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

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nature why are you like that?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Because there is no conscious force guiding it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

you'll forget about it in a minute

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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