Report: RFK Jr. says worm ‘ate a portion’ of his brain

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Kennedy’s campaign declined to provide his medical records to the Times. In a statement to CNN, Stefanie Spear, a spokesperson for Kennedy’s campaign, said he had “traveled extensively in Africa, S…

File photo: In his first public comments after the report published, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a social media post offered “to eat 5 more brain worms and still beat President Trump and President Biden in a debate.”Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

In addition, he has grappled for decades with atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, an irregular heartbeat. He told the Times it has been more than a decade since he experienced the condition and said he believes he no longer suffers from it. But, speaking generally, Hotez said people with pork tapeworm infections in their brains — a condition known as neurocysticercosis — more commonly experience seizures and sometimes need to be on anti-seizure medication for a long time because when the worms die, they form a calcified cyst in the brain that can cause the brain to release inflammatory chemicals called cytokines.

 

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