A collage of medical scans circulating online shows parasites throughout a woman’s body, with the claim that this is a result of her eating raw pork for a decade.
The images originated from a documented 2016 case involving a 23-year-old woman diagnosed with widespread cysticercosis. Her family reportedly stated she began consuming raw meat around the age of 10, and that they occasionally ate raw pork during pig slaughter.
However, the reporting did not definitively establish that she consumed raw pork for a continuous 10-year period. While eating raw or undercooked pork containing tapeworm larvae can lead to intestinal taeniasis, cysticercosis develops from ingesting tapeworm eggs. The exact source of the eggs and whether raw pork played an indirect role remain unconfirmed by the available information.
The images themselves are genuine and depict a confirmed case of cysticercosis. The accompanying narrative, however, contains inaccuracies regarding the duration of raw pork consumption and the direct cause of the parasitic infection. Therefore, the claim is a mixture of accurate and inaccurate information.
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