Title: The Ins and Outs of Intestinal Worms - The Dr. Oz Show
Headings: The Ins and Outs of Intestinal Worms
The Ins and Outs of Intestinal Worms
Nothing creeps us out more then the thought of a worm gorging on our gut. Learn what you need to do to hedge an intestinal worm infestation.
Ascariasis Roundworm
Symptoms of Ascaris Roundworm:
Pinworms (Enterobiasis)
Symptoms of Pinworms:
Tapeworm Infection (Taeniasis)
Symptoms of Tapeworms:
Ways You Can Hedge Against Being a Host

Content: When they are more mature they crawl up from the lungs to the bronchial tubes and throat. The host coughs and swallows the worm-laden mucus. By the time the larvae reach the small intestines they are adult worms. The full life-cycle takes two to three months. Each adult worm can live in the gut for up to two years and pass 200,000 eggs into feces every day. People acquire the infection when eggs in feces, soil, food and water are ingested. Symptoms of Ascaris Roundworm: Shortness of breath
Cough (sometimes containing worms)
Loss of appetite
Wheezing
Abdominal pain or distention
Intestinal obstruction
Eggs or worms in stool
Pinworms (Enterobiasis)
Parents who have young children in school know that children have potential for parasites — and lice is not the only worrisome pest. More than 40 million children and adults have been infected with pinworms (aka seatworm or threadworm) caused by the roundworm Enterobius vermicularis. The eggs are swallowed and migrate down to the small intestines where they hatch into larvae.