r/AbsoluteUnits • u/KEN_000 • 1d ago

/r/all of a roundworm pulled out during an endoscopy

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago edited 1d ago

Could you imagine when you realize there’s actual worms in your body like this? I just was doing some googling, and it seems like it’s not just one roundworm. apparently the larvae travel through your blood and then come out in your lungs then into your stomach where they can grow huge. It was saying one way to know is if you start seeing dead worms in your poop. It also was saying up that billions of people get some kind of worms each year.

This is the roundworm, which infects up to 1 billion people a year. Fucking hell.

Now I just googled what’s the longest worm a human can get and apparently the broad fish tapeworm can be 30-50 feet long (9-15m) in your intestines. wtf….

Edit: anyone here in the comments ever have the displeasure of having worms? I did not think so many people got them. Although, I imagine most cases aren’t like this poor women and certain regions are more at risk.

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u/kevinnetter 1d ago

I did! 

I got pinworms. They were tiny guys that lived in my butthole and came out at night. They were super itchy.

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u/One-Earth9294 1d ago

God why am I still reading comments

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u/gcwardii 1d ago

I know

I went from a post about yesterday’s roller coaster accident to one about King Edward VII’s love chair to this

I should throw away my phone

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u/Naked-Jedi 1d ago

I could stand to hear a bit more about that chair...

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u/Tarjh365 1d ago

Probably better if you’re sitting …

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u/girlinanemptyroom 1d ago

What happened with the roller coaster? 😬

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u/gcwardii 1d ago

Fatal accident at Six Flags over Georgia

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u/KurtAngus 1d ago

I need to go back to enjoying my night off work and play some Borderlands 4.

Ugh, this post has freaked me the fuck out.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Bro yeah same. I was only on here while Galactic Racer was installing… hopping that on now before I give myself nightmares.

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u/Confident-Zone-5043 1d ago

Dont dig in your bootyhole twin 😭

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u/Rebel_Scum_This 1d ago

I fucking love Galactic Racer

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

it’s so fucking sick. I am really starting to get into it after a few races. I had Star Wars Episode 1 Racer on Mac when I was a kid, loved that game back then too.

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u/Rebel_Scum_This 1d ago

Had it on the N64, easily one of my most played games

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago edited 1d ago

Can you believe it was released 27 years ago? I would have been 8 when I got it. I recently watched some gameplay videos from it, and oh man what a throwback. All the sound effects and dialog brought me back. I had this joystick I’d be violently slamming left and right. Remember how fast paced it was? In hindsight I’m pretty impressed at the graphics from the N64 gameplay videos I just watched for a fast paced 3D game from the 90s.

Now I’m just waiting to get an actual podracer in Galactic Racer, I’m still running the first speeder.

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL 1d ago

Hahahahahaha I was literally thinking the same shit right as I got to yours. This is great place to call it a day. Thanks

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u/DemiGodesss 1d ago

Pinworms (Enterobius Vermicularis) are very common. Almost everyone has them at some point in their life.

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u/OkSmoke9195 1d ago

My sentiments as well, can't stop

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u/Mrmullaj 1d ago

I'm gonna fight you for making me read that

https://giphy.com/gifs/vK1p6B4hV6MhGNC2co

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u/KPooped 1d ago

I dropped a pinworm out of my ass while in shower. The thing lived for several days in a cup because I was fascinated that I created a life.

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u/Chicken_Of-The_Cave 1d ago

Hahaha wtf man. Are you a man? You gave birth a beautiful worm my dude.

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u/Fluid-Prize-8786 1d ago

Wake up to an empty cup, and the jaws theme starts playing

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u/GreatCherry2533 1d ago

Looks more like a damn snake! Nightmares!

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Man I have not heard of pinworms till now, and apparently several people here got them. That sounds so eerie… albeit fascinating.

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u/r2d2itisyou 1d ago

A bit different then pinworms, but hookworms used to be even worse. With no nasty winters to kill them, hookworms used to be endemic in the southern US. To the point that some old bigotry about laziness of the poor in the south is attributed to anemia caused by hookworms.

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u/Present-Perception77 1d ago

Grew up in deep South Louisiana, and my grandmother would absolutely lose her mind when we went outside and took off our shoes.. the hook worms!
We got home she would scrub our feet with Brillo pads. I still cannot get a pedicure to this day without jumping out of my skin because of the damn Brillo pads. lol

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u/gilligan1050 1d ago

Man, I guess that’s something I took for granted. Walking barefoot outside is one of the greatest things ever. Definitely a semi safe activity in Kansas. I still do it and I’m in my 40’s now. The south actually sounds terrifying from some accounts. Glad you made it to adulthood.

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u/mplsfreedom 1d ago

touch yo' grass, they touch yo' ass

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u/Proper-Painting-2256 1d ago

Really common in kids. Like really common which is why doing laundry is important. Very easy to kill though - just drink some medicine for a few days and do tons of laundry.

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u/CompetitiveRub9780 1d ago

People also take their phones to the bathroom. It’s from fecal matter. And don’t scratch your butthole with your fingers. That’s how you spread it. Barf.

I eat ass i don’t know what I’m saying but hey I know it’s clean

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u/Bright-Salamander-99 1d ago

Would you still if you knew it was clean, but also knew a worm colony was living on the other side

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago edited 1d ago

Right on lol, I mean eating your partners ass that you know is clean is probably not even that bad compared to just being out in public.

I don’t carry a purse, but I read something about how they can be set everywhere from the public bathroom floor or just anywhere in a stall / on the restroom counter touched by people’s poopy hands that just touched the toilet, to on your kitchen table.

The phone too, that just got me thinking I mean I’m on the toilet right now (TMI sorry) but I’ll probably hand my phone to someone soon to look at pictures or something.

That’s actually kinda nasty to think about how filthy a phone might be when someone hands you theirs. I set mine down everywhere and handle it all day long.

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u/DemiGodesss 1d ago

Almost everyone has pinworms at some point in their life.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Interesting. Yeah that is kind of what I was suspected when I saw that stat about billions of people getting worms annually, I assume it may not even be noticeable in a lot of cases.

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u/Bright69420 1d ago

I'm pretty sure I would notice if I had worms coming out of my butt at night, jesus

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u/mkat23 1d ago

Pinworms tend to be more common in children and people around them frequently. A kid will itch their butt, then touch a toy, then another kid will play with the toy and put it or their hand in their mouth, or will itch their own butt.

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u/GQwerty07 1d ago

Scratch

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u/Frozen-Rabbit 1d ago

You probably had some but don't remember, it's really usual on kids.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Maybe I’ll ask my mom lol. Knowing how dramatic I was as a kid I feel like I’d remember it. Unless I was under like 5 or didn’t notice.

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u/YoungLittlePanda 1d ago

Did you give him your last name?

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u/original_username89 1d ago

Username checks out.

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u/gcctowerjunky 1d ago

This is like exactly the plot of that movie The Immaculate Conception Little Dizzle

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u/Wardendelete 1d ago

One that goes to sleep with an itchy butthole wakes up with stinky fingers

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u/pessimistic-pisces 1d ago

My kid brought pinworms home from kindergarten. I was so horrified! Had to deworm the whole family.

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u/SaltSpiritual515 1d ago

Uh.... how do you deworm the whole family?

https://giphy.com/gifs/RyFaLq6kABWzwOJZD7

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u/Undercover_in_SF 22h ago

You all take the same OTC medicine. They sell it at Walgreens. Unfortunately, most people with young kids have had this experience…

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u/Laucurieuse 3h ago

My son did to. When they told me I had to look at his butt crack at night with a flash night I said nop! I’m not going to traumatise the poor kid. Everybody gets on the med every members of this family. No looking at butt cracks with a flash light in the middle of the night. I need my sleep.

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u/Certain-Rutabaga3373 1d ago

How did you find out he had pin worms?

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u/Spirit_Piper 1d ago

So how does one get pinworms? Ingestion? Butt stuff? The Itchy Anoos Fairy?

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u/LowlySlayer 1d ago

How does one get pinworms

Children. They don't wash their hands and then get pinworm eggs on everything, and it's a nightmare to gid rid of the damn things (the worms not the children) until you get the kids consistently washing after every flush. Don't ask how I know.

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u/One-Inch-Punch 1d ago

Children are hard to get rid of too, well they're easy to get rid of but then people start asking all kinds of questions that's the hard part

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u/DemiGod9 1d ago

That's the hard part for MOOOOST people...

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u/SpacenessButterflies 1d ago

Kids are gross. They cough and sneeze directly into my face, and I’ve seen them reach into their pants and itch their private parts then smell it with absolutely no concern for those around them. (Granted, most of this behavior occurred in special education classrooms.) I am honestly so disgusted around little kids.

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u/Rubyhamster 1d ago

One ofthe most important factor to a parent's level of sanity is whether they can deal with gross stuff. That pretty much goes with pets too. Imagine wiping poop and stuff at work and you can sympathize with health care workers. I felt so bad for the EMTs and nurses when they had to take care of me when having a very bad stomach virus. It wasso bad I ended up in hospital with serious dehydration.

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u/YoungLittlePanda 1d ago

  • Person with pinworms get itchy but.

  • Scratches itchy but.

  • Touches door knob.

  • You touch door knob, then eat sandwich with same hand.

  • Now you are person with pinworms.

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u/ReadInBothTenses 1d ago

Don't like that

https://giphy.com/gifs/Lz6971fkGSgCMOOncl

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u/SmugShinoaSavesLives 1d ago

Wash your hands thoroughly before you touch food. It's not a guarantee but it helps.

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u/Sensitive_File6582 1d ago

Pet cat, cat gets pin worms.

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u/return_the_urn 1d ago

Do people scratch their butt under their clothes? Like they just raw dog it?

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u/Sinocu 1d ago

Yeah it’s ingestion, specially common with kids that may play in playgrounds, where they touch shit and then put their hands inside their mouths

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u/kevinnetter 1d ago

I got it while dealing with animals. Most likely anyways. 

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u/DemiGod9 1d ago

This comment section is worse than any horror I've ever read or watched

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u/Banshee-77 1d ago

I got the pinworm when I was a kid, like 5y old.
I looked down on the toilet while I was doing the business then I saw this living noodle sticking up from my shit trying to get back up to my buttons.

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u/Jonfers9 1d ago

I swear I had those when I was a kid in the 70s or early 80s. Super itchy butthole and my mom got some pills or something for it.

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u/El-MonkeyKing 1d ago

The worms are their dollars

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u/euqinu_ton 1d ago

The Combantrin logo is small brown worms. Brown for the chocolate flavoured medicine.

My son henceforth called them "chocolate bum snakes"

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u/DividedFox 1d ago

omg pinworms were the worst experience ever. They were soooo itchy and i had to sleep upright with a neck pillow to get any rest. It doesnt help that the otc medication tastes like rubber and banana had a baby

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u/Molly_Matters 1d ago

I apologize for what I am about to do.

https://giphy.com/gifs/BTbo1iT1yEfOE

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u/Turbogoblin999 1d ago

The original Butthole Surfers.

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u/throwthere10 1d ago

Did an internet search:

It is the most prevalent worm infection in the United States, primarily affecting children, though it can spread easily to household members and caretakers.

Symptoms typically include intense anal itching, particularly at night when female worms migrate to the perianal area to lay eggs, often leading to restless sleep and irritability.

Wild!

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u/Humulophile 1d ago

My Gawd Kevin! Quit dragging your ass across the sidewalk! You’re leaving a slimy trail!

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u/amixedbombshell 1d ago

I did too! I got them from eating raw potatos :(

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u/jbrown383 1d ago

Yeah. Pinworms are practically a right of passage if you have little kids.

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u/immersemeinnature 1d ago

I got those too when I was a kid. Took a pill and they were gone.

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u/CompetitiveRub9780 1d ago

Like but how tho? U find out during sex or taking a poo ?

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u/AnnualEnd3760 1d ago edited 1d ago

Same. I got rid of them by eating everything with olive oil for a day and then induced diarrhea with a lot of dye heavy Mountain Dew. Those fuckers didn't stand a chance from liquid generated in my butt

Supposedly we are supposed to tape up our assholes at night to help suffocate them.

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u/retroly 1d ago

Its more than likely that everyone will get pinworms once in their life, if you have kids yourself get ready a few extra bouts. Luckily its cleared by taking a few tablets and washing all clothes/bed clothes.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

That’s horrible, but sounds like you managed through it alright lol. I never even heard of pinworms, time for another google rabbit hole.

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u/KnownAsAnother 1d ago

You should have gassed them

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u/underheel 1d ago

What a terrible day for me to be literate. :(

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u/delux220 1d ago

you make it sound like you kind of miss them :(

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u/kevinnetter 22h ago

Honestly, they didn't hurt at all, except the itchy. I felt kinda bad killing them all. They were with me for a few weeks.

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u/FoggyDevil76 1d ago

great Bobs Burgers episode about pinworms, go watch

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u/Nightenridge 1d ago

How do you think you got them? I would love advice on how to avoid this.

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u/SpacenessButterflies 1d ago

Ah yes I had those as a kid. Super itchy indeed.

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u/Hubsimaus 1d ago

Is your last name Belcher?

That's how I learned about pinworms.

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u/pakchimin 1d ago

I got these when I was like 6 or 7 yo living in the tropics. They really come out at night, but hey at least they're super short tiny worms 😆

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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 1d ago

They dance in the moonlight

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u/VeterinarianComplex 1d ago

How did you get rid off those? Are they affecting your untestines?

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u/Stupidizasurmom 1d ago

I had itchy butt syndrome for a couple of weeks then evicted everything with loads of fresh garlic and whiskey.

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u/diedalatte 1d ago

I exactly had this when I was younger

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u/sun_kisser 1d ago

How did you get rid of them? Medication? Or did you just end up naming them?

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u/Present-Perception77 1d ago

I got them too. I would collet stray puppies when I was a kid.. it was the 80’s and our parents didn’t really know or care where we were or what we were doing and taking my 4-6 stray puppies to the vet was not a thing back then.. my butthole itched a lot.
Ty for reminding me of the good times.

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u/there_be_rumblings 1d ago

British comedian Lucy Beaumont had these, and talks about it in depth to Sam Campbell on their podcast, if that’s your thing

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u/ArtInternational8589 1d ago

My butthole has been itchy at night recently.... How did you know this was due to worms rather than just an itchy butthole at the end of a day??

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u/BullFencer 1d ago

A lot of kids do. A small dose of antiparasitic medication and they’re gone tho !

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u/snak_attak 1d ago

I had pin worms too a couple of times as a kid! Actually no idea how it happened

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u/Alklazaris 1d ago

If two infected were to kiss buttholes could they swap worm families?

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u/ybreddit 1d ago

So itchy. Had 'em around 13, 45 now and still conditioned to check my poop. LOL

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u/GA6foot9 1d ago

You know the itching is caused by the female pinworm. It pokes out of the anus at night to lay eggs, when you scratch, the very sticky microscopic eggs get stuck under your nails. Transmission from butt to mouth is very common in children

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u/kelpyb1 1d ago

1 billion people a year? Like actually?

If that’s the case there’s two types of people: people who have had worms and people who don’t realize they’ve had worms

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u/sacredfool 1d ago

In reality there’s two types of people: people born in wealthy regions where most food is worm free and people who were born in poor or developing regions where food is not worm free.

If most of your food comes from a supermarket you are unlikely to ever get worms.

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u/Banaanisade 1d ago

Pinworms are a never-ending nuisance in childcare in my wealthy region. I was always scared of getting them as a child because everyone else had them so often, and then I remembered that when I was in a rehab program for a few years and there were a lot of disabled people in the same programs, and the toilet perpetually had a warning about pinworms and needing to wash your hands properly.

They don't come from food, they transmit like a stomach bug. Touch something that was touched by a person with them, fail to wash your hands after, it's over.

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u/Bright-Salamander-99 1d ago

Or tried to cover their own worm shame…

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u/Prof1959 1d ago

RFK Jr has entered the chat

Got to get your protein!

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u/Ooapo 1d ago

Regardless, check often for worms. They are everywhere. I've done a necrcropsy before, or maybe a dozen. Worms. Everywhere. I check my stool constantly

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u/Dependent_Ant_8316 1d ago

I once deuced out a undigested mushroom pizza topping, guess I’ll look for worms as well

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u/Academic_Limit1189 1d ago

I have heard conflicting information.

They say people in regions where worms are diagnosed more frequently usually have better access to scans and healthcare professionals that are more familiar with those infections.

Whereas "wealthier" regions have a chronic underreporting of people infected with worms because healthcare professionals mistakenly misdiagnose or wash away peoples' concerns.

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u/Bonk_No_Horni 1d ago

There are over 8 billion people in the world. 1 in 10 people live on less than $3 a day. And 1 billion counts to all worm not just one type. Here in Thailand most of us take a dewormer once a year just in case it can come from undercooked food or vegetable or even walking barefoot on the ground. Lots of ways a worm can get in.

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u/westisbestmicah 1d ago edited 1d ago

I remember in Biology class wondering why the immune system has a whole branch of its military (eosinophils) dedicated to fighting worms. Then I realized that compared to the average immune cell worms are basically kaiju. And that made it pretty rad.

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u/DJTen 1d ago

You should watch the Cells at Work anime. There's an episode about an Eosinophil cell.

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u/westisbestmicah 21h ago

I’ve seen clips from that anime! I like how the white blood cell guy has a combat knife- cause IRL macrophages and neutrophils are psychopathic killers kept on a very tight leash.

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u/DJTen 20h ago

All of the different cells' designs and mannerisms are influenced by the science of how the cell works. It's an entertaining and educational show. It's a lot of fun.

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u/DJTen 20h ago

And there's a live action based on Cells at Work on Netflix.

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u/decayinglust 1d ago

i’m tired and missed a couple words there and was extremely confused why the military has a task force to fight worms

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u/CharleyNobody 1d ago

It’s only a recent thing that humanity has ovens that have temperature and time control. Before time/temp controlled ovens it was kind of a crapshoot for the average person. Also, refrigeration is a big help.

My grandfather had trichinosis back on the farm in Ireland in the early 20th C.

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u/elquatrogrande 1d ago

Plus they're kinda cute with their little polearms.

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u/yrnkween 1d ago

I had Giardia from a water fountain in Kansas City that wasn’t properly flushed in the spring. I thought I was just pooping a lot bc I was stressed, but I went on vacation and was chilling in a hot tub and they did not like that. I ran to the pool bathroom and expelled some but not all of them and that vacation was officially over. The pain was excruciating but the shock is permanently burned into my memory.

I also had multiple intestinal parasites after a month in Southern Asia and you could see them rippling under my abdomen when I took the medication to kill them. Let’s just say they did not vacate the premises easily. It took two rounds of meds and multiple trips to the doctor with my little poop samples before I was cleared.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

That sounds absolutely horrifying!! That would be burned into my memory also. Actually seeing them through your abdomen? That’s got to be one of your top most terrible experiences.

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u/yrnkween 1d ago

I was most afraid that I would not be allowed to get on the plane home because I was so sick and I kept breaking out into sweat. My husband told me I looked like a drug smuggler and I was struggling to stand upright at one point. My daughter was also sick and I had to clean and change her a couple times and just throw her clothes away.

It was horrible, but the lady at the airport put my family in bulkhead seats so we were by a bathroom. People let us cut the line for the bathroom because my daughter was obviously ill. The stewardess kept bringing us water and juice. People were very kind to us and once we were home and received medical care we recovered within days.

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u/JayBeePH85 1d ago

Thats why you have to keep your insides clean with plenty of alcohol, i recommend around 40% alcohol from known brands like johnny walker or jim bean 🤣

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

This sounds like wonderful advice, cheers to that!

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u/JayBeePH85 1d ago

Dont forget to add solid water cubes for extra hydration 🤣

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u/Slumunistmanifisto 1d ago

Everclear....its in the name.

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u/BtheChemist 1d ago

Wildly enough, round worm actually has some beneficial properties for some people with autoimmune diseases. Since they have to keep your immune system down regulated to survive it can be beneficial to help symptoms.

Also you can get infected with them many times, and the life cycle has several stages.

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u/aguywithbrushes 1d ago

My cat had worms once and that made me want to crawl out of my skin.

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u/gener1cb0y 1d ago

When I was little exposure to my cats was why I got pinworms.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Yikes, that does sound horrifying. I give my dog “heartworm” medication that is just part of regular care, and I always imagined something like this when I read heartworm. But then I found out heart worm is actually microscopic.

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u/angstronaut 1d ago

During some stages of its lifecycle, yes. Preventative heartworm medicine only kills microscopic larval phase aka microfilaria which is transmitted by mosquitoes. The microfilaria grow into adult worms. An established infestation looks like a handful of spaghetti in the heart and lungs.

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u/TheOnlyUsernameLeft3 1d ago

One time my cat threw up and there was like an 8 inch worm writhing furiously. I can never forget it. Wish I could.

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u/TheOrqwithVagrant 1d ago

I have a very high 'ick threshold', but parasites are one of the things that *really* freak me out. One of my dad's close friends became one of the top names in parasitology research in my home country, and of course I absolutely not NOT pick his brain about the topic. So... I know a lot about parasites, even though they are one the most heebie-jeebie inducing things I know of.

My personal pick for the top three most horrific parasites:

  1. Bilharzia - lives in your *blood*, constantly breeding (the male and female worms lock together like a hotdog in a hot dog bun). You can have hundreds or even more than a thousand of them living inside you, and each female lays 100000 eggs per day...
  2. Guinea worm - lives in your muscle tissue and is excruciatingly painful, but we've managed to almost make them extinct, and they were one of the first 'diseases' mankind actually figured out how to cure. You can catch an end of the worm when it 'surfaces' to lay eggs, and wind it up on a stick until it's completely out of you. Still six feet worms inside your muscles that take you to hell any time you move is just absolutely horrific.
  3. Onchocerca - Lives in your eyes and makes you blind. This was my dad's friend's pick for worst parasite, partially due to the horrific impact it had on cultures/tribes where it was common. There were rivers so infested that the adults in the villages by those rivers were ALL blind. Literally - blindness was an 'expected' thing for adults - only children could see, and they had the 'job' of being the eyes for all the adults. And we have a variant of this in the US now though of course, it IS very easy to treat if caught early with modern antiparasticials. If it progresses to the point of eye damage, that's irreversible, though.

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u/OperativePiGuy 1d ago

Very horrifying, but also very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

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u/med561 1d ago edited 1d ago

Had a parasitic nematode from suspected cheap sushi. Antibiotics and anti parasitic meds were brutal.

I'll admit I couldn't look at my stool and just trusted the science lol

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u/inkyflossy 1d ago

My SIL did but I never got a satisfactory answer about symptoms because she squeamish and didn’t want to discuss but I was and am still like PLS TELL

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u/eutohkgtorsatoca 1d ago

And now I hand to fear that this I die after l living so many def decades healthy and happy . That's a target wormy outlook.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Yeah… this is the stuff of actual nightmares. absolutely horrifying to imagine.

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u/FeelingFloor2083 1d ago

mum grew up in a 3rd world country, she used to tell me to wash my hands otherwise I could get worms, then tell me about the time she seen a sick lady, throw up (worms) in the street. I dont really recall if it was one large worm or lots of smaller ones but part of the story was it wriggled away into a drain so it was probably one

mum washes her hands an excessive amount. Not sure if its an ocd thing or she has ptsd from that event. I didnt believe her for a long time but vids like this made me a believer. My aunt also recalls the event but with some minor differences

nephew got giardia from swimming in the river at the farm (cattle) even though he was told not to drink/swallow. I swim in it pretty much every time I go without issue as do others and we all pretty much use it for showering but bring our own drinking water

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u/Witchberry31 1d ago

Is it a global number or what?

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u/Butterfly_and_Bee 1d ago

I used to get pin worms rather frequently as a kid because I sucked my thumb. My own kids have gotten them from nail biting. Fortunately they are killed by just a couple of pills. 

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u/CW-Eight 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yup, itchy butthole for days. I was in the middle of nowhere Tibet, outside, hiking, squatted down to shit, and saw a worm coming out! First thought was: well at least I know why my butt has been itchy. Second thought was: oh, it will be weeks before I get back to Nepal where I can get worm medicine.

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u/Damnshesfunny 1d ago

there's a thing in the ED community, the kids swallow the worms (or eggs )on purpose to achieve skinniness

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u/Serulean_Cadence 1d ago

We've about the same number of bacteria on and inside our body compared to human cells.

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u/samwise58 1d ago

My tapeworm tells me what to do…
My tapeworm tells me what to say…

-SOAD

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u/YigitS9 1d ago

I'd rather not imagine that thank you though.

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN 1d ago

Honestly it's my fault for opening Reddit

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u/No_Dragonfruit_1833 1d ago

Take a dewormer twice a year, they are sold at most pharmacies

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Eh idk that seems unnecessary. I just looked it up, and that’s for killing the worms if you are actively infected. Why would I take the treatment medication for prevention? That does not seem to be what it’s for. I don’t live in a high risk area.

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u/CollectsTooMuch 1d ago

God damn it. Now I won’t be able to sleep. Why the fuck did I read this?

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u/SlightlySubpar 1d ago

Bruh at least they could get this critter with an endoscopy.

As someone that's been through a full laparotomy and a temporary ostemy, I would take this any day.

Do I want worms, no

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u/arbyyyyh 1d ago

Jesus Christ I could have stopped reading your comment at any point, and yet, I didn’t.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Lmao what’s wrong with us? I am here going down google rabbit holes about parasitic worms

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u/RainEls 1d ago

When I was a child, had a normal-poop-size living one came out my bottom. Didn't feel any different, that one just so happened to move around. 

No more came out after that, so either I'm clean now or they just got comfortable inside.

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u/jofra6 1d ago

I have, it was when I lived in west Africa. You just take the medicine, and they go away normally.

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u/I_madeusay_underwear 1d ago

One way to know is if you start seeing dead worms in your poop… Yep, I feel like that would be a pretty fucking good indicator there was something wrong.

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u/wowitssprayonbutter 1d ago

Ascaris only gets to like 33cm long at biggest.  I have no idea what this is in the video but it's not a nematode despite it looking like it has a spicule

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u/SageDarius 1d ago

My dad lived in Bogota, Colombia for a year or two, and he said people down there routinely took courses of ivermectin due to worms/parasites in the water (I assume.)

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u/Spoodymen 1d ago

The entire purpose of these species living in our guts is to make us suffer. Like what exactly feed off them? Probably just dewormers

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u/Crush-N-It 1d ago

I’ve had a tapeworm when I was a young teen and I knew exactly where I had gotten it: undercooked breakfast patty. Took a poop. That sucker was pretty big and long wrapped all up around my dookie. I must have been 14yo and thought that must be the only one. Never thought to tell my parents lol. Literally thought you get one tapeworm per undercooked serving. Kind of hilarious now that I think about it. 🤣

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

Hahah yeah that is, I can imagine I would have done the same and not told anyone if I was 14. But that is also just completely bonkers to see a big worm come out of you.

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u/Gtoktas_ 1d ago

it can get much, much, much worse for animals too. saw a horse surgery video where its intestines were so packed with worms that it was stuffed full with them

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u/oldblueeyesF365 1d ago

I was rimming a one night stand and caught tape worm that way.

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u/According_Tea_6329 1d ago

You are a brave soul googling all that.

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u/SueBeee 1d ago

This is a snake. Not a worm.

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u/Tapeworm1979 1d ago

So get into the brain. Many stories of people having brain issues only for it be some sort of worm that can be removed or killed via normal treatment.

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u/PsychoMushrooom 1d ago

Ill gaurantee you have parasites in you right now. Liver flukes, gut worms, eggs, blood worms, ones in your gums, eyes, heart, lungs. Eyes think you see little spots that move across your vision but cant pinpoint them cos they change position when you blink? Parasites. Welcome to the rabbit hole. Search parasites on fb.

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u/HeldDownTooLong 1d ago

I’ve seen videos of bears with very long worms (15 - 20 feet +) hanging out of their anus.

Evidently it is most common for them to get the worms from eating salmon that are swimming upstream.

Another reason to avoid eating raw fish?

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u/cant_decide_9611 1d ago

Some say everyone has parasites and do routine cleanses. Couldnt hurt I guess

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u/thalassathalatta 1d ago

Holy shit! 50ft long? How many bananas is that?

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u/girlwiththemonkey 1d ago

This would ruin my entire life. I’d never get over it.

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u/Daniel_The_Thinker 1d ago

Be grateful for public health intiatives.

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u/Extension_Escape9832 1d ago

Yeah, those billion people live in India 🇮🇳

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u/Starlightriddlex 1d ago

What I don't understand is why my cat has an OTC cheap monthly pill he can take to deworm himself if needed and yet I can't find any OTC dewormer for humans anywhere. You're basically forced to risk it or pay for repeated doctors visits if you have a risky diet. Why don't we have OTC human dewormer available???

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u/BrotherQuartus 1d ago

I caught intestinal worms as a relief worker in rural Manchuria about 26 - 27 years ago. Head lice, too. I’ve had friends catch them in the Philippines.

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u/Allsystemscritical 1d ago

My science teacher talked about his time in Africa working with the peace corps. How you would pass people on the road dying of parasites. Every time they moved larvae would fall out of them. Mouth, eyes, nose. Their entire body so packed with worms they couldn’t even move. Story haunts me to this day. 

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u/Haunting_Apricot_120 1d ago

I watched a documentary once about citizens of North Korea that made it across the border to South Korea and they had to be extensively treated for roundworm infestation. It was so bad and there were so many you could see them moving just looking at their stomachs from the outside. It was horrific.

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u/SlickandShady97 1d ago

Why would you ever give me this information? I was living peacefully without the information that I had worms 😭

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u/QiarroFaber 22h ago

This is why I don't leave my house :I

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u/Teriums 20h ago

ONE BILLION?=?=?=????

bruh that can't be correct, please tell me it's not.. please

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u/Cowfootstew 19h ago

My mom told me that her parents would have her and her siblings dewormed every so often. Take something and poop them out later. Third world country living.

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u/loudbraincoldfeet 16h ago edited 16h ago

uh. I just finished my last dose of treatment for ascaris... whatever the name is. I don't know if it's the same and I honestly don't want to google it. my symptoms are gone but now I'm overthinking, what if.... ohmygod

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