How Worms Survive Inside Your Body

Worms are disgusting, yet so many species thrive inside human bodies. How are they able to live inside us and do they hurt or help us?



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[yourlocalengineer]

Some worms are a real "pain in the ass"

[matthewcupelli]

I dont care if they help me its "a little benefit" I want them out

[josiahnerro]

Me:Oh no do i have tape worms
Her:will cause weight loss
Me:(looks at self) nevermind

[Amornick]

i drink too much to have worms, they would die of alcohol poisoning

[dorupero]

Worms don't exist worms don't exist worms don't exist...

[omegaprime]

now i am going to have trouble sleeping tonight

[Root]

But wait, if we have a symbiotic relationship with some of these parasites, then by definition, they aren't parasites anymore. Parasitism is where one organism receives benefits (the parasite) and the other receives the drawbacks (usually the host) or in other words: the other suffers.

[ilovehouse]

Worms mean you have low stomach acid, low liver function, or pancreas enzyme issues. They are the canary in the coal mine so to speak. If you have parasites it is good to get rid of them and clean up your diet. This will help your health get back to normal. It is probably not the best idea to simply live with them full time as they will cause chronic fatigue and digestive issues and digestive discomfort.

[sirdeadlock]

If they help the body, shouldn't certain kinds of worms be reclassified as symbiotes?

[washermansfs]

Thanks for the nightmares no really thank u!!!!

[BeUYT]

who else is scared shitless... ? Hope im not the only one xD.. ...omg holy crap

[theawesomeness]

I knew I shouldn't have watched this

[johnlemon]

i can feel worms in my body just by watching this video.

[MoChOmAn]

I'm having flashbacks of Monsters Inside Me

[wavyamar]

A lot of people who are depressed or have mental or physical illness is sometimes caused by parasites

[lvx]

I watched a show on the discovery channel one day about parasite worms... changed me forever...

[zachmondlick]

I saw Julia two days ago at the Aurora theater in Berkeley. Super cool! I wish I realized it was her sooner so I could've complimented her work!

[ligarymer]

Worms do exist and cause huge amount of deseases. I am naturopath and been working with herbal anti-parasite programms niw for years.. and seen lots of wierd things comming out .... and with that also health restored.

[harperm]

I have always maintained that hyper-cleanliness is as bad for one's health as a complete lack of hygiene. It just stands to reason that if we don't give our bodies some exposure to bacteria, parasites, &c, our underused immune systems will start freaking out over things that aren't actually a threat. (i.e., allergies.)

[Alienswithwigs]

Damn Julia you get assigned the freakiest topics. Those things are terrifying!