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Can tapeworms consume a significant amount of nutrition from food a human host eats?
If a person has tapeworm will the tapeworm eat up a significant amount of nutrition from the food the person eats?
I only recently found out about tapeworms (in humans) and I know that I haven't gained much weight for a while now and I'm wondering if I might have them because it seems that it's hard to know if you do or not...
I guess I'll have my stool checked by a doctor just in case.
I haven't ever noticed any worms or anything moving in my stool and I don't believe the end of a worm has ever come out of my butt.
Tapeworms are parasites, therefore causes harm to the host.
So yes, the consume alot of nutrition.
If you have been eating any meat products which are not cooked like beef, pork, chicken, fish, squid, etc... then there's a high chance of getting tapeworms into your body.
The longest tapeworm in history is about 60 feet long (your alimentary canal is only 9 meters long)
So yes, tapeworms can consume a significant amount of nutrition from the human body.
Can tapeworms consume a significant amount of nutrition from food a human host eats?
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