"I'm giving up raw foods" says Thai man who removed HUGE tapeworm from himself

[webfact]

 

"I'm giving up raw foods" says Thai man who removed HUGE tapeworm from himself

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Bangkok man who moved with his family to the north east of Thailand said he is giving up eating raw foods after passing tapeworms. 

 

Sanook described in graphic detail how Krissada, 44, a photographer was on his loo when what looked like noodles started appearing in the bowl. 

 

Reporters went to Udon Thani where they met the Facebook poster who said he was raised in Bangkok but had moved north east with his wife and four kids to look after his in-laws. 

 

Everything had been OK for eight months until he had his appendix out at the beginning of December. Two days later he passed the tapeworms after suffering from a bad stomach the night before. 

 

That was it for eating "suk suk dip dip" (raw foods) he said. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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[tifino]

At least the worms Privacy was maintained, by the blurred photos! Even if it leaves the fella a victim of a faceless inside job... 

Edited December 11, 2019 by tifino

[Vacuum]

Looks like rubber bands...

 

[TheGhostWithin]

I had something similar inside me probably as a result of my liking for Larb and Nam Tok, combined with my moo ping cravings with friends in Udon Thani over many years. This appears to be a beef tapeworm, found mostly in Thailand, China, Philippines and Cambodia. 

 

It is not common in my home country of NZ, though very common in Isaan. They had to give me special medicine from the exotic illness specialist, and the worm I had in me was around 2.5 meters long. I could feel it moving around inside me at night, and at times it would move creating severe stomach pains. The eggs (which look like small rice noodles but walk themselves and can expand from <0.5cm out to 3cm or so would come out of me when I showered each day, it was horrifying knowing traditional worm tablets had nothing but a temporary stunning effect on the worm, stopping it moving inside me and causing it to expel eggs from my body but not killing the actual parasite. 

 

My General Practitioner in New Zealand doctor ignored me for a year, even tearing into me when I bought a live sample into the surgery (bagged and sanitised) and refused to accept it. As a result, this thing lived in me for a further year. It was not until I demanded to see another doctor for a second opinion that my issue was rapidly diagnosed.

 

Beef tapeworm are ingested from raw meat, or uncooked meat as common in larb, nam tok, or satay that is not cooked long enough. They feed off protein in the body, it would have had a field day with me as I eat up to 1kg of steak and chicken each day as part of my health and fitness regime. They can live in the body for up to 20 years and grow incredibly long. 

 

Do take worm tablets, I have started taking them 6 monthly after my experiences. If you have worms that aren't being killed off by traditional worm tablets, see a doctor fast. 

Edited December 11, 2019 by TheGhostWithin

[RichardColeman]

Look dangerous to me - they appear to have eaten his little finger

[BWPattaya]

Easy enough to treat. One dose of anthelmintics would clear them out. Don’t pull them out as the head will be left behind to grow again. 
wash raw food to diminish the chances of ingesting the eggs. 

[Orton Rd]

The results of eating meat and uncooked muck, serves him right, The GhostWithin story sounds more like the Alien within, horrible.

Edited December 11, 2019 by Orton Rd

[simtemple]

Wow scoop of the century!!!! 

 

 

 

[toofarnorth]

Tiny worms leave my biggest cat every day , worming tablets don't seem to work. I feel reasonably safe though as I have no intentions of cooking and eating the cat.

[Sheryl]

1 minute ago, toofarnorth said:

Tiny worms leave my biggest cat every day , worming tablets don't seem to work. I feel reasonably safe though as I have no intentions of cooking and eating the cat.

 

Please consult a good Vet, you may not be giving the right type of medication for the worms involved.  (Sorry off topic I know, but I am under the complete control of my avatar so couldn't let this pass).

[ExpatOilWorker]

https://www.newsweek.com/man-hospitalized-700-tapeworms-brain-1473526

 

[Andrew65]

1 hour ago, Orton Rd said:

The results of eating meat and uncooked muck, serves him right, The GhostWithin story sounds more like the Alien within, horrible.

The growing popularity of sushi could fuel a rise in deadly parasitic worm infections, doctors have warned. Raw fish can carry tiny worms that bury into the human gut if eaten, a condition known as anisakiasis, which can cause severe stomach pain, vomiting and fever.

[metempsychotic]

26 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

The growing popularity of sushi could fuel a rise in deadly parasitic worm infections, doctors have warned. Raw fish can carry tiny worms that bury into the human gut if eaten, a condition known as anisakiasis, which can cause severe stomach pain, vomiting and fever.

Properly prepared sushi is a non issue. 

Any reputable sushi restraunt serves fish flash frozen to kill any parasites. 

 

Likewise for fish sold as sushi grade. 

 

Oh, nice use of bold. 

Edited December 11, 2019 by metempsychotic

[metempsychotic]

4 hours ago, TheGhostWithin said:

I had something similar inside me probably as a result of my liking for Larb and Nam Tok, combined with my moo ping cravings with friends in Udon Thani over many years. This appears to be a beef tapeworm, found mostly in Thailand, China, Philippines and Cambodia. 

 

It is not common in my home country of NZ, though very common in Isaan. They had to give me special medicine from the exotic illness specialist, and the worm I had in me was around 2.5 meters long. I could feel it moving around inside me at night, and at times it would move creating severe stomach pains. The eggs (which look like small rice noodles but walk themselves and can expand from <0.5cm out to 3cm or so would come out of me when I showered each day, it was horrifying knowing traditional worm tablets had nothing but a temporary stunning effect on the worm, stopping it moving inside me and causing it to expel eggs from my body but not killing the actual parasite. 

 

My General Practitioner in New Zealand doctor ignored me for a year, even tearing into me when I bought a live sample into the surgery (bagged and sanitised) and refused to accept it. As a result, this thing lived in me for a further year. It was not until I demanded to see another doctor for a second opinion that my issue was rapidly diagnosed.

 

Beef tapeworm are ingested from raw meat, or uncooked meat as common in larb, nam tok, or satay that is not cooked long enough. They feed off protein in the body, it would have had a field day with me as I eat up to 1kg of steak and chicken each day as part of my health and fitness regime. They can live in the body for up to 20 years and grow incredibly long. 

 

Do take worm tablets, I have started taking them 6 monthly after my experiences. If you have worms that aren't being killed off by traditional worm tablets, see a doctor fast. 

User name checks out. 

[Andrew65]

1 minute ago, metempsychotic said:

Properly prepared sushi is a non issue. 

Any reputable sushi restraunt serves fish flash frozen to kill any parasites. 

 

Likewise for fish sold as sushi grade. 

 

Oh, nice use of bold. 

Oh, nice use of bold. 

That's just from where I copied & pasted it from.

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

he is giving up eating raw foods after passing tapeworms. 

I've looked at where food sources come from, how they're kept & prepared.. Thailand is the last place on earth I'd eat anything raw!

[Andrew65]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I've looked at where food sources come from, how they're kept & prepared.. Thailand is the last place on earth I'd eat anything raw!

I never ate cooked meat off street stalls either, don't know how long that stuff has been out of refrigeration.

[elliss]

5 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

Please consult a good Vet, you may not be giving the right type of medication for the worms involved.  (Sorry off topic I know, but I am under the complete control of my avatar so couldn't let this pass).

[

        Ex pat Vet preferred . 

Soi 6 have,  by the score, and more ..

 

Edited December 11, 2019 by elliss

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

I never ate cooked meat off street stalls either, don't know how long that stuff has been out of refrigeration.

Refrigeration... haha, you made me spit my coffee out.... that costs money!

If it's anything like where I live it never got to refrigeration, the scenario near to me is the live animal is culled in the early hours at a slaughter house [note I do not use the term abattoir]  quartered, transported to market in the back of a pick-up, where it is butchered and sold for immediate use that day.

[emptypockets]

7 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Refrigeration... haha, you made me spit my coffee out.... that costs money!

If it's anything like where I live it never got to refrigeration, the scenario near to me is the live animal is culled in the early hours at a slaughter house [note I do not use the term abattoir]  quartered, transported to market in the back of a pick-up, where it is butchered and sold for immediate use that day.

As in many countries. We in the west have some strange idea that the majority of the world has easy access to refrigeration. They don't.

 

It's one reason why the live cattle and sheep export industry thrives.

[Elkski]

16 hours ago, metempsychotic said:

Properly prepared sushi is a non issue. 

Any reputable sushi restraunt serves fish flash frozen to kill any parasites. 

 

Likewise for fish sold as sushi grade. 

 

Oh, nice use of bold. 

flash frozen wont do it.  It needs a time duration  soak which varies  relative to frozen temperature.  

I wonder  about the process that 10 baht  per piece  sold at markets?

[Andrew65]

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Refrigeration... haha, you made me spit my coffee out.... that costs money!

If it's anything like where I live it never got to refrigeration, the scenario near to me is the live animal is culled in the early hours at a slaughter house [note I do not use the term abattoir]  quartered, transported to market in the back of a pick-up, where it is butchered and sold for immediate use that day.

....and anything that goes unsold is thrown away?!

I've never seen anyone butcher anything by the side of the road, also no evidence of feathers, blood etc.

[hotchilli]

30 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

....and anything that goes unsold is thrown away?!

I've never seen anyone butcher anything by the side of the road, also no evidence of feathers, blood etc.

You need to step out of the city maybe.... where I am it's normal practice.

[metempsychotic]

3 hours ago, Elkski said:

flash frozen wont do it.  It needs a time duration  soak which varies  relative to frozen temperature.  

I wonder  about the process that 10 baht  per piece  sold at markets?

who would eat that?