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Rock star claims tapeworm infected brain

Published February 27, 2013

News Corp Australian Papers

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 The lead singer of Australian hard rockers Frenzal Rhomb has revealed he
was forced to cancel a recent tour after surgeons discovered a pig tapeworm
egg had infected his brain.

In a tale worthy of the *Twilight Zone*, Jay Whalley enlightened fans to
his recent health crisis, which was four years in the making on the band's
Facebook page Tuesday.

After suffering two seizures after a gig on January 25, the Sydney singer
was rushed to hospital where scans showed a 1-centimeter tumor.

Whalley underwent a three-hour operation on February 14 and, instead of a
cancerous tumor, surgeons found a mysterious parasitic infection.

Further investigation revealed it to be ''basically the egg from a pig
tapeworm,'' which the vegetarian rocker may have picked up by accidental
contact with an infected person during his Central American travels four
years ago.

''Once in my stomach they never become tapeworms, but they migrate into the
muscle, most of the time causing no problem and you'll never know it's
there, the only place you'll have problems is if they make it to your brain
or eyes,'' Whalley explained.


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