BluePirate Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 It's Not a Tumor - Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain Instead Thursday, November 20, 2008 FOX NEWS Doctors in Arizona thought a Phoenix-area woman had a possible brain tumor, but it turned out there was something else penetrating her brain – a worm. Rosemary Alvarez started experiencing numbness in her arm and blurred vision. She went to the emergency room twice and had a cat scan, but everything came up clear, MyFOXPhoenix.com reported. Click HERE for a video. It wasn’t until doctors took a closer look at an MRI that they discovered something very disturbing. “Once we saw the MRI we realized this is something not good,” neurosurgeon, Dr. Peter Nakaji told the news station. “It's something down in her brain stem which is as deep in the brain as you can be.” Alvarez was wheeled into surgery where Nakaji and his colleagues were expecting to remove a tumor, but they uncovered a worm instead. On a video of the surgery, Nakaji can be heard chuckling after he made the discovery. “I'm sure this is a very strange response for the people in the operating room,” he told MyFOXPhoenix.com. “But because I was so pleased to know that it wasn't going to be something terrible.” Doctors removed the worm and don't believe Alvarez will have any lingering health problems. No one knows exactly where she picked up the worm –- doctors said worms can come from eating undercooked pork or spread by people who don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom, according to the report. “It only takes one person who is spreading it constantly to get a lot of people exposed and some of those people are going to go on to develop this problem,” Nakaji said. Alvarez, who is now healthy and has resumed normal activities such a playing ball with family in her backyard, said she hopes people learn this lesson from her story. “Wash your hands, wash your hands,” she added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medman7 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 That is the 4th major problem that I have heard of today caused from not washing hands. This should be a sobering video for anyone to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePirate Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 What were the other three? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medman7 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 A large Growth in someones mouth that was thought to be cancer turned out to be a sever self induced infection causing a cyst. A person thought they had colon cancer and it turned out to be proctitis from a self induced infection that caused them to be septic and then it settled in their rectum. Another person had a masive ear infection that started from the oter ear from them digging in their ear without washing their hands. People simply do not realize how nasty this world actually is until something like this happens to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five0pd310 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I'm never shaking hands again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medman7 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Now you see why Bush uses Alcohol Gel. I keep a bottle of it in the door of my truck now days. That way I can at least use it if I cannot get to a bathroom soon enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePirate Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 Speaking of bathroom, I recommend washing your hands before and after using the restroom. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medman7 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I agree with you 100% on that BP. I also recomend that you kick the garbage can over to the door that way you can open the door with a paper towel so you do not have to touch it after washing your hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLine06 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Make sure after visiting websites such as this lovely one to go wash your hands. One of the nastiest places germs compound at is the keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNDocOfMarines Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 And the moral of the story is... WASH YOUR HANDS! I am a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, and i approve this message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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