Humans become infected when we eat food that contains tapeworm eggs or come into contact with contaminated water or animal feces.
What does a tapeworm look like in food.
Tapeworm eggs in feces can then spread into food or onto surfaces like doorknobs.
4 tapeworms can also grow very long.
For example a pig infected with tapeworm will pass tapeworm eggs in its feces which gets into the soil.
The tapeworm is a parasite that lives in the gut.
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Like the bile duct or pancreatic duct.
Contact with poop that contains tapeworm eggs.
If you eat food or drink water contaminated with feces from a person or animal with tapeworm you ingest microscopic tapeworm eggs.
It is also possible to contract pork tapeworms from foods prepared by an infected person.
Tapeworms are flat worms that look a bit like ribbons.
People can pass tapeworm eggs to others when they don t wash their hands after using the bathroom.
A tapeworm infection starts after ingestion of tapeworm eggs or larvae.
Parts of tapeworm in stool can look like grains of white or yellow rice that wriggle around.
Adult tapeworms can grow to be 30 feet almost.
However many tapeworms from infected beef or pork can grow as long as 15 to 30 feet 4 to 8 m.
Because tapeworm eggs are passed with bowel movements.