WORMS,
WORMS, WE
LOVE THOSE
WORMS!
PARASTITIC
FLATWORMS IN
HUMANS
TAPEWORMS
The U.S.D.A checks
meat for tapeworm
eggs, but is not 100%
effective!
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Larvae of the
tapeworm grow in the
human intestine.
People get tapeworms by eating raw or undercooked
meat of infected animals such as: fish, cows, or pigs.
They can live in a person
for more than 25 years if
untreated.
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The tapeworm’s scolex (head) has hooks and suckers
on it so that the tapeworm can attach to the small
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Tapeworms have male
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reproductive parts.
A tapeworm’s body is made of sections called
proglottids where digested food from the host is
absorbed. The sections fall off and leave the body in
feces. They contain fertilized eggs that are passed into
Tapeworms can reach lengths of more than 35 feet
long.
Infected people have
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diarrhea, nausea,
vomiting, hunger,
tiredness, poor
nutrition, and weight
loss.
Medicine will kill the tapeworm. Later, when the person goes
to the bathroom, the worm will come out…all 8+ feet! The
person takes the worm (from the toilet) to the doctor to
confirm that the head came out. Otherwise, it may start to
BLOOD FLUKES
People can get flukes
when they contact
contaminated water.
The parasite digs into the
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lungs and liver to grow.
As adults they live in the
bladder, rectum,
intestines, liver, spleen
and lungs.
Blood flukes use
suckers to feed
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the host.
Blood fluke infection causes body pain, a rash, and
a cough early on. Later, victims may have
abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, liver and spleen
enlargement and internal bleeding.
Oral medications can be taken to kill flukes inside
the body. Damage to organs is not reversible.
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infected with liver
flukes.
Improved sanitation and elimination of snails that fluke
larvae live in can prevent the spread of disease.