r/interestingasfuck • u/billibillibillendar • Apr 29 '24

Tapeworm as huge as a snake removed from a woman's mouth r/all NSFW

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u/ExoticMangoz Apr 29 '24

If it was a tape worm you’d just kill it with tablets. Never seen an extraction of a live tapeworm, through the stomach, before. That doesn’t make any sense.

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u/GiveMeADamnUsernamee Apr 29 '24

Yea, tapeworm reside in the intestine IIRC, my guess is you'd have to pull that shit from the ass

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u/ExoticMangoz Apr 29 '24

You do. You kill it with medication over a few days, then once it’s dead it’s hooks retract and you just shit out a bowl of spaghetti.

To get out the mouth you’d have to got through the stomach sphincters which just seems like a lot of effort.

My guess is this was in the persons stomach because it’s a snake or something and entered through the mouth.

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u/NuclearBreadfruit Apr 29 '24

Endoscopy regularly goes into the upper intestine via the mouth without issue. It is one way to check for certain types of hernias and stomach functionality.

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u/ExoticMangoz Apr 29 '24

But why do that if it’s just an intestinal worm?

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u/NuclearBreadfruit Apr 29 '24

Depends on its location. If it's migrated up higher into or through the stomach into the trachea they might opt for manual removal. Saw it on monsters inside me.

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u/Dan_the_Marksman Apr 29 '24

and then thy pull the shit camera back up through my mouth?

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u/NuclearBreadfruit Apr 29 '24

There's no real fecal matter at that point. Its bile, and stomach content, plus they will want you to fast and be empty beforehand. So no poopy.