A tapeworm infection is usually diagnosed by finding eggs or tapeworm segments in the stool. Your doctor may ask you to bring in a sample so a lab can look for eggs, larvae, or tapeworm segments.

Tapeworms or pinworms can look like white specks, and medications are available to treat both infections. What causes white specks in stool? Share on Pinterest Westend61/Getty Images ...

Meet the fox tapeworm The new study is a retrospective one, in which a group of doctors in Switzerland examined medical records of 334 patients who developed the disease alveolar echinococcosis ...

Intestinal worms are organisms that feed off the human body. Tapeworm, hookworm, pinworm, and other types of worms affect the body in different ways. A person may notice worms in stool. Types of ...

Pork tapeworm may shed small, rice-like segments in stool. Broad fish tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium latum): Eating raw or undercooked fish contaminated with D. latum can result in broad fish tapeworm ...

Ancient tapeworm eggs found in 270-million-year-old shark poop suggest these parasites may have plagued animals for much longer than previously known, researchers say. Tapeworms cling to the inner ...

Ancient tapeworm eggs found in 270-million-year-old shark poop suggests these parasites may have plagued animals for much longer than previously known, researchers say. Tapeworms cling to the ...

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