These incidents are referred to as invasive infections, and can result in symptoms such as severe abdominal pain, heavy diarrhea, fever, and fatigue. Other than leeching off the host's nutrients, tapeworms also pose other threats such as attaching itself to other organs or tissue beyond the digestive tract, which can sometimes lead to serious internal injury. Once hatched, tapeworms usually attach themselves to the intestines of the host, where they'll start feeding off nutrients found in the host's body and begin reproducing from the proglottids – the segments in the worms body that contain sexually-mature reproductive systems.
Tapeworm infections in humans typically begin when tapeworm eggs are accidentally ingested when eating infested food products such as raw meat. "We warned them not to continue consuming raw meat as that is one of the main causes of having parasites in the body.” Long, winding, parasites. “We have suggested that the patient’s family also have medical tests to find out whether they had parasites as they are also at risk," said Schawanya Rattanipitoon – the head of the Parasitic Disease Research Center in Nakhon Ratchasima. IMAGE: ศูนย์วิจัยโรคปรสิต Parasitic Disease Research Center on Facebook IMAGE: ศูนย์วิจัยโรคปรสิต Parasitic Disease Research Center on Facebook The tapeworm, which is of the species Taenia saginata (also known as the beef tapeworm), is so far the longest specimen recorded in Thailand in 50 years, and was probably transmitted to the man via consumption of raw beef infested with tapeworm eggs. IMAGE: ศูนย์วิจัยโรคปรสิต Parasitic Disease Research Center on FacebookĪfter consuming the deworming medicine prescribed to him, the man woke up the next morning to find an 18-meter-long tapeworm already exiting his rectum. The man had been complaining of stomach pain and severe flatulence, and upon providing a stool sample to a doctor in the Isaan province in Nong Khai, found out that his stools contained plenty of tapeworm eggs. In today's stomach-turning news, an 18-meter-long tapeworm was removed from the guts of a 67-year-old man in Thailand. Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here.
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