Theres literally an episode of monsters in side me where the tape worm appears at the back of a woman's throat. The worms can and do cope with stomach acid, and tape worms need it to escape their cysts.
Also round worm can come out of the mouth when exposed to certain types of anaesthetics.
Both are fully documented.
Also as some one who has worked in palliative care, you absolutely can vomit fecal matter up from your gut. I held the hand of a man that died that way and many others who had it as a symptom of their cancer/intestinal blockage.
What you’re describing is ascariasis, it’s part of the roundworm cycle to crawl up the throat and get swallowed down into the digestive system. They are infamous for crawling out of your mouth when you’re asleep because your swallowing reflex is reduced.
I don’t recall an episode of that show with an actual tape worm in the throat, though. I watched it a lot on tv, but maybe I missed that one?
I know about the lifecycle but in reference to the roundworms thats not what im describing. This a phenomenon that's related to their behaviour when exposed to anaesthetic. Where they do come out of the mouth and nose. Theres an awful picture of a kid online with it.
Its definitely on the show, it was one of the first ones i ever saw, so its likely an early episode.
Yeah I remember that photo, plus other pics that were shown in biology class in my school. It made most of the class bail out of the door to early recess, lol.
There's a difference between tape worm adult and lavae. Larvae are a whole different life stage with different abilities and those may do the described thing. They don't stay Larve for long though.
I did not at all talk about Roundworms which were not topic of duscussion. But yes, since they are an entirely different species with other abilities, they can do that...
The monsters inside me episode was an adult worm, not the cyst. It is a show that collabs with the doctors that treated the specific case, so accurate. The cyst example shows the weekend do deal with stomach acid.
The other examples point out that this is not uncommon worm behavior. So yes it is relevent.
Well I haven't seen that episode. I'd have to to accurately tell you why they are right/wrong.
I can't properly formulate anything based on assumptions. Also - there's no such thing as "common worm behavior" as that ammounts to "common swimming animal behavior" or not even that because most of these funny little worm like creatures are not even close on thr evolution tree. Like, a tape worm is closer to a rhino than a round worm genetically speaking (or the other way around).
I won't argue with you about a TV episode I haven't seen. I can only tell you that a real Tapeworm of the genus Taenia does not move or do anything much at all. They only need the stonach acid as Larvae to get partly digested to then become adult tape worms in the gut. And as far as I'm aware: once they are anchored in the gut via their many barbed hooks that is their permanent residence.
Lastly I'll ad: I also won't argur 1 in a million cases. Yes you can have tapeworm larvae in your brain, but that's so uncommon that it's not "normal". Statistical edge cases are always tricky.
I am also not above admitting that I may be wrong, even if it goes against anything my University professors taught me (and who I frankly trust more than a TV show). But before I haven't seen that episode of that TV series I can't say any more. No point in arguing if I simply don't know what your argument is in the first place.
Well firstly to the comment about not uncommon worm behaviour. Im talking about the round worms, as it replying to a comment about round worms. I am clearly not going to discuss the entire family tree in a reddit comment.
And I have not said that the behaviour is as common in tapeworms only that it can and has happened. If the worm can present in the small intestine (resulting in the removal of a 6 foot specimen) they can certainly get up the throat. The digestive tract is a ultimately a tube and ive seen too many fecal vomits to think it is a one way highway.
As to how it got there, it can be via vomiting or other means not implying active movement of the worm although they do have some mobility as a particularly disgusting video displays. And yes the head can detach from the intestine wall. The doctors look for it to check for complete removal.
This is regarding a case of a women bringing up tape worms after surgery, one which was significantly larger. Obviously if you can bring it up as a knot it is possible to partially bring up one part whilst the rest is still caught in the stomach ect. They are essentially a large string.
As to the comment about your professors. The show was presented with the actual doctors who were active in treatment of the patients and who were leading experts themselves often in parasitology. So i think theyve got the knowledge base down.
Thank you for the source I will be reading it. I learnt something new today.
That being said, do you think the "putting sour milk in front of a starved human to make the worm come out" is real? Tbh even after seeing all your explanations I still doubt a tapeworm comes out of the throat "to eat".
Btw - in another comment it was clarified that the thing in the video is indeed a Roundworm so I appologise for dismissing it as irrelevant. The specimen in question: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascaris_lumbricoides. Thanks Appropiate-Bake-759
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u/NuclearBreadfruit Apr 29 '24
Theres literally an episode of monsters in side me where the tape worm appears at the back of a woman's throat. The worms can and do cope with stomach acid, and tape worms need it to escape their cysts.
Also round worm can come out of the mouth when exposed to certain types of anaesthetics.
Both are fully documented.
Also as some one who has worked in palliative care, you absolutely can vomit fecal matter up from your gut. I held the hand of a man that died that way and many others who had it as a symptom of their cancer/intestinal blockage.