'His brain could be filled with worms!' Chinese doctors are shocked to find 30 tapeworm eggs inside the head of a man after he ate raw meat

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A middle-aged Chinese man was sent into a hospital by his family members after suffering severe headaches and nausea for six months.

Doctors were shocked to find over 30 tapeworm eggs hatched inside Mr Wu's brain with some measuring one centimetre wide (0.39 inches).

Experts believed pork tapeworms had infested in Mr Wu's brain when he had eaten infected pork that was uncooked or under-cooked.

Pictured: Mr Wu, had been suffering seizures and vomiting over six months, was shocked to find out he had over 30 tapeworm eggs hatched inside his brain 

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan showed dozens of sacs filled in the brain. The sacs, which are confirmed to be tapeworm eggs, have been giving Mr Wu hydrocephalus - an excessive accumulation fluid in the brain. 

The 46-year-old man, from Guizhou, southwest China, was diagnosed with neurocysticercosis, showing symptoms of headache, vomiting and seizure.

He explained to the doctors that he had previously eaten raw meat.

Mr Wu had to undergo a craniotomy so doctors can get access to the brain and remove the eggs and larvae carefully.

'Some of larvae can be seen moving in the eggs,' Dr Yang Ming from The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University told Guizhou Metropolitan on March 1.

Dr Yang Ming, pictured, had to perform a brain surgery to remove the eggs and larvae

Mr Wu, pictured, still has to receive follow-up treatment at intensive care unit in the hospital

Dr Yang said the eggs were scattered around inside the brain and he had to be cautious not to break the eggs during the surgery. 

Mr Wu went sent into intensive care unit after the surgery as he was scheduled to receive follow-up treatments to 'kill the tapeworms'.

Dr Yang explained they had to confirm no dead parasites remained in the brain. Otherwise, it could cause serious damage to the brain tissues when the eggs hatched into worms.