Monsters Inside Me - Season 6 - Eps 10: All I Got For Christmas Is Brain Surgery
The third episode of the series to be Christmas-themed – A baby is having problems controlling the left side of her body, along with multiple miniature seizures before doctors discover the right side of her brain is malformed due to a Cytomegalovirus infection; a PR executive suffers a year-long ailment that turns out to be a cyst caused by Echinococcus granulosus tapeworms infecting her spleen; seizures ruin a schoolteacher's Thanksgiving, and when they worsen around Christmas, doctors discover a pork tapeworm cyst.
About Monsters Inside Me
Title: Monsters Inside Me
First Air Date: 2009-07-01
Last Air Date: 2017-12-17
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.9/10 (from 11 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 76
Network: Animal Planet
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Optomen Productions
Synopsis
Part horror movie, part medical detective story, find out what happens when people fall prey to an infection from a parasite, those nasty microscopic creatures found in water, soil and even in the air. Victims' stories are retold, including how doctors and scientists attempt to unravel each case before it's too late. Biologist Dan Riskin, assisted by doctors and experts who witnessed each case, leads the scientific discussion about each parasite.
Cast
Cindy Chase
Nastasha Strang
Esin Varan
Tony Dadika
Justin Peed
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dan Riskin
Self
