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Can you get parasites from eating a worm?

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Tapeworms. You can get tapeworms from food or water that's contaminated with worms or eggs. If you swallow tapeworms, they'll grow up in your intestines. They can live in a person for 30 years. 22 сент. 2020 г.


Can you get parasites from eating earthworms?

Surprisingly (or not) this isn't the first report of a patient been infected with parasites by eating earthworms. A study published in the journal Pediatrics in 2006 describes a similar infection of a 16-year-old girl after she ate an earthworm on a dare.

Can you get a disease from eating a worm?

People get trichinosis when they eat raw or undercooked meat that is infected with the larvae of the trichinella roundworm parasite. You can't pass the parasite on to another person.

What happens if you eat a parasite worm?

Swallowing a live parasitic worm may not cause any illness if it passes through the intestine and is excreted. If the worm attaches to the stomach it can cause “anisakiasis” or “diphyllobothriasis”. Gastric symptoms may develop within a few hours or a few weeks.

What happens if you eat a worm alive?

Eating maggots or maggot-infested food can cause bacterial poisoning. Most foods that have maggots aren't safe to eat, especially if the larvae have been in contact with feces. Some houseflies use animal and human feces as breeding sites.

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