Parasitic worms in stomach (video)
March 2nd, 2008
Here’s a delightful video illustrating just one example of the exciting menageire of organisms that set up residence within the human body (which, for example, contains more bacterial cells than human ones). This footage apparently shows a colony of Trichuris trichiura, or whipworms, that have infested some poor soul’s large intestine. I doubt the ‘fact’ at the beginning is accurate (especially as these worms aren’t in the stomach), but as small infestations are symptomless, it’s not impossible that you have some inside you right now.
Wikipedia’s advice on avoiding these worms? “Don’t eat dirt.”
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4 Comments
1. Zoe Moon | March 2nd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Look at the shape of those ribs and the spine on the left side of the screen. That’s the inside of a fish they’re filming. Fish, especially in warm waters, tend to get infestations of parasites either in their mouth and guts and/or under their scales. I’ve seen this a lot in Texas when the temps are rising up into the 90’s and 100’s.
2. Frank the SciencePunk | March 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Fish get some delightful parasites (notably Schistosoma), but I can’t say for certain whether this video is of a fish or not. Do fish stomachs really sit flush against the spine and ribs? Do fish even have ribs?
3. mel | March 9th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Those look a lot like pin worms… I had them at one point in time. Walgreens sells an effective liquid that you drink and eventually they die and you’re clean again.
4. Melikoth | March 10th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Watching that video makes me want to take some of that medication that kills these buggers just in case.
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