I was just curious to know if the intestinal tapeworms from such areas as undercooked beef or fish can produce a tapeworm that will grow long enough that it will invade the human brain. Possibly eat away at it, or purtrude possibly or cause any other brain damage. I know that pork can produce tiny worms that reside in the brain, but I just want to know if the longer ones can as well, or if there are any cases already known of.
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no because your intestine is part of your gastrointestinal system which is not connected to your brain.
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Direct quote (not my own words)\n\nToxoplasmosis is an important zoonotic disease. Around 30% of the adult population in the UK have serological evidence of infection but, as with cats, the vast majority of these human infections are either asymptomatic or result in only mild clinical disease. Of major concern however, is congenitally acquired toxoplasmosis. As noted above, this can only occur when a previously unexposed (non-immune) woman acquires toxoplasmosis during pregnancy. In this situation there is approximately a 40% chance that the foetus will acquire the infection, and in around 10% of these cases, severe neurological or ocular disease is present at birth. \n\nMost surveys show that owning a cat, or having direct contact with a cat does not constitute an increased risk of acquiring toxoplasmosis. Although cats are crucial in the life-cycle of T gondii , and are the only known source of oocysts present in the environment, it is stray and feral cats more than pet cats that are implicated in this. In the UK and other industrialised countries, it is mainly adolescent and adult humans who acquire infection with T gondii , and this is primarily correlated with the acquired habits of eating undercooked meat, and of poor meat hygiene. Ingestion of infected meat therefore appears to be the major source of human infection in the UK . \n\nFollowing a few sensible environmental and meat hygiene measures can greatly reduce the risk of human infection. \n\nCook all meat thoroughly to at least 70 degrees C \nWash hands, utensils and surfaces carefully after handling raw meat \nWash all vegetables carefully \nWear gloves when gardening in soil potentially contaminated by cat faeces \nEmpty cat litter trays daily, dispose of litter carefully and disinfect tray with boiling water. If this is done every day, even if a cat is excreting oocysts, they will not have sporulated and therefore will not be infectious by the time the litter is changed \nDiscourage pet cats from hunting and avoid feeding raw/undercooked meat \nCover any children's sandpits/boxes to prevent cats using them as a litter tray. \n \n\nFeline Advisory Bureau
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Maybe tape worm or pinworm
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There are a couple that I know of, and they are foodborne. The first woudl be Trichinomas. It comes from eating undercooked pork. It's symptoms are swelling around the eyes, muscle pain, and fever. Another would be a tapeworm. Its biggest symptom is rapid weight loss. Another is a parasite you can get from certain fish. It's really gross. It attaches to your esophogus and lays its eggs there. The host usually learns about it by coughing up the eggs. Nasty!
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Seriously... take her to the hospital. I dont know what they are but worms in your body feed off your body. Arms are probably just one spot they are in. If you dont get her to the hospital immediately they will eat her organs and she will die. Seriously.
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How weird, my mom just had this, and I had never heard about it before that. All the above is correct, but I just wanted to add that you ought to get it treated soon and change your diet around accordingly. My mom almost died from it, which is unheard of, and she ended up having a foot of intestine being taken out. Watch out! It can get pretty damn serious.
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I know this is really gross but... are there any animals?\n\nlol lol just wondering (to save the human race)
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theres a strong possibitity that someone or something has snuck in  and eaten your grama whilst you were wasted.its only a matter of time before it gets you to.Take a large heavy object(a snow shovel for example)and stove in its head,brutaly if posible.once it stops jerking cover it in suger and creasote and burn it in the back garden.these creaturs often reproduce asexualy and can be a bugger to get rid of once your infested.gooc luck mate:)
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I don't think the kind of fish matters-- it was a decaying bag of biology and it was stewing with all kinds of bateria that was helping it decompose.  I think it's the bacteria that was in the dead fish and not the fish itself.  I'd go get a tetnus shot and itching is a sign of infection, so....
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At first I was angered by your question, but when faced with your undeniable facts, I am left speechless. You should emphasize more that monsters do eat humans though to better to connect the dots. A Noble prizeis in your future for sure.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parelaphostrongylus_tenuis\n\nMorphology\n\nRoundworms are triploblastic protostomes with a complete digestive system. Roundworms have no circulatory or respiratory systems so they use diffusion to breathe and for circulation of substances around their body. They are thin and are round in cross section, though they are actually bilaterally symmetric. Nematodes are one of the simplest animal groups to have a complete digestive system, with a separate orifice for food intake and waste excretion, a pattern followed by all subsequent, more complex animals. The body cavity is a pseudocoel (persistent blastula), which lacks the muscles of coelomate animals used to force food down the digestive tract. Nematodes thus depend on internal/external pressures and body movement to move food through their digestive tracts. The mouth is often surrounded by various flaps or projections used in feeding and sensation. The portion of the body past the anus or cloaca is called the "tail." The epidermis secretes a layered cuticle made of keratin that protects the body from drying out, from digestive juices, or from other harsh environments, as well as in some forms sporting projections such as cilia that aid in locomotion. Although this cuticle allows movement and shape changes via a hydrostatic skeletal system, it is very inelastic so does not allow the volume of the worm to increase. Therefore, as the worm grows, it has to moult and form new cuticles. The cuticles don't allow volume to increase so as to keep hydrostatic pressure inside the organism very high. For this reason, the roundworms do not possess circular muscles (just longitudinal ones) as they're not required. This hydrostatic pressure is the reason the roundworms are round.\nMost free-living nematodes are microscopic, though a few parasitic forms can grow to several meters in length. There are no circular muscles, so the body can only undulate from side to side. Contact with solid objects is necessary for locomotion; its thrashing motions vary from mostly to completely ineffective at swimming.\nRoundworms generally eat bacteria, algae, fungi and protozoans, although some are filter feeders. Excretion is through a separate excretory pore.\nReproduction is usually sexual. Males are usually smaller than females (often very much smaller) and often have a characteristically bent tail for holding the female for copulation. During copulation, one or more chitinized spicules move out of the cloaca and are inserted into genital pore of the female. Amoeboid sperm crawl along the spicule into the female worm.\nEggs may be embryonated or unembryonated when passed by the female, meaning that their fertilized eggs may not yet be developed. In free-living roundworms, the eggs hatch into larva, which eventually grow into adults; in parasitic roundworms, the life cycle is often much more complicated.\nRoundworms have a simple nervous system, with a main nerve cord running along the ventral side. Sensory structures at the anterior end are called amphids, while sensory structures at the posterior end are called phasmids.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematode\n\n\nHope that helps!
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Ok, I'm not one to talk sh** here, but here we go...\nFeces goes through your intestines which have bacteria in them to help break down food. The kind in your intestines, stay in your intestines, and help to maintain your health. NOW- When those bacteria get into any other part of your bod, it's very bad because they release toxins, and other stuff into you that make you quite ill. I mean we naturally have E-coli in our intestines, but it's fatal if you have an E-coli infection. \n\nUrine on the other hand is sterile. You can drink it, but I don't know why on earth you would. Just because its sterile meaning without bacteria and germs, doens't mean that it doesn't still have other toxins and body waste in it. So, uh yuck, don't do it. \n\nAlways, always, always wash your hands after handling body waste. Diseases and other illnesses can still be passed on even if it was only urine...like I said it still has bad stuff in it. \n\nAnd as for the pig thing...I don't know why they weren't sick.
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i dont know if this is true..but i heard once when i was a kid that tadpoles draw the nutrients they need from theyre little tails. i heard that its the same concept as little creatures eating their shells after breaking out of them. This might be urban legend but it makes sense to me! what else happens to their little tails? and please..nobody correct me or i will feel really really stupid for believing this if its not true
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Animals can sometimes carry infectious organisms which don't cause them to be sick, but which can infect humans. \n\nTurtles, for instance, often carry salmonella. As do many reptiles and amphibians. Poultry does as well, which accounts for advice to cook chicken very well. \n\nWild mice in the N American SW desert can carry and spread to humans a family of viruses called hanta virus (originally found and identified in Korea). In fact, rodents generally (or rather their fleas) are the carriers of bubonic plague. \n\nAll that said, contaminated food is ordinarily handled more or less safely. The intensely acid conditions in the stomach don't really contribute much to digestion, but are lethal to most bacteria. This is why less than sterile food circumstances in some places don't lead to widespread death from the contamination. It does cause a more or less continuous low grade of food upset and such, and in some cases some very bad diseases (such as cholera). But even if not perfect, stomach acidity does a pretty good job of keeping us safe from most contamination infection problems.\n\nIt may be that your guys lout of a co-worker will get sick, but probably not. A better choice would perhaps be to only bring some fruit for lunch -- perhaps the bully wouldn't want to steal a half-eaten apple?
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Giardia lamblia are excreted in the feces of infected animals, including humans, and can cause diarrheal disease if ingested. They are of particular concern in water treatment. Unlike endospores, they are readily destroyed by boiling. I'm a microbiologist who has seen these little protozoans under the scope, both in cyst and trophozoite form. I was hiking in New Mexican mountains a year ago  in a spot where a member of my team had contracted this giardiasis. We were camped near a running stream and knew not to drink from it. The woman who got sick was showering (using a solar shower with water taken from the stream) and evidently wasn't careful about the water around her mouth and must have ingested the cysts which led to her violent cramps and sickness. It was later confirmed in both her diarrhetic and formed stool that she did have dysentery caused by Giardia lamblia. \n\nAs far as the primary source? It is mainly animals other than humans. But it isn't just a "hike in the woods" kind of thing...it's any fecal contaminated water supply - not just streams or rivers out in the wilderness. It's a constant problem in third world countries. But if I would have to say specifically which one IN the wilderness...I'd have to side with animals other than humans. There are far more of them in the wilderness than there are humans. \n\nIf you heard (that there was a recent surge in giardia cases) from news media....well lets just say that they'll put anything they hear on the air. Remember the supposed "summer of the shark" and how shark attacks were on the rise? In all actuality, the number of attacks was still average - no spike.\n\nIf you need a definitive source on this subject, I would check out scientific journals on the web. At least they are supposed to be more of a sure thing on accuracy than personal websites.
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omg- this is such a complex thing. i just took a parasite class and we talked about nothing but worms and amoebas. worms normally enter through digestion and then burrow their heads between villi. then it grows and matures and deposits eggs through feces. some worms use proglottids, some drop eggs directly into intestines. the eggs are then released out of the anus and ready for another host or vector. some worms end up going though the lamina propria in intestines and getting into hepatic duct and getting into the blood stream. worms can then get into the heart or even encyst in muscle and crippling the muscle if enough get in there. the trichino worm gets into arm muscles and enough render the arm useless.
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urban legend!!!! Replacing a tesicle with an onion would probably cause a pretty bad infection.