Imagine returning from a dream vacation, only to find yourself battling a mysterious illness that leaves doctors baffled. For one 30-year-old woman from New England, this nightmare became a reality when a parasite she picked up during her travels infected her brain,

Maria Palen from California is battling paralysis, but doctors are not 100 percent sure why. The 31-year-old started feeling pain and inflammation in 2018 but thought diet and working out would fix it.

Severe burning sensations and confusion were later attributed to rat lungworm, which is often transmitted through snails and slugs, a case study revealed.

A woman developed an array of symptoms shortly after returning from a vacation, and parasites turned out to be the culprit.

After a three-week-long vacation through Thailand, Japan and Hawaii, a 30-year-old woman learned she brought home an unwelcome souvenir, doctors said. When the woman first returned home to the coast of New England,