News Health & Medicine Doctors found a live python parasite in a woman’s brain The worm, Ophidascaris robertsi, is not the only type of worm that can infect human brains A neurosurgeon pulled this living worm from an Australian woman’s brain. It was a python parasite that had never before been found in people. Canberra Health Services Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Meghan Rosen September 14, 2023 at 7:00 am The woman’s mysterious symptoms started in her stomach. Weeks of abdominal pain and diarrhea led to night sweats and a dry cough. Then, doctors found lesions on her lungs, liver and spleen.