Intestinal infection by an adult tapeworm is called taeniasis. In humans, although the tapeworm can cause an upset stomach, it can also be asymptomatic—apart from rice grain-sized eggs in the feces.

Tapeworm in fox poop that will slowly destroy your organs is on the rise The worm indefinitely proliferates into cystic masses in organs, mimicking cancer.

A tapeworm cannot live freely on its own. It survives within the gut of animals, including humans. Humans can also contract tapeworms if they have contact with animal feces or contaminated water.

Kennedy had been suffering from cognitive difficulties. Doctors initially suspected that he had a brain tumour, but it turned out to be a parasite infection – specifically, a pork tapeworm larva ...

You can’t wriggle your way out of obesity. Doctors on YouTube have warned viewers that tapeworm egg pills are being sold on the dark web as a quick-fix weight loss solution — putting consumers ...

Globe Magazine A tapeworm may have changed the lives of Caesar, RFK Jr., and millions of others Inside the world-changing history of a tapeworm — and why it matters now.

When a 64-year-old Australian woman was sent to hospital for brain surgery, neurosurgeon Dr. Hari Priya Bandi was not expecting to pull out a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic roundworm ...

A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded in the muscle of a human body shows the dangers a person can face if they consume undercooked pork.

Dr Sam Ghali warned people against easting undercooked pork as he share the CT scan image of a person with cysticercosis.

A rare tapeworm that had never been found in a person in New Hampshire has now been found in two moose hunters.

A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors believe ...