If You Still Can, Don’t Think Too Hard About This One

“Nobody knows exactly how many people there are with it in the United States,” says Nash, who is the chief of the Gastrointestinal Parasites Section at NIH. His best estimate is 1,500 to 2,000.

Worldwide, the numbers are vastly higher, though estimates on a global scale are even harder to make because neurocysticercosis is most common in poor places that lack good public-health systems.

Sometimes scientists tell you stuff you’d rather not hear, you know? For example, if a meteor was going to hit Earth tomorrow and end all life and nothing could be done about it, would you want the scientists to tell you? Maybe that is why no one is talking about neurocysticercosis? Which is caused by (click “READ MORE” if you dare)… TAPEWORMS IN YOUR BRAIN.