What was that long white thing they pulled out of the Sepa patent's body??? Also what did it have to do with her disorder??
2007-02-15 10:19:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
It was a tape worm, I think I heard once that a person could get one from drinking contaminated water, because they are so small but if they hook onto your insides and start growing well....The reason it got so huge was because she couldn't feel it, anyone else would have been screaming in agony, especially when he pulled it out...*shivers*
2007-02-15 10:27:31 · answer #1 · answered by Miss Know-it-All 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a 25 foot tape worm and it was a seperate condition from the Sepa. But the tapeworm was feeding off the Vitamin B12 she was given when she was brought to the hospotal after the accident. That's what caused her legs to go numb as she fell off the railing and onto the hospital floor
2007-02-15 18:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by starikotasukinomiko 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a Tapeworm which is parasite that feeds on its host, Their eggs I believe are in stagnant water. A regular person would have had pain in the abdomen but the Sepa patient could not feel it. Tapeworms feed on B-12 hence her B12 deficiency
2007-02-15 18:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lacy is right, but to add one small point. They gave the patient a dose of B-12 which would have given them some feedback into a diagnosis earlier. Since the tapeworm ate the B-12, it had no effect and therefore they didn't see the reaction they were expecting.
2007-02-15 18:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by MIKE M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a tape worm. Her nerve degeneration (loss of sensation in her legs) was caused by B12 deficiency, which they initially ruled out since she got a B12 shot upon admittance to the hospital. However, the tapeworm absorbed the B12, so she never got the benefits of it.
2007-02-15 18:22:52 · answer #5 · answered by Lepke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tape worm, it caused her body to be unable to sythesize nutrients. What it had to do with the disorder we'll find out on the rerun, that was the hardest show to keep up with.
2007-02-15 18:29:00 · answer #6 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely a tape worm. Extreme eating disorder people actually swallow those to loose weight.
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_tapeworm.html
This is more about a vet perspective but is some good info with pictures.
2007-02-15 18:23:47 · answer #7 · answered by n_m_young 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a tape worm. Anyone else would have a pain in their stomach. She couldn't feel it, so it kept feeding off the vitamins they were giving her and growing.
2007-02-15 18:21:44 · answer #8 · answered by Delusions of Grandeur 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a tape worm. it had nothing to do with her disorder but was the reason she was spiking fevers and going into convulsions
2007-02-15 18:22:39 · answer #9 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a good ol' 25 foot tapeworm
2007-02-16 02:36:51 · answer #10 · answered by The Tourist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋