Your Worst Nightmare: 10 Strangest Things Discovered Growing Inside a Human Body!

Over the decades, scientific advancements in the field of medicine have allowed doctors worldwide to further examine and study the human body. One of these feats is the ability of medical practitioners to look inside the human body.

This milestone has also allowed the discovery of small objects and even parasites inside our anatomy. These unsettling findings show that the human body is also susceptible to housing foreign entities that can be life-threatening if left unchecked.

With this, Gilmore Health News has compiled and summarized from various sources containing cases of discovered strange things growing inside a human body:

Parasitic Worm Inside a Brain

In 1999, a woman by the name of Rosemary Alvarez went to the St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, due to various health conditions, including balance issues, difficulty in swallowing, and numbness in the left arm.

A doctor performed an MRI scan on Rosemary's brain and initially suspected a tumor growing inside her brain. However, it was discovered that a pork tapeworm parasite was living and was slowly eating her brain.

Twin Inside a Twin

Also in 1999, farmer Sanju Bhagat in Mumbai, India, noticed his stomach is growing which resembles that of a pregnant woman.

Sanju was reportedly experiencing breathing difficulties and was taken to Tata Memorial Hospital where doctors conducted surgery and found Sanju's deceased twin was living with him all along.

Guava Sprout Growing Under a Tooth

In a 2011 YouTube video of Next Media Animation News Direct cited by an article in the British Dental Journal, it can be seen a 36-year-old Taiwanese man had a growing guava sprout in his decaying third molar tooth. It was then removed by a dentist.

The estimated age of the sprout was ten days old.

Pea in a Lung

In 2010, American Ron Sveden from Brewster, Massachusetts, started coughing severely which prompted his wife to call an ambulance. Doctors performed an x-ray on Ron and found a mass inside his lung. Initially thought to be a tumor, they realized it was a pea plant.

Dandelion Flower in the Ear Canal

In 2013, doctors in China found a growing dandelion flower inside a girl's ear canal. The discovery came during surgery after the girl experienced earache for almost one and a half year.

Guinea Worm Disease

The Guinea worm disease (GWD) is caused by a worm parasite called Dracunculus medinensis. Since the 1970s, there have been multiple cases of these parasites emerging from their infected human hosts through the skin.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated the emergence of an adult female Guinea worm is associated with extreme pain for a person with GWD. The CDC says the disease is acquired from the parasite's larvae in drinking water.

Hairball in Stomach

In 2014, doctors removed a massive 4-kilogram hairball or Trichobezoar from the stomach of an 18-year-old girl in Kyrgyzstan. The accumulation of the hair strands was reportedly caused by the girl's obsessive eating of her hair and wools found on the carpet.

Teratoma Tumor in the Fetus

In 2010, 26-year-old Nicola Ellington was awaiting the delivery of her baby. However, it was a surprise of everyone when she gave birth first to a large teratoma tumor that includes various types of tissues such as bone, hair, muscle, and teeth.

Nicola still successfully delivered her baby as part of an operation that led to the removal of the massive tumor which was comparable to the size of a watermelon, as per Fox News.

Fig Tree in a Lung

In 2009, Russian surgeons were shocked when they found that an almost 2-inches fig tree was found inside the lung of 28-year-old Artyom Sidorkin, who initially complained he was coughing up blood and experiencing chest pain.

Potato Sprout in the Vagina

In 2014, an unnamed 22-year-old Colombian woman reported being experiencing severe abdominal pains. Doctors eventually discovered that a potato was sprouting roots inside her vagina. The woman revealed that she placed the potato in her reproductive organ as a form of contraceptive.