Upcoming Episode of House: A Worm in the Brain

You’ve heard of earworms?  Songs that get stuck in your head?  Well this is a brain worm, and it comes from handling or eating raw pork or not washing your hands in the bathroom.

From Neatorama here:

Rosemary Alvarez went to the doctor because she had numbness in her arms and blurred vision. An MRI revealed something unusual deep in her brain stem, so doctors immediately sent her to surgery.

But they didn’t find the tumor they expected – instead, they found … a worm!  Doctors said worms can come from eating undercooked pork or spread by people who don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom.

Oh yeah, there is a nifty video.  Below is a screenshot of the doctor pulling the worm out of the lady’s brain.  Click the wormy photo to see the video.