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Adult tapeworms can measure up to 50 feet long and can survive as long as 20 years in a host. Some tapeworms attach themselves to the walls of the intestine, where they cause irritation or mild inflammation, while others may pass through to your stool and exit your body.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoTape worms grow up to a metre in the human body.
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∙ 15y agoAdult tapeworms can live in a host for several years.
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∙ 13y agoIt all depends on WHERE it is. If it's in the body it can live for 7-9 years. If outside the host around 5-6 years:P
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∙ 13y agoit can stay in your body for 30 years.
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What is the tapeworms weight?
Human tapeworms can be between 6 and 25 feet long. Some tapeworms that infest other hosts can be 50, even 100 feet long. I'm almost sure that this is correct.
Do acids in your stomach kill tapeworms?
No, stomach acids do not kill tapeworms. Tapeworms are adapted to the environment of the alimentary canal; if they were not, there would be no tapeworms.
Are tapeworms and ringworms the same?
Tapeworms are a kind of flatworm. Most flatworms are not tapeworms.
What are the adaptations of tapeworms?
ructural adaptations of tapeworms?
Are Tapeworms and pseudo-tapeworms in the same Phylum?
Tapeworms are of the class Cestoda of the phylum Platyhelminthes.
Are tapeworms in cookie dough?
Yes tapeworms are in cookiedough but you have a very small chance of getting tapeworms from eating it...
Are tapeworms useful to humans?
No. tapeworms are pest to humans.
Which term refers to the killing of tapeworms?
TAPEWORMS
How long will a tapeworm survive outside the host?
Tapeworms can live in a host for 5-10 years.
Why don't tapeworms die out with medication?
Because of environmental contamination. Tapeworms shed eggs into the environment and those eggs then turn into the next generation of tapeworms. Treatment of tapeworms with medication only kill the adult tapeworms currently residing in that animal, but the environment and other animals remain a source of eggs and adult tapeworms.
Are there tapeworms at Mt Rainier national park?
NO there are no tapeworms at mt. rainier.
If a dog with tapeworms licks your son on the face could he get tapeworms?
YES
