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A commonly found worm in humans, who live in the United States and the European countries, is the pinworm. You are likely to get infested with this worm in childhood. 50% of the world's population harbor either the hookworm, large roundworm or the whipworm.
Most of the time, proliferation of intestinal parasites in humans occurs when you eat infected food or when come in the contact with infected feces, which contain worms themselves or their eggs.
Pinworms in Humans: Almost every child below the age of 12 years is infected by them. Pinworms are present everywhere, especially in areas that have four seasons in a year.
Tapeworms in Humans: This is a really tricky customer which attaches itself to the intestinal walls with the help of hooks and suckers. This worm in humans can grow up to 20 feet in length, without you having any indication of its presence in your body. Tapeworm in humans may infest you after eating raw or undercooked pork, tenderloin and sausages or drinking contaminated water.
Roundworms In Humans: The cause of the most common worm infestation in humans is the roundworm infestation. The common mode of infestation of the roundworms in humans is by ingestion of infected food, meat an produce.
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You can get worms everywhere. If you ever swim in a natural body of water you have been exposed. If you ever walk barefoot or play/work in the dirt. If you ever eat meat or produce. If you ever get bit by mosquitoes. I could go on. I have scene it all.
Just because we as a country have made it taboo to talk about does not make the problem go away. Worms see the US the same as the rest of the world an they see humans the same way as goats, dogs, cats an chickens.
I got it from my vet's info page on Tapeworms (the date on it is 7.6.06). Here's some of the rest of it:
Where did you find this?
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Some copy an pasts from around the web.
A commonly found worm in humans, who live in the United States and the European countries, is the pinworm. You are likely to get infested with this worm in childhood. 50% of the world's population harbor either the hookworm, large roundworm or the whipworm.
Most of the time, proliferation of intestinal parasites in humans occurs when you eat infected food or when come in the contact with infected feces, which contain worms themselves or their eggs.
Pinworms in Humans: Almost every child below the age of 12 years is infected by them. Pinworms are present everywhere, especially in areas that have four seasons in a year.
Tapeworms in Humans: This is a really tricky customer which attaches itself to the intestinal walls with the help of hooks and suckers. This worm in humans can grow up to 20 feet in length, without you having any indication of its presence in your body. Tapeworm in humans may infest you after eating raw or undercooked pork, tenderloin and sausages or drinking contaminated water.
Roundworms In Humans: The cause of the most common worm infestation in humans is the roundworm infestation. The common mode of infestation of the roundworms in humans is by ingestion of infected food, meat an produce.
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You can get worms everywhere. If you ever swim in a natural body of water you have been exposed. If you ever walk barefoot or play/work in the dirt. If you ever eat meat or produce. If you ever get bit by mosquitoes. I could go on. I have scene it all.
Just because we as a country have made it taboo to talk about does not make the problem go away. Worms see the US the same as the rest of the world an they see humans the same way as goats, dogs, cats an chickens.
I got it from my vet's info page on Tapeworms (the date on it is 7.6.06). Here's some of the rest of it:
TRANSMISSION: Tapeworms must go through "Intermediate Hosts," which is primarily the FLEA in dogs and cats. Infested birds or rabbits can also spread the parasite to your pet. Fleas eat into the segments passed by the pet; and then become infested with tapeworm larvae. The pet then eats the flea when it gets on your pet's skin, and therefore becomes infested with tapeworms. It is also very common in cats who are allowed outside to catch and eat mice and other rodents. They ingest the fleas off of these animals, and become infested themselves.
rebelcowboysnb, I think the information you found was possibly about another kind of tapeworm.
rebelcowboysnb, I think the information you found was possibly about another kind of tapeworm.
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