The tapeworm wrapped around a paper cylinder
Man From Fresno being fan of sushi especially salmon sashimi pulled a 5 1/2 foot-long tapeworm out his own body that was growing from sometime in his body.
This man had bloody diarrhea few months before and abdominal pain and cramping and went to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno to be treated for worms
Tapeworm laid out on paper at the hospital
The man was sitting on the toilet when the worm began wriggling its way out of him.
The man began pulling on the worm, and it continued sliding out inch by inch, the creature began moving — and rather than faint, he felt relieved.
The parasitic worm — officially called a helminth — was as long as he is tall: 5 feet, 6 inches. A tapeworm can grow up to 40 feet in length.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a 2017 report that found wild-caught salmon caught off the coast of Alaska may contain a Japanese tapeworm, rarely seen in the U.S.
