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A doctor issued an urgent warning after astomach-churning videoof amassive tapewormbeing pulledout of a womans mouth went viral.
Fugura also expressed concern about the trend of people purposely getting themselves infectedin order tolose weight.
This is not something I would recommend at all.
She appears to have undergone an endoscopy, as her mouth is being kept open by surgical tools.
Netizens were disturbed by each pull asthe parasitesastonishing lengthwas revealedbit by bit and placed into a surgical dish.
A tapeworm can grow up to 30 feet long and live for over 20 years, the Doctor explained.
Usually, you get [tapeworms] from eatingundercooked meat.
There are three main types of tapeworm:T. saginata, the largest at 32 feet, andT.
asiatica,both measuring ataround 9 feet, the physician explained.
T. saginatais the easiest to detect, as it causes the most symptoms.
The other twoare usually discoveredwhen tapeworm segmentsare noticedin the bathroom.
One user called the parasite the forbidden Ozempic, while others joked about needing a tapeworm to lose weight.
Its better to over cook thanunder cook, one user shared.
A nightmare.
The footage shocked netizens, who took to social media to share their disgust
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