Mavis Tires at the corner of Atlantic Blvd and Leon Rd in Jacksonville Credit: Nick Moron
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly said a worm got into his brain and “ate a portion of it” before the worm died. Here’s what we can VERIFY about “brain worms.”that he suffered from memory loss. He also said he was diagnosed with mercury poisoning that he attributed to his diet around the same time the parasite was found.
Though multiple types of worms can infect the brain, the pork tapeworm causes “the most cases of brain infection in the Western Hemisphere,” John E. Greenlee, M.D., a professor of neurology at the University of Health, People can get cysticercosis after swallowing eggs from a pork tapeworm. The eggs hatch in the small intestine and larvae migrate throughout the body before forming cysts, according to the CDPH.
This inflammation or pressure can lead to life-threatening brain swelling, and cause seizures, headaches and other neurological issues, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
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