It’s been revealed that a guy had a 6.2 metre tapeworm living inside of him after he ate a load of raw beef.
The guy was in pain for two years with symptoms including stomach pain, vomiting, anorexia, weakness and weight loss before doctors were able to figure out what was wrong with him. He was eventually given a catharsis drug called mannitol and two hours later the tapeworm was coming out of his butt. Absolutely revolting.
This is what the New England Journal of Medicine had to say about it:
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Two and one half hours after the administration of mannitol, the patient discharged a tapeworm that measured 6.2 m excluding the scolex.
It was a result of ingesting cysticerci — a type of tapeworm — while eating beef which is raw or improperly cooked.
The tapeworm attaches to the small intestine and can grow to be several meters in length.
Humans are the only definitive hosts.
Jesus. If you’re going to eat beef make sure it’s cooked because I guarantee that nobody wants to ever have to think about a gigantic tapeworm living in their butt ever. Thankfully the man has recovered fully and hopefully decides to change his diet of raw beef because of it. What the hell was he thinking eating raw beef in the first place?
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