article_snippet: A woman who ate live frogs as a child had to have an 8cm-long parasite removed from A woman who ate live frogs as a child .
article_snippet: During surgery, surgeons removed the thin, 10cm-long white parasite.
article_snippet: During surgery,  doctors removed the thin, 8cm-long white parasite (pictured).
article_snippet: The parasite (pictured) can also be transmitted through coming into contact with an open wound from the host.
article_snippet: The parasite (pictured) most commonly affects the brain or the eye.
highlights_snippet: Surgeons eventually agreed to operate and removed 8cm parasite .
  