Trending badge Trending Goodful · Posted 2 hours ago "Over 8 Million People Are Living With Brain Worms": Anxiety Over Brain Worms Is At An All-Time High. Here's What An Expert Says You Need To Know. I never thought I needed to know "brain worm warning signs," but here we are.
by Krista Torres BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Over the past month, "brain worm" anxiety has skyrocketed. In case you missed it, this happened after independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
said that a worm ate part of his brain and died inside of his head . When RFKJr gets a song stuck in his head. pic.
twitter.com/OnoBEsFRMn — Sundae_Gurl (@SundaeDivine) May 8, 2024 Twitter: @SundaeDivine You can read more about the story here . While we're not here to investigate RFK's specific claim about a brain worm dying inside of him, we are here to discuss brain worms in general which are, unfortunately, a real thing that exists.
@ladyspinedoc / tiktok.com BuzzFeed spoke to neurosurgeon Betsy Grunch, MD, FAANS, FACS, FCNS who has been practicing for 11 years . To break it down simply, Grunch said that brain worms are a term used to represent a parasitic infection in the brain.
"The most common being from the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium (or neurocysticercosis )," Grunch explained. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @ladyspinedoc So, how would a person be exposed — and potentially get — brain worms to begin with? Grunch said that brain worms most commonly come fro.