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Intestinal worms can be contracted from various things.

For instance, in countries like Africa, certain areas can be infested with them. Any kind of feces, human or animal, may be harboring worms. Walking barefoot in such places can give you worms.

In some cases, children will ingest feces, and therefore contract the parasite. Sandboxes are also causes, as infected animals may have walked in them and thus introduced them into the sand. Even common things like water or soil can contain parasitic worms. Eating things like raw unwashed vegetables, undercooked meat or even from unwashed hands can give you such worms.

In some species, a larvae or undeveloped worm will burrow through your skin until reaching the intestines.

After you have come in contact with a worm it makes it's way to your intestines to either feed on blood or nutrients in your bowel content. They can range from a few millimeters to several meters long and will continue to live and breed withing your body until they are forced out through your fecal matter, and the life cycle begins again.

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