Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm) and Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) are two other tapeworms that affect humans. A tapeworm is a type of parasite that lives in the intestines of animals.

Tapeworms: Symptoms in humans and how to avoid getting infected. In a medical first, a man died recently after a tapeworm inside him got cancer ...

WORMS in humans - known as parasites - often don’t produce any symptoms, but if the infection spreads it can cause unpleasant, sometimes deadly, side-effects. By Lauren Clark 08:01, Mon, Aug 28 ...

WORMS are parasitic organisms and tapeworm is just one example of a worm infection. How do you know if you've got tapeworm - what are the signs and symptoms?

Parasites can cause a wide range of diseases in humans, ranging from short-term to lifelong. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Humans are the only definitive host for the tapeworms Taenia saginata and Taenia solium. T. saginata, or the beef tapeworm, is very long (up to 15 feet or more), but generally poses little danger ...

When is finding a tapeworm parasite in your brain a good thing? When you originally thought that it was a brain tumor instead. The story of 42-year-old Rachel Palma shows that everything in life ...

After years of splitting headaches, a Texas man’s long-awaited diagnosis was something out of a Google symptoms search nightmare: The aches were caused by tapeworm larvae that had taken up space ...