Wash those hands, friend. Clean hands are always better than a belly full of worms.
When a man showed up at the hospital for hip pain, his doctor expected the usual—a fracture, maybe some bruising. Instead, the X-ray revealed hundreds of tiny white specks lodged throughout his muscles. The culprit? Pork tapeworm larvae, likely picked up in the most unexpected (and unsettling) way. Here’s how it happens—and how to make sure it doesn’t happen to you.