The Most Disgusting Tapeworm Horror Stories
A Mother Fed Her Daughter Tapeworm Eggs To Help Her Win A Beauty Pageant
Weight loss can be a symptom of tapeworm infection. That's why one deranged mother thought it was a good idea to feed her daughter a serving of tapeworm eggs. Trying to give her daughter a competitive edge for an upcoming beauty pageant, the woman secretly fed her child pills with tapeworm eggs inside.
The eggs eventually hatched, but the worms left the girl bloated and in pain. She was taken to the hospital, and the staff thought she was pregnant at first. The girl darted to the bathroom and ended up filling a toilet bowl with wriggling tapeworms. At this point, the mother came clean about what she had done, shocking both her child and the hospital employees.
Doctors Removed Eight Tapeworm Eggs From A Woman's Brain
Tapeworms are usually confined to the intestines. However, they can end up pretty much anywhere in the body, including the brain. A Texas woman was experiencing painful headaches, completely unaware that eight tapeworm eggs were lodged in her brain. Doctors believed she acquired them after eating infected food during a family vacation to Mexico.
The eggs likely traveled through her blood supply and landed in her brain. Doctors removed the egg sacs, though, and the woman made a full recovery.
Man Pulls A Long Tapeworm Out Of His Own Butt
There are a few ways to contract tapeworm infections, and one of the most common ways is to eat raw meat. This is bad news for sushi lovers. One California man learned this the hard way. He ate raw salmon almost every day for months, and he ended up with a nearly six-foot-long tapeworm.
While suffering through some severe and bloody diarrhea, the man noticed something unnatural happening to his body. He investigated and eventually pulled the massive worm from his body, right there at the toilet. He wrapped the worm around a toilet paper roll and immediately took it to a hospital.
A Woman Pulled Multiple Tapeworms From Her Throat Moments After Giving Birth
While people like to romanticize the miracle of childbirth, it can be immensely difficult to endure. One woman's labor was even more startling, as more than one living thing was pulled from her body. After a successful cesarean, the new mother felt an uncomfortable burning sensation in her throat.
She vomited, reached into her throat, and pulled a four-foot tapeworm from her own mouth. About five minutes later, the woman pulled out a second, smaller tapeworm. She and the baby were both fine, but the woman suspected that the worm could have come from some pork she had eaten.
Indian Doctors Pulled Six Feet Of Tapeworm Out Of A Man's Mouth
Tapeworm extraction can be extremely uncomfortable, even with access to modern medicine. Medical professionals removed a six-foot pork tapeworm from an Indian man's mouth, and the experience did not look pleasant. The procedure took over an hour to complete due to the the incredible length of the worm. The man first suspected something after experiencing two months of stomach pains, and the worm compromised his entire digestive tract.
A Man With No Symptoms Excreted A Nine-Foot Tapeworm
Sometimes, victims can't even detect the tapeworm infection. You could have a massive tapeworm inside of you and never feel a bit of pain, as one man from Singapore discovered. The impressive nine-foot tapeworm was much taller than its host, who had no idea he was infected.
In order for doctors to get a picture of the specimen, the worm was folded 18 times. Judging by the type of tapeworm, doctors concluded that the man was probably infected by eating tainted fish.
A Young Girl Had A Huge Tapeworm Inside Of Her For A Month
An eight-year-old girl from Taiwan was likely scarred for life after she got a tapeworm infection from eating worm-infested sashimi. The worm survived in her intestines for a month before it was extracted. It grew over eight feet in that short time span. The child knew something was wrong because she experienced constant itchiness around her rear. Doctors said the insect belonged to the Diphyllobothrium latum family - the largest of all human tapeworms.
A Man Died From His Tapeworm's Cancer
One of the strangest tapeworm stories is also the saddest, as it ends with a man's death. But it wasn't the worm that killed him, not exactly anyway. The worm's cancer actually transmitted to its host via cells. Cancer is not normally considered an infectious disease that you can catch from someone or something else, but the cancer cells in the man's body were not human in origin.
The victim also tested positive for HIV, so that could be why the worm was so dangerous. The man's immune system was compromised, and it could not adequately fight off the intruder.
A Man Suffered From Headaches And Seizures Because Of His Tapeworm
Tapeworm infections can be brutal, especially if they leave the digestive system and infect other organs. A 50-year-old UK man suffered migraines and seizures for almost five years before doctors found the root of the problem. They eventually discovered that a tiny tapeworm, no longer than a centimeter, plagued his brain without detection.
Unfortunately, the tapeworm did some permanent damage during its residency. The man has recovered significantly, however, and the damage is not too severe.
A Woman Tasted Raw Gefilte Fish And Contracted A Tapeworm
Raw meat is a tricky food. Sushi, for example, is a yummy, raw delicacy, but eating raw fish is incredibly risky. One Jewish woman fell victim to a painful tapeworm just by nibbling raw Gefilte fish. She just wanted to check the raw food for taste while cooking. The woman became weak, though, and she eventually became anemic. Her red blood cell count was extraordinarily low, and doctors soon discovered the root of the problem - a tapeworm.
A Man Thought A Tapeworm Leaving Him Was His Guts
Having a tapeworm leave your body can't be a pleasant experience. A man in 2018 thought a worm leaving his body was actually his guts. As the man started to pull, he saw the thing leaving his body was alive. Rather then faint at the thought of something living leaving his body, the man recalled his relief that it wasn't his insides. When all was said and done, the worm measured 5'6" – the same height as the man it left.
