Human intestinal worms are parasites that live in the human intestine, eat bowel content or suck blood from the intestinal wall.

Giardia is arguably the most common parasite infection of humans worldwide, and the second most common in the United States after pin-worm.8, 9 Between 1992 and 1997, the Centers for Disease. The fully developed human rope worm looks like twisted fibers of a rope and resemble human feces. Once passed, rope worms dry out outside the human body in air. Rope worms color depends on the food a person eats, and varies from white to black. Academie Resources: Doctors & Researchers. Development stages of the “rope” human intestinal.

Intestinal worms may cause severe, life threatening infection, predominantly in children in tropical and subtropical areas where people often defecate on the ground: in rural parts of Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Indonesia and Central and South America. In people from Mediterranean parts of Europe or south parts of North America, they usually cause a relatively mild disease.

Presence of parasites of any kind (including intestinal worms) in or on the body is called infestation.

Symptoms of Infestation With Intestinal Worms

Intestinal worms may live in someone’s intestine for years without causing any symptoms. General symptoms may appear few weeks or several months after infestation and include paleness, weakness, tiredness (from anemia due to lost blood sucked by worms), restlessness, disturbed sleep and weight loss (due to loss of nutrients used by worms). Abdominal symptoms can last from weeks to months and include:

Distended belly
Foul smelling breath or gas
Loss of appetite
Vomiting
Itchy anus
Mucus in the stool
Blood in the stool
Loose bowel movements or diarrhea
Worms, their parts or eggs can be sometimes found in the stool
Itchy skin rash
Swelling around the eyes
During sleep, some worms may leave the body through the mouth, nose or anus
Swollen itchy bump on the site of the parasite entry (usually on the foot)

Sources of Worm Infection

Worm eggs, shed in the stool of humans or animals infected with adult worms, can contaminate soil or water. Once outside the body, eggs need several days or weeks to develop into the infective stage (cysts) or immature worms (larvae) that may be ingested when you eat with soil-contaminated hands or when you eat raw unwashed vegetables. Another source of intestinal worms is under-cooked infected meat of domestic pig, freshwater fish or wild animals. One can also be infected by ingesting dog’s fleas that have ingested parasitic eggs. Children may contract infection from sandboxes contaminated with pets’ stool. Certain types of immature worms may penetrate through your skin during swimming or walking barefoot; when they reach the small or large intestine they grow into adult worms.

How Intestinal Worms Cause Disease?

Adult worms, which may be from 1 millimeter to several meters long, invade the bowel wall and suck the blood from it, or live freely in the intestine and utilize nutrients from the bowel content. The result are small intestinal or colonic inflammation and ulcers, anemia, and protein, iron and vitamin deficiency. Intestinal obstruction may occur in severe cases. Larvae may migrate to other organs (liver, spleen, bladder, muscles, lungs, brain), where they form cysts and trigger allergic inflammation.

Common Human Intestinal Worms

Roundworms

The large roundworms are found worldwide. They are several inches long and thick as a pencil.
Hookworms are mostly found in tropical areas; they are about a half of inch long; they may be contracted by walking barefoot – they penetrate through the skin. Once in the intestine, they suck blood from the intestinal wall.
Whipworm, causing trichuriasis
Threadworms
Strongyloides stercoralis
Pinworm or seatworm is half an inch long, white worm; its egs cause anal itch.
Trichinella spiralis, causing trichinosis, may be acquired by eating undercooked contaminated pork meet. Parasites move from the intestine into muscles and other organs where they form cysts – encapsulated forms, which are hard to eradicate. Main symptoms are abdominal pain, muscular and joint pain, swelling of the eyes and skin rash.

Flukes

Swimmer’s itch – schistosome dermatitis, caused by flukes

Schistosoma mansoni causes intestinal schistosomiasis (bilharziasis), mainly in Africa, Middle East, Caribbean and South America. It is about half an inch long and 1 millimeter thick. Adult parasites live in intestinal veins and release eggs into the intestinal hollow. Diagnosis is by finding eggs in the stool and urine.

Tapeworm

Beef tapeworm – Taenia saginata (several meters long)

Fish (broad) tapeworm is contracted by infected freshwater fish; it may exceed 10 m; it appears in Europe, Russia and US.
Beef tapeworm and pork tapeworm may be contracted by undercooked beef or pork – mainly in rural areas, worldwide. Adult worms may be over 20 m long.
Dog tapeworm is common in dogs and cats. Humans are (rarely) infected by ingesting dog fleas, infected with tapeworm larvae. Common symptoms are fever and cough. Rice sized particles can be found in the stool.

Prevention of Intestinal Worms

Wash the hands after visiting toilet, touching soil or pets, and before meal
Children should avoid touching mouth and nose with their hands
Do not walk barefoot and swim in lakes in tropical areas
Avoid suspicious restaurants with poor hygiene
Cook meat (especially pork) and fish well

How Are Intestinal Worms Diagnosed?

If you suffer from unexplained abdominal bloating, diarrhea, weakness or weight loss, your doctor should suspect intestinal worms or other intestinal parasites as a possible cause.
Diagnosis is confirmed by stool test for ova and parasites. Hemoccult can reveal blood in the stool. Blood tests can reveal anemia, antobodies against certain worms. Pinworm eggs from anal region can be collected by adhesive tape test.

Treatment of Intestinal Worms

A single dose of anti-worm drug, like mebendazole, albendazole, diethylcarbamazine, ivermectin or praziquantel kills parasites in most cases. Your doctor will decide which one is best for the infection you have. You may take a single dose and repeat it two weeks later, or your doctor may prescribe a 5 to 14 day treatment. You should get a new stool sample during the following month as for some days after the treatment, a stool-to-mouth auto-infection with eggs is still possible. Treatments are often prescribed in two cycles, separated with a week off, to avoid liver diseases and toxicity.

Untreated infestations may last for years.

Fasting: During a fast, worms do not get any nutrients so they make their way out of the intestines. Worms usually feed off sugar and other good nutrients from our diet, leaving us with all the garbage, explaining the weight gain and bloating. Depriving them of the food they eat is one way to eliminate them safely and naturally.

What Does Parasites Look Like In Human Stool

The Best Natural Parasite Treatment

The best natural and gentle way to eliminate parasites is to combine a natural parasite cleanse treatment with fasting and colon cleansing or enemas. Eliminating food during the cleanse starves the adult parasites which are then flushed by enemas. A natural parasite cleanse treatment can be followed at the same time as you do a detox.

Fasting will only increase the benefits to your parasite cleanse treatment. Candida Labs have selected natural ingredients to eliminate parasites and their toxic waste, allowing you to regain your health and normal balance.

Pictures Of Parasites In Human Stool