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  • 2022-02-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Photo Show A Human Heart After Eating Pork? (en)
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  • A picture shared on Instagram purportedly shows a human heart after eating pork. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Free shipping orders over $100 (@organic_harvested_seamoss) Verdict: False The image shows a pig heart infected with a parasitic disease called cysticercosis, according to medical experts. Fact Check: The image appears to show a heart with various white cysts covering it. Text included with the photo claims it is The heart of a person who consumes pork. A reverse image search revealed the image was originally posted on Instagram in July 2018 with the caption, Parasite paradise #porcine cysticercosis. Porcine cysticercosis is an infection of pigs caused by the larval stage of Taenia solium , a tapeworm that causes taeniosis in humans, according to a 2010 study published in the scientific journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases . The study explains the disease is common in pigs from the developing world and poses a serious public health risk and causes significant economic losses in pig production. Several months later in October 2018, the Instagram account Anatomiae shared the same picture of the heart with a Portuguese-language caption that reads, See this rare case of cysticercosis in a pig heart. The account is associated with Dr. Romulo Oliveira and Dr. Ygor Minassa , self-described Physicians, Vascular Surgeons and Teachers, according to their website . View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anatomia é 😷 (@anatomiae) The end of the picture’s caption warns, This post was shared on Facebook with wrong information saying that it was the heart of a person who eats a lot of pork. Beware of fake news! (RELATED: Does This Image Show A Heart-Shaped Pond In Zimbabwe?) In an emailed statement to Check Your Fact, Dr. John Stulak , professor of surgery in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, confirmed the picture is almost certainly not a human heart and resembles a pig heart. A similar photo of a pig heart with cysts as a result of cysticercosis can be seen in a 2019 journal article titled, Taenia solium Cysticercosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Perspectives for a Better Control. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes on its website that while cysticercosis can occur in humans, they do not get cysticercosis by eating undercooked pork. (en)
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