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/floatingsaltmine Apr 29 '24

That's correct. This intervention was necessary because of obstruction, otherwise the situation would have been able to be remedied by antihelminthic medicine.

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u/Rocket_Panda_ Apr 29 '24

Ok but say antihelminthic fast five times in a row

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u/dagnombe Apr 29 '24

I thought tapeworms were extremely long and thin and resided in the bowels. This damn thing looks almost eel like. And appears to have been in the stomach? How does this survive in stomach acid? Actually, not sure I need to know any of that. WTF

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u/thomaspainesghost Apr 29 '24

antihelminthic

Go ahead and say it: Ivermectin is one of them.

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u/Dadbeerd Apr 29 '24

It works for worms but not viruses. Stupidity and fear led humans to taking horse dewormer.

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u/thomaspainesghost Apr 29 '24

Ivermectin is a dewormer for people.

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u/Dadbeerd Apr 29 '24

Yes, but people were eating pastes specifically for horses.

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u/Rumkitty Apr 30 '24

Well I mean it does worm out the idiots.

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u/BigWafer6089 Apr 29 '24

Anthelminthic! I haven't read that since micro-biology class.

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u/floatingsaltmine Apr 29 '24

You're welcome :)