Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says a Worm Ate Part of His Brain. Can That Happen?

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recently reviewed by the New York Times, the politician revealed that in 2010 a worm got into his brain"ate a portion of it and then died".

Humans are the main host of mature tapeworms, but they need help from other intermediaries to spread. Once the tapeworm is attached to the human intestinal wall using theA couple of months after infection, these proglottids become pregnant because tapeworms are hermaphrodites. Each proglottid contains 300-500 testes and three ovary lobes, and when released into the digestive tract contains between 50,000 and 60,000.

 

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