This woman felt a severe headache. A nurse looked closer and ran to the doctor. What started out as a bout of headaches for this Texas mother of two turned out to be something far more serious than she had anticipated. After suffering from severe headaches for more than a year, Yadira Rostro of Garland, Texas, was diagnosed with tapeworm eggs growing inside her brain, which she later discovered to be the root of her misery. Beyond the excruciating headaches, Rostro also suffered from frequent vision abnormalities, which progressed to the point where she was unable to see well in any direction at all. As a result of a surgical procedure performed at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center in early September, a total of eight tapeworm eggs were removed from Rostro’s brain during the procedure.
According to Richard Meyrat, a neurosurgeon at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, “They had a transparent sac surrounding them and looked a little bit like eggs. It also has a little tapeworm living inside of it,” he said. While on a trip to Mexico around two years ago, Rostro believes she may have come into contact with the parasite, but she’s not been able to corroborate her suspicions.
