She Battled Severe Headaches For Almost A Year Then Doctors Took A Brain Scan And Saw Eight Eggs

when one mother began suffering from excruciating headaches she had no idea what was causing them moreover after nine months of pain our doctors feared she had a tumor however when they conducted a scan they saw eight tiny eggs inside Yadira rostro comes from the city of Garland in Texas there she was a busy mom just like any other however at the beginning of 2015 the 31 year old began to suffer health difficulties that would affect her entire way of life indeed that was when rostro began suffering from chronic headaches furthermore the pain was so acute that it even started to affect her eyesight however she was at a loss as to what was causing the discomfort so understandably the pain began to worry rostro I started having headaches several times sometimes my sight was impaired and I could not see properly as a result rostro was determined to get to the bottom of what was happening to her so she contacted the Methodist Dallas Medical Center their doctors conducted a cat scan to see what the problem was at first doctors believe that rostro may have been suffering from a brain tumor indeed when her scans came back they did confirm an abnormality however it didn't appear to be cancer as the medical team had first believed doctors could clearly see that rostro had an obstruction that was preventing spinal fluid from flowing into her brain so first they inserted a catheter to relieve the pressure then they conducted a more in-depth MRI scan to work out exactly what was causing the blockage that's when they discovered something that would shock them to the core there on the monitor surgeons could see a group of sacks at the base of rostros brain even worse they look like tapeworm eggs after consulting an infectious disease specialist surgeons got to work on removing the larvae they sedated rostro before removing part of her skull to reveal the base of her brain the as expected they found six to eight tapeworm acts we did an incision at the base of the skull removing part of her skull splitting the cerebellum neurosurgeon dr. Richard Moran told the Houston Chronicle right then we could see the sex of tapeworm larvae at the base of her brainstem the medical team then removed all the eggs with the help of a microscope amazingly medical staff captured the whole procedure on film describing what he had found Mae rat told USA Today they looked a little bit like eggs they have a clear sack and inside it a small tapeworm as the eggs had grown in rostros brain they'd blocked essential fluids from entering the skull this in turn had caused the moms excruciating headaches so rostro was no doubt relieved to get to the bottom of her problems and finally lead a pain-free existence again following her terrifying ordeal rostro gave some thought to what had happened she later stated that she believes she'd caught her tapeworms on a family holiday to Mexico two years earlier rostro said that she might have eaten contaminated food there so the parasite had then traveled through her bloodstream and into her brain tapeworm infections like rostros usually occur in rural regions according to the World Health Organization however people can also catch them by eating undercooked meats in addition water or food that's been in contact with an infected animal or person can also pose a risk nevertheless rostro is now well on the way to making a full recovery moreover she'll be forever thankful that surgeons caught the tapeworm infection before it was too late headaches it seems can be a good indication to show whether certain foods have caused harm to a person's health take for example Beth Paulette story you see when her sons began suffering from awful headaches she just couldn't work out what was causing them but when the boys sent her photos from their school cafeteria everything suddenly clicked into place like many mothers Beth Paulette's aims to provide her sons with the nutritious and healthy diet and so when her boys began suffering horrific headaches she had no idea what was causing them but then a photograph of the kids school meals explained it all Paulette and her family lived in King and Queen County Virginia where her two teenage sons both attended king and queen central high school for the most part the boys were relatively healthy kids in 2015 however that all changed both of Paulette's sons began suffering from horrific headaches soon in fact the migraines became an everyday occurrence for the boys and naturally their mom grew concerned a number of factors can cause migraines including stress disrupted sleep patterns dehydration and a lack of proper nutrition but poor Paulette had no idea what was causing her son's headaches then however the concerned mom had a breakthrough when Paulette sons began texting her from school attached to their message were pictures of the school canteen and what they depicted sickened the worried parent to her stomach the images revealed that the food that the boys school was less than appetizing in fact it was in dire need of improvement from the pictures it looked like many of the items on the menu were dished up severely burnt and Paulette sons have been served pizzas and ribs that were charred beyond recognition looking at the pictures Paulette couldn't believe what she was seeing my two boys are coming home daily with migraines because they can't eat what's on their plates at school indeed there was every chance the substandard food may have been causing her son's headaches according to the American nutrition Association hunger can be a major cause of migraines and they can be triggered by low sugar levels to avoid hunger headaches the American nutrition Association advised eating three well-rounded meals each day of course Paulette sons weren't getting the specified amount because their cafeteria food was inedible consequently she approached the media to see if they could lend a hand w TV our CBS six began looking into the issue on behalf of the worried mom and it wasn't long before they found someone to corroborate Paulette's claims it looked so unappetizing I could not bring myself to try it at all precious Jackson another student at the school said of the slop dr. Stan Lee Jones is the superintendent of King and Queen County Schools and part of his job is maintaining the standards of canteen food faced with all the evidence however he couldn't deny that something was wrong when reporters showed Jones the images from Paulette's phone he admitted it was unacceptable to serve such food he also revealed that authorities had already suspended the head of food services for schools in the county if an employee is suspended generally it's going to be related to performance Jones told WTV R however it was then that the suspended employee in question came forward to defend herself Suzanne Gilbertson denied she was responsible for the inedible meals furthermore Gilbertson claimed that Jones had actually elected someone else to take control of the new high school canteen a few months prior he further alleged that the person in question didn't have the relevant experience or knowledge to do the job Gilbertson also said that when she reached out to the superintendent about the problem he simply ignored her concerns so while the cause of the charred food might never be known at least Paulette had the drive to do something about it and now thanks to her school kids at King and Queen County High School are getting the sustenance they need to complete their days food is afterall fuel for the brain