I was reading a health article about parasites and worms in your colon how commo!
Question: How can they spread to your brain? The article I read said it can spread to your brain! How can you find out if you have this? Can they kill you? Is this a serious illness? How do you know if your one of the billions of people that have this? How can you prevent It?
Answers: How can they spread to your brain? The article I read said it can spread to your brain! How can you find out if you have this? Can they kill you? Is this a serious illness? How do you know if your one of the billions of people that have this? How can you prevent It?
this is not to worry that so b'coz every body who eats "pig" contains worms/ parasites in their colon,which can cause them problems like constipation(hardening of stool) these parasites can reside in u r body and reproduce but sitll they change ours' digestive system and if they are residin for prolonged time can b harmful . but i don't thnk they can cause u to death"/effect u r brain.
You were undoubtedly reading about the pork tapeworm, which causes cystercercosis, potentially a serious problem, but rarely a cause of symptoms in western countries.
Basically, we divide the intestinal worms into those that invade and those that don't. The invasive ones are rare in the US, for example. They are common in third world countries where they do a lot of harm. Examples:
Brugia, agent of filariasis, elephantiasis.
Onchocerca, agent of River Blindness.
Hymenolepis, the rat tapeworm.
Fasciola, the liver fluke: miracidium
Taenia solium, cystercercosis
In the developed world, its the noninvasive worms that we see, mostly roundworms (nematodes). They remain in the bowel and cause malabsorption, perianal itching, occasionally obstrucion. The major players here that are commonly parasitic on humans include whipworms (Trichuris trichuria), hookworms (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale), and pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis).
You need to stop worrying. I have been in private practice 24 years in internal medicine, and have never seen an invasive worm infection, just the occasional pinworm. Infections with the bad guys may be more common than we know, but if so, they are virtually all silent, that is, have no effect on longevity, function or comfort.