How is the Tapeworm spreading among humans?

Answer 1

Tapeworms most easily spread between humans because not enough people wash their hands regularly. Tapeworms can be spread by eating faecally contaminated foods and water (again, often the result of poor hygiene), by touching your mouth with contaminated fingers, or by accidentally ingesting contaminated soil. Fleas can harbour tapeworm larvae, and when they clean themselves and eat the fleas, this is a sure way to spread tapeworm - especially when family members then allow the pets to lick them, especially their hands.

It is highly possible for infection to occur through people eating undercooked meat, particularly pork, which can carry the tapeworm larvae in the meat.

Pets, dogs in particular, should be treated at the same time as human family members. Tapeworm and many other worms are easily treated by chewable tablets purchased across the counter in pharmacies (chemists) and, in the case of pets, from the veterinarian

Tapeworm can live for up to 25 years and usually grows several yards/metres in length. You must take the full course and if you're re-infected take another full course. Sometimes it takes more than one course of treatment to eradicate the worm or worms.

Answer 2

Tapeworms or cestodes have an indirect lifecycle. The adults live in the gut of the host species, the adults are made up of many small segments called 'proglottids.' These proglottids get 'older' further down the tapeworms body. The older proglottids fill with eggs to become 'gravid proglottids.' These break of and pass out with the faeces. An intermediate host is then infected with tapeworm by ingesting the proglottids or eggs. (The intermediate host is different for each species of tapeworm e.g. dog tapeworms can infect sheep or rabbits depending on the species). The tapeworms form cysts within the intermediate host (different locations for different tapeworm species). The definitive host is then infected when they eat the cysts (while eating the meat of the intermediate animal - hence the intermediate animal is usually prey). Tapeworms are not very pathogenic as they do not damage the gut as much as some other types of parasite however they compete with the hosts for nutrients possibly leading to emaciation. (The cyst stages can be more pathogenic if they get to be very large).

Answer 3

By eating contaminated food or the eggs of the tapeworm in the water you might drink it. They absorb the food you eat and they maybe living in your intestine or maybe in your muscles.

Where in the world are you getting this nonsense from? You are probably thinking of Trichinella which can be contracted from eating pork.

You cannot get tapeworms by eating tapeworm eggs. You would have to eat fleas or flea eggs

Answer 4

Through things that we eat. A lot of fish eat tapeworms then we eat it!

Answer 5

there are 2 ways people get tapeworms.

1.From meat that is not fully cooked.

2.From swimming in a lake, river, and a pond.

Answer 6

No. A tapeworm lives in the intestine. Unless you accidentally ingest fecal matter of some sort there is no way you can get a tapeworm from another person.

Answer 7

can u get tapeworm from kising a person who has it or by having sex with a person who has it?

Answer 8

Can I get tapeworm from a cat scratch from an infected cat that draws blood?