How are tapeworm harmful?

Answer 1

Besides giving people the "creeps" tapeworms rob the body of essential nutrients. People may complain of weird tummy sensations/pains, nervous symptoms and lack of energy. Some larvae migrate to the brain and depending on where they settle...the symptoms will vary. The worms can cause obstruction in the intestines. Mostly depends on the types of tapeworm infestation and the amount of critters in the invasion.

You can find exact symptoms and signs of having tapeworms by looking in parasitology books. You can also look up beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata), pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) and mouse tapeworm (Hymenolepsis nana).

Answer 2

Basically its a parasite. You eat it. Cough it up, then it ends up in your intestines where it grows and feeds off your nutrients. So to pretty much sum it up, it does really bad things. Stops you from getting the proper nutrients that you need, which might lead to disease or weightloss.

Answer 3

it growes like baby in you stomache and eats your food and keeps you awke because a chemical is in food that makes you sleep

Please!! Tapeworms grow in the intestines not stomach. They do eat some of our nutrients but they don't keep you awake and very few chemicals are found in food that make you sleep. Tryptophan in turkey is one but I doubt a tapeworm would deprive you of it

Answer 4

The tapeworm anchors itself in the small intestine and grows by feeding on the nutrients there. When living here the tapeworm can rob the human host of nutrients and cause anemia and intestinal ailments. The greatest risk comes if the offspring of the tapeworm leave the intestine and enter the rest of the body, sometimes embedding themselves in the brain. Infection of the brain can cause a variety of severe neurological problems that may be lead to death.

Answer 5

Tapeworms can harm the body by causing the body to lose weight, having constipation and diarrehia.

Answer 6

They eat your food and go inside your muscle and tapeworms can make your muscules hurt.

Answer 7

it destroy plants