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yagipeach t1_iute185 wrote

isnt it available in some illegal diet drink? like a powder mix that contains the eggs? or i watch too much tv XD

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Trips-Over-Tail t1_iuv2i8z wrote

If it's tapeworms, then they are cysts. Those are ready to develop into adult worms in the gut. Eggs produce larvae, which burrow into the bloodstream and become cysts in your flesh, expecting you to be eaten by a predator they can infest. After a few years they die, and can go bad, causing problems. Especially when they set up in your brain.

I've seen brains that were almost entirely tapeworm cysts. Absolutely riddled.

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yagipeach t1_iuv3fsh wrote

>I've seen brains that were almost entirely tapeworm cysts. Absolutely riddled.

im curious but also horrified to know what that looks like

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Trips-Over-Tail t1_iuv3off wrote

Google it. Try to ignore the one with the maggot eating it, myiasis is a different thing.

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gummo_for_prez t1_iv5ctt2 wrote

How would one avoid this? Asking for a friend.

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Trips-Over-Tail t1_iv7i1wi wrote

Myiasis? Avoid flies and mosquitos, and don't eat anything flies have been on. Accidental myiasis is where non-parasitic maggots end up inside you and survive somehow. Very rare, but only possible if you let the eggs in first. Deliberate myiasis is caused by certain flies, such as botflies, which have particular ranges. They catch mosquitos and attach an egg to it. The egg hatches when the mosquito lands on a person and the tiny maggot enters the skin through the bite hole and grows there.

Tapeworm cysts result from tapeworm larvae, which hatch from eggs. Regular worms result from the consumption of cysts, but cysts result from the consumption of eggs. Eggs are produced by adult worms in the guts of animals and humans, and pass in the faeces. So don't eat any grass off of the floor where animals are kept, and don't eat any food that has been touched by someone who didn't wash their hands after using the toilet without it going into the oven first. Cases of brain cysts usually occur from eggs on restaurant salad, inadvertently placed there by infected chefs who don't practice even minimal hygiene.

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Addfwyn t1_iuurqpf wrote

People used to take pills with tapeworm eggs as a diet measure intentionally yes. I think it originated in the victorian period, but could be earlier.

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