im scared i have a tapeworm?!!!!!!?

Question

Im scared, cause im skinny and i eat alot. im so scared. how do you know? Please TELL ME!!!! gosh im so scared. 5/7 and 115lbs.

Answer 1

Were either of your parents skinny at this age? Your body habitus is more likely to be a result of heredity than a tapeworm. Many teenagers are skinny and have huge appetites.

Tapeworm infections are more common in people who eat raw fish or undercooked beef or pork.

The only way I know to diagnose a tapeworm infection is to examine the stool under the microscope, looking for eggs and worm segments called proglottids.

Answer 2

If you have a tapeworm, you will eventually pass something that looks like rice in your stool. It might move. It's a baby tapeworm. That's how I found out my dog had tapeworms. People also get many other kinds of worms too. If you stay up way later than usual and your rear end itches really bad all the sudden you could have pinworms, for example. I'm a firm believer that if your dog can get worms so easily you can too. I have a magazine called First that they sell at the checkout, and it says that one in three Americans have parasites. Even Kelly Ripa had a parasite.

Answer 3

Well if you went to a foreign country and ate raw food, or ate raw fish then you might have gotten a parasite. If you are eating the typical american diet, no you do not have a parasite. Just a fast metabolism. Don't worry as you age this will indeed change.

Answer 4

If you live in the U.S. and are otherwise healthy, it's most likely a fast metabolism. Probably nothing to worry about, but check with a doctor just in case. He might be able to give you hormone injections to slow down your metabolism, or some other type of medication.

Answer 5

well i am from the Caribbean and when someone have tape worm yes they get skinny but that do not mean that you have it for one the signs mostly when you sleeping you will be grinding your teeth and if it is so bad the worm will come trough your nose or you will pass them in your stool.so look for that .that is how my mom will know if we have worms. well i hope that i was some help to you.

Answer 6

You just have a high metabolism. I used to be that thin and the same height way back when. Age and french fries cured me of that problem.

Answer 7

if you often get tired at nite time or if bright lite in the eyes hurt you definately have one another sign is if high speeds obove 100mph scares you most likely you need to drink some vinager like at least 1-2 glasses full g/l

Answer 8

So WHY don't you see a doctor for pete's sake? How can anyone here tell you what's wrong?

Good grief.