A fish tapeworm infection can occur when a person eats raw or undercooked fish that’s contaminated with the parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. The parasite is more commonly known as the fish tapeworm.

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You’re complaining of having nightmares about your teeth falling out? I dream of intestinal colonization with a 30 foot tapeworm. Everyone’s got their own hang-ups and quite frankly the largest ...

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Colonoscopy revealed a long, moving tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum, located in the terminal ileum and extending to the sigmoid colon (see video). D. latum is a fish tapeworm that can infect humans ...

Intestinal parasites such as tapeworms, hookworms and a protist called Blastocystis can be beneficial to human health, according to a new paper that argues we should rethink our views of organisms ...

A woman who suffered months of unexplained illness was shocked to discover the cause-a fish tapeworm inside her. Alexa Kilbride from New York, battled nausea, extreme weight loss, and panic attacks, ...

The biggest parasite that infects humans can grow up to 30 feet long, but the deadliest one is small enough to lurk inside a mosquito. You might not give them much thought, but parasites are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. If you eat raw or undercooked fish, you risk ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. If you eat raw or undercooked fish, you risk ...

If you eat raw or undercooked fish, you risk developing an infection from parasites. One of the most gruesome is tapeworm, a species of digestive tract-invading parasites that includes ...