Parasitic worms in stomach (video)

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.”

4 comments March 2nd, 2008