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submitted 1 year ago by livus@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

Woman complained of forgetfulness and depression before doctors pulled out an 8cm roundworm normally found in pythons

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[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 70 points 1 year ago

Nature why are you like that?

[-] Lt_Cdr_Data@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 year ago

Because there is no conscious force guiding it

[-] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Also based on the picture it was in the right pre frontal cortex. Interesting because most people won't have much in terms of neurologic symptoms with a lesion here, outside of some subtle mood and executive dysfunction issues maybe. You won't get like language problems, weakness, numbness, vision loss etc or more obvious symptoms like you would with brain damage other places. Worm found a stealthy spot in the brain to hide in.

[-] livus@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Wonder if they normally hang out in one of the cortex areas of the pythons.

[-] Kalladblog@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Human induced. Habitat destruction drives more species into more human populated regions

animals many people wouldn't get into contact with (be it with animal waste or any other way) happens way more often > chances of diseases formerly only present in certain animals adapting to have human hosts increases

[-] livus@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

She was going out and picking native grasses though, pretty sure wilderness areas around Canberra have always had snakes in them.

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