Symptoms Nausea. Weakness. Loss of appetite. Abdominal pain. Diarrhea. Dizziness. Salt craving. Weight loss and inadequate absorption of nutrients from food.
What happens if a tapeworm goes untreated?
Untreated tapeworms can live for years, and can lead to malnutrition. Long-term complications could include headaches, blindness, and seizures.
What poop looks like when you have worms?
Sometimes the worms are visible in the anal area, underwear, or in the toilet. In stools, the worms look like small pieces of white cotton thread. Because of their size and white color, pinworms are difficult to see.
Where do you feel tapeworm pain?
Taeniasis can cause mild and non-specific symptoms, including abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhoea or constipation when the tapeworms become fully developed in the intestine. Cysticercosis in humans, on the other hand, occurs when the eggs of pork tapeworms are accidentally ingested.
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