Wash Hands and Avoid Pork

Docs in Phoenix, Arizona operated on a woman to remove what they thought was a brain tumor -- WRONG! It turned out to be a worm, living deep within her brain stem. Although doctors don’t know exactly where the woman got the worm – they said it could come from eating undercooked pork or it can be spread by people who don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom, according to the report.

“It only takes one person who is spreading it constantly to get a lot of people exposed and some of those people are going to go on to develop this problem,” the operating doctor said.

Alvarez said she hopes people learn this lesson from her story.

“Wash your hands, wash your hands.”