What does a tape worm actually look like?

Question

Is it really a worm?

Answer 1

Alternate Names : Beef Tapeworm, Pork Tapeworm, Taenia Saginata, Taenia Solium, Tapeworm, Teniasis

Taenesis is tapeworm infection.

Tapeworm infection is acquired by eating raw or undercooked meat of infected animals. Beef generally carry Taenia saginata while pigs carry Taenia solium. The larvae from the infected meat develop in the human intestine into the adult tapeworm -- which grows and can attain lengths greater than 12 feet.

Tapeworms are segmented, with each segment (proglottid) capable of producing eggs. Eggs are dispersed by individual or groups of proglottids detaching and passing out with the stool. The groups of proglottids from the beef tapeworm are capable of movement and actively crawl out through the anus.

Adults and children with tapeworm (T. solium, pork tapeworm only) can, if appropriate hygiene is lacking, become self-infected by ingesting eggs from their tapeworm which were picked up on their hands while wiping or scratching the anus.

Additionally, these individuals can expose other individuals to T. solium eggs, usually via food handling. Ingested eggs hatch in the intestinal track and the larvae migrate through the tissues, where they encyst. If larvae migrate to the brain, they can cause seizures and other neurological problems. This condition is called cysticercosis.

Answer 2

Like a long thin tape. It is a parasite in the intestine of man other vertebrates. The body of a tape worm consists of a head called " Scolex ", a short neck, and a " Strobila " made up of a chain of separate segments ( proglottides ). The manure proglottides, full of eggs. The eggs are released from the free end of worm and pass out from the hosts stools. The eggs are then ingested by an intermediate host, in whose tissue, the larva develops. Man is primary host for some species of tapeworms.

A fully grown tapeworm, will be more than a meter depending upon the food availability. Hence a man affected by this worms, look undernourished, as most of the food he consumes, is snatched away by worms.

Be careful, before preparing a meat and mainly pork, dish. Boil it for a longer time.

Answer 3

If she has fleas and is leaving little bits around that look like uncooked rice, then yes... she has tapeworms. Treat the fleas with Frontline or Advantage and keep it up once a month for AT LEAST three months. Treat the tapeworms with an OTC dewormer that targets tapeworms specifically. It will be the most expensive one of the dewormers since most of the cheaper ones only target roundworms and/or whipworms. You must do BOTH in order to get rid of the worms.

Answer 4

Yes it is looks just like a worm but it keeps growing. The longest one in India (where they are most common) was about 123 feet

Answer 5

If it is in a animal they usually come out in segments. . They're flat and white, and when they dry out they look like rice. . Here is a link to a pic, also google it for pictures. Its funny I found this question because me & the people at my house are talking about it now, lol!!

Answer 6

it is really thin and nasty
i was learning about it in bio haha
if u have it, dont eat anything for a long time, and hold milk up to your nose so that it comes out and dont tear it or else it will grow again

Answer 7

here you go, check these out.

http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=tape+worm&gbv=2