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The patient was appalled when the worm was pulled out through the rectum (Photo: AFP)

Doctors in Singapore pull out 9-foot tapeworm through man's rectum

Such infections are usually caused due to larvae of diphyllobothrium which is found in freshwater fish.

31 Jan 2018 2:12 PM IST

The patient reported that he had abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea before seeing part of the worm hanging out of his body while on the toilet. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sushi lover pulls out 5-foot tapeworm from body

According to emergency room doctor Kenny Banh, the incident which happened two months ago while he was working in...

23 Jan 2018 3:58 PM IST

The tapeworm, which can be contracted while eating raw or undercooked park and contact with fecal matter, typically attaches itself to the small intestines and develop into adult tape worms. (Photo: Pixabay)

Man almost blinded after contracting dangerous bacteria from...

Dangerous parasite, Taenia solium, had settled in vitreous chamber of Sam's eye, the space in eyeball between the lens...

16 Feb 2018 11:10 AM IST