Intestinal worms. . .I nearly passed out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had two parasitic worms. 1 was expelled like you describe. For the other, the medication I took made it an unlivable environment but the worm wouldn't die. Instead it would make its way to the nearest exist , crawl out, and die. You can imagine my horror when DH woke me up freakingiut as the worm crawled out of my mouth.

OH MY GOD!!! That is the stuff of nightmares!

FWIW, I had worms when I was little (like 4 or 5). Gross... but I remember digging in there at night due to itching then watching them crawl on my finger. My mom didn't believe me for the longest time, but I remember finding out I probably got them from hours of being outside barefoot. Never gone out barefoot again, nor will my children.

holy jesus.

[Anonymous]

I am now terrified I'm going to get worms. In my butt and on my thighs. And in my mouth. Do they go in the vagina???

[Anonymous]

You may already have them. A lot of people have them and don't know it...until.

[Anonymous]

I'm so itchy after reading this thread. Ugh

[Anonymous]

This thread is going down the annals of dcum as the freakiest thread ever!

[Anonymous]

Well, this is a reminder to wash your produce--especially your organic produce--very well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, this is a reminder to wash your produce--especially your organic produce--very well.

why the organic one in particular?

[Anonymous]

I had pinworms in middle school. I remember going to the doctor and talong medicine. Must have used the bathroom and of course flushed. This was before I left on vacation. Came back from vacation and opened the lid to the toilet. OMG. Hundreds of worms. Most disgusting thing you've ever seen. Never flushed so fast in my life.

[Anonymous]

OMG. Horrifying. The chopsticks thing has me in tears though, haven't laughed that hard in so long.

[Anonymous]

Pinworms are very common, harmless, and easily treated. And they are not from undercooked pork, that is trichinosis. The worm that comes out of the eyeball is Loa Loa, and thankfully it is not found in the United States. I had never heard of the kind that you expel from your mouth and am not clicking on that link. Vomit.

[Anonymous]

The worms you get from walking barefoot in contaminated soil are hookworms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had pinworms in middle school. I remember going to the doctor and talong medicine. Must have used the bathroom and of course flushed. This was before I left on vacation. Came back from vacation and opened the lid to the toilet. OMG. Hundreds of worms. Most disgusting thing you've ever seen. Never flushed so fast in my life.

Wait. Are you saying that you flushed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had two parasitic worms. 1 was expelled like you describe. For the other, the medication I took made it an unlivable environment but the worm wouldn't die. Instead it would make its way to the nearest exist , crawl out, and die. You can imagine my horror when DH woke me up freakingiut as the worm crawled out of my mouth.

OH MY GOD!!! That is the stuff of nightmares!

FWIW, I had worms when I was little (like 4 or 5). Gross... but I remember digging in there at night due to itching then watching them crawl on my finger. My mom didn't believe me for the longest time, but I remember finding out I probably got them from hours of being outside barefoot. Never gone out barefoot again, nor will my children.

OMG, you're an idiot. You did not get pinworms from walking around outside while barefoot. Pinworms are INGESTED

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had two parasitic worms. 1 was expelled like you describe. For the other, the medication I took made it an unlivable environment but the worm wouldn't die. Instead it would make its way to the nearest exist , crawl out, and die. You can imagine my horror when DH woke me up freakingiut as the worm crawled out of my mouth.

Please tell me you're making this up. How can the worm survive the acidity of the stomach?

OP here. Yes, I came across stories like this in looking for ways to treat worms. Hell, even amazon reviews for products mention people experiencing this. One person had a worm in her eye. Her damn eye!

There was (is?) as show on TLC I think called "Monsters inside of me". They profiled someone with a worm in their eye, yeppers, as gross as it sounds!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, this is a reminder to wash your produce--especially your organic produce--very well.

why the organic one in particular?

Well the intent of organic farming is to use less pesticides, so ergo, organic produce is more likely to contain parasites/parasite eggs. Some organic farming practices such as using untreated human manure fertilizer (legal in Canada and Mexico and likely other parts of the world) can transmit parasite eggs (often microscopic) to the harvested produce.

Well, if you really would like to be grossed out, google the following terms: Ascaris (males can reach 1 foot in length), Ascaris lifecyle, and Ascaris anesthesia.