Are there any worms in human brains?

Worms are not made to live in brains. If they somehow end up in your brain then 1) It's an accident and 2)You're probably about to die as foreign bodies in the brain usually cause infection etc. Being as they are not meant to be in your brain worms generally die if they get there. It's not a good scenario for either of you. read more

There are a few worms that sometimes infect the human brain, but such infections are rare. Echinococcus granulosus and Taenia solium are two examples. I don’t think there are any congenital brain infections with worms. read more

So, there will be two kinds of people with worms in their brain: The first of those people are who harbour the cysts and are asymptomatic, so as to say: are having no symptoms suggesting any problem with their brains even though they have cysts sleeping in their brains. And this are incidentally found during neuroimaging for some other reasons. read more

Photos: The worms that invade your brain This was the first occurrence of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei in the UK but the infection is more common in China, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. This microscope image shows the worm (center) on a slide after being removed from the patient. read more