the cause couldn t be identified. a year later, her symptoms had progressed and included forgetfulness and depression, so she was sent for a brain mri, which showed damage in herfrontal lobe here. surgeons in canberra performed a biopsy and got the shock of their lives. it was definitely not what we were expecting. everyone was shocked and the worm that we found was happily moving quite vigorously outside of the brain. for many months, she d been really struggling and it was really courageous of her to come and have further testing after not having answers for so very long. but she did really well for knowing what was actually causing all her trouble and then having now treatment for what was causing the trouble. so how could this happen? the woman originally from england lives near a lake in new south wales which is home to these carpet pythons.
like climate change which simply cannot be solved without edging possible involvement. so you might expect positive sounds coming out of these two governments over the next 24 these two governments over the next 2a hours but not all smooth sailing. thank you. look away now if you re squeamish. in a world first, doctors in australia were startled to find an eight centimetre parasitic worm alive in a woman s brain. for 18 months, the 64 year old had been experiencing mysterious ailments and was horrified by the cause. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has that story. it s like something from a horrorfilm. surgeons say it s the first time this type of worm has been found in a human brain. the patient was first admitted to hospital in south eastern australia in 2021 with stomach pain and diarrhoea but the cause couldn t be identified. a year later, her symptoms had progressed to include forgetfulness and depression, so she was sent for a brain mri, which showed damage to herfrontal lobe he