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Pork tapeworm

Pork tapeworm

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Sep 10, 2026

BenHOST
7:43
But listener, good hand hygiene before handling, uh, bacon and food.
BenHOST
7:48
Um, so the rest of the backstory is that, uh, there is a pork tapeworm called Taenia, Taenia solium, and the condition's, uh, neurocystercosis, neurocystercosis.
BenHOST
8:02
Now, um, a lot of times if you get contaminated with, uh, this tapeworm, the larva can get into your bloodstream and go even to your eyes, your brain.
BenHOST
8:15
And believe it or not, this is the number one cause of acquired epilepsy is, uh-

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