A painful burning sensation in a woman's legs turned out to be the result of a parasite burrowing into her brain, her doctors have revealed. The 30-year-old, from New England, likely contracted ...

Over the next two days, the searing pain crept up her legs. Any light touch made it ... that become active with certain allergic diseases, parasitic infections, or other medical conditions ...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic roundworm ... the burning sensation spread up her body into her legs, doctors said. The pain got worse when her legs were touched, according to the ...

Over the following two days, the feeling spread up her legs and worsened when her skin ... symptoms got worse before she was diagnosed with parasitic worms infesting her brain.

The teenager's blood pressure dropped dramatically during the surgery because up to 40% of his blood flowed to the parasitic twin. However, the surgeons quickly stabilized him and he left hospital ...