your head.
You just said that I have...
I said you had a worm in your head, but it's dead and long gone. What we're seeing on the CT is scarring around those dead cysts.
Like dead worm eggs?
Larvae.
Is my brain like Swiss cheese? Am I dying?
No, no, you're not dying. Joseph, you're gonna be OK. The cysts are tiny, and they're calcified over. There'll be no further damage.
Can you fix it?
Unfortunately, no. The little calcified spots will stay there.
So there's gonna be a worm graveyard in my brain forever?
Yeah, but they're resting in peace.
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