Doctors in India recently made a rare and unsettling discovery after a 35-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room ...

A MAN who couldn’t pee was horrified to discover the cause – a massive red worm, wriggling out of his bladder. Medics snapped disturbing photos of the parasite as it emerged through a ...

A 35-year-old man who couldn't pass urine learned that the cause of his obstruction was a giant worm living in his kidney.

Human infection with giant kidney worm is rare with the parasite more commonly found in carnivorous mammals like dogs, otters and weasels.

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Human infection of giant kidney worm ... where the man was found to have the parasite lodged inside his airway, feeding on his blood. Article continues below A doctor gave him a medical exam ...