Man has 6m tapeworm removed from bum
Published: 2016 January 25 19:32:13 (14548 Views)
A 38-year-old man with 'a history of eating raw beef' began suffering with stomach pain, vomiting, anorexia, weakness and weight loss.
He'd been seen by medics over the course of two years, but had no idea there was a 6m (20.3ft) tapeworm inside his body.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, reported by Jian Li and Eping Guo said: 'Two and one half hours after the administration of mannitol, the patient discharged a tapeworm that measured 6.2 m excluding the scolex.'
Apparently it's the result of ingesting cysticerci – a type of tapeworm – while eating beef which is raw or improperly cooked.
It continued: 'The tapeworm attaches to the small intestine and can grow to be several meters in length.
Source - Metro
He'd been seen by medics over the course of two years, but had no idea there was a 6m (20.3ft) tapeworm inside his body.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, reported by Jian Li and Eping Guo said: 'Two and one half hours after the administration of mannitol, the patient discharged a tapeworm that measured 6.2 m excluding the scolex.'
Apparently it's the result of ingesting cysticerci – a type of tapeworm – while eating beef which is raw or improperly cooked.
It continued: 'The tapeworm attaches to the small intestine and can grow to be several meters in length.
Source - Metro
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