One potential cause of epilepsy is consuming undercooked pork from pigs infected with the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) ...

The taenia solium parasite enters the human body when its larval cysts are ingested. The eggs later mature into adult tapeworms in the gut over 5 to 12 weeks. However, Ghali clarified that eating ...

Stomach-churning X-ray pictures show a man left bursting with tapeworm eggs after he made a grave ... was caused by the "larval cyst of taenia solium, also known as the pork tapeworm".