Worms

LegacyUser

a girl in was saying in her's sons class there was 3 cases of ring-worm, they then got onto worms

and then they(her and a friend) got onto worms
and told me that there was a thing called taper-worm, that lived in people's stomach.

Well I was wondering how do you know if its there??
are there odvious symptoms??
as I'm mad paranoid now.. as they thought mad me really sick

Gordon

It's quite difficult to tell. If you seem to eat loads but don't put any weight on you may have tapeworms which live in your intestines. They hook on to the walls and suck up all that good nutritious... digestibles!

I wouldn't worry about them unless you really do think you have them. There are millions of things living on and inside you by the way - if you could see every living being on your body it would give you a wee fright. But a lot of them help us and clean us.

strat

this reminds me of ... http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-249/epid-15024/

hedgetrimmer

well, stomach worms can often by killed by Livirox (I think it's called), or a one-tablet cure, both of which can be bought over the counter. Ask the chemist, though I can appreciate that this could have an embarassing aspect to it.

However, they are pretty heavy on the stomach, so your better off going to the doctor first in case it does any damage.

Syptoms are an ichy bottom and grumbling stomach, and eating but still being hungry

LegacyUser

Vermox should do the trick, more info here:

http://www.drugstore.com/qxn50458011001_333181_sespider/vermox/vermox.htm

hedgetrimmer

Vermox!! that's the one I was thinking about..no idea where the other name I mantioned came from..sorry

thedrowner

Originally posted by Gordon
If you seem to eat loads but don't put any weight on you may have tapeworms which live in your intestines.

you make them sound so appealing! tapeworms...the latest fad diet!

i'd describe the procedure of getting them out but i think the original poster might faint. (maybe its not tapeworms im thinking of, but there's one worm that grows the length of your intes...i better just stop here)

i think some of the worm tablets are quite dangerous though, i remember my mum was going to give us all a dose of worm tablets when we were younger and then stopped after she read all the sideaffects on the packet.

Gordon

Hey there's a thought - "Eat worms and lose weight" *shudder*!

Try this link tapeworms and here for worms. (oh and I got these links from the Personal Issues Charter and useful links thread. It has some useful links!)

thedrowner

gordon, sure i keep hearing storiesd about people leaving their slim fast beside microwaves and finding worms in it after a while. *shudder* i know theyre probably natural things but still...yuck

hussey

Originally posted by thedrowner
gordon, sure i keep hearing storiesd about people leaving their slim fast beside microwaves and finding worms in it after a while. *shudder* i know theyre probably natural things but still...yuck

Slim fast is actually a kind of natural worm thing
these 'worms'-if they can be called that- eat up the fat in your stomach amd die away - not doing any harm

if you don't believe me, make a slim fast drink - and leave it there for a few hours

Lex_Diamonds

The best way of knowing if you have a tapeworm is if you can see worm segments in your faeces.

I have one, felt sorry for him, so I call him Bob.

Mewzel

my friends mum had a tapeworm once and im pretty sure it made her quite quite sick so you'd prolly know if you had one. but as said earlier, early signs of tapeworm are eating loads yet losing weight and stuff like that.