Thailand's Parasitic Disease Research Center has reported finding an 18-metre (60ft) long tapeworm in a patient in Nong Khai. The patient had submitted a faecal sample at a mobile testing unit which revealed tell-tale tapeworm signs. Medication was used to bring out the parasite, which had entered the patient's body as a result of eating uncooked beef.
The record-breaking Tæenia saginata was the longest-detected tapeworm in 50 years. They can live in people for 30 years, but advances in medication usually makes this an unlikely occurrence.
thaivisa.com, 22 Mar 2021.
In other news, a Japanese woman's sore throat was caused by a worm hitching a ride on one of her tonsils. Doctors at St Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo removed a nematode roundworm with tweezers after the patient complained of throat pain. The patient said she had eaten assorted sashimi five days earlier.
D.Telegraph, 5 Oct 2020.
