Tape Worm

@Rozie37 (15499)
Turkmenistan
January 15, 2008 6:58pm CST
For weight loss. My friends cousin got a bad serving of Sushi once and it made her very sick. She was throwing up a lot and the worm was eating her muscles and she lost a lot of weight. Has anyone ever heard of or experienced anything like this?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120659)
• United States
16 Jan 08
Yes! Doctors actually used to give patients tape worms when they needed to lose weight, later times dating back to even the early 1900s. They had no idea it was so harmful. I watched a show on Animal Planet once where a guy who camped with his wife got sick, and started losing weight. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT: One day after weeks of losing weight, he felt something in his rear when he was on the toilet. He asked his wife to come in and look, and she kept pulling and pulling, until she couldn't pull anymore. She cut it off, and the remaining tiny bit, wriggled back up the guy's rear. He went to the doctor and then got treated for the tape worm.
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marciascott
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
16 Jan 08
I guess I am convience now, since you said that. This even sounds gross too.
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Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
16 Jan 08
Yucky, yuck, I just read on Wikipedia that those things could get up to twenty five feet long. I can not even imagine having a baby moving around inside of me. Not, only that, I want to have kids one day, that worm may eat something that I need.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120659)
• United States
16 Jan 08
I tell ya, after seeing that, I was very paranoid about how my meat was cooked, even if I was doing it myself.
marciascott
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
16 Jan 08
Oh My Goodness, I have never heard of this, it sounds gross. Do you really believe that Rozie?
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Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
16 Jan 08
After what I just read on Wikipedia, yes I believe it. That is so gross. I am not prepared to have anything living in my system. I have never even had children.
TerryZ
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
16 Jan 08
Hi Rozie well I have heard of tape worms but I dont know anyone who has tape worms. YUK I think thats awful. I dont think I would like to loose weight that way.LOL
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Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
16 Jan 08
There is an old saying that "Desperate times call for desperate measures." The more I learn about tape worms, the more I realize, I am not that desperate, LOL.
mbs730
@mbs730 (2147)
• Canada
1 Mar 08
That is just so gross. I have even heard of people who desperately want to lose weight to eat something with a tape worm egg in it, yuck! I am losing weight too and would love to get rid of all of this quicker than its coming off but.. come on! Talk about desperation.
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mbs730
@mbs730 (2147)
• Canada
1 Mar 08
Blech, nasty eh
Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
1 Mar 08
I had not realized everything there was to it until after I had posted this. You are right, it is totally gross and I am not that desperate, LOL.
Sissygrl
@Sissygrl (10909)
• Canada
22 Jan 08
That is bad. I hope your friend is ok. I have never experienced a tapeworm or seen one in person, or know of anyone having one, but i seen oprah had one on her show a while ago! some dr guy had it on there in a jar of fermaldahyde, and the thing was like 16 feet long, it was BIG and white and NASTY looking. I dont think it eats the muscles though, it eats up all your calories and your food, and you loose weight therefor loose muscle and bone mass, cause your not getting your nutrition!
Flight84
@Flight84 (3048)
• United States
21 Jan 08
No, and I hope I never experience anything like that. I had a family member get tape worms and she was extremely sick. Just the thought of having anything called 'worms' inside my body grosses me out. I know it's not really wormy, but it just freaks me out, ya know?
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Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
22 Jan 08
After doing some research I agree that it is just too gross for me.