Colonoscopy Findings and Parasite Risks

So this is a colonoscopy of a patient who was having abdominal pain

and diarrhea, and he eventually went to the doctor,

and they recommended getting a

colonoscopy because this was going on for a very long time,

and this is what they

found. They found that inside his colon,

there were these things. I'm gonna give you a few seconds to figure

out what this

is. These are parasites that are alive, moving in his

intestine. They kept getting larger and larger,

and his symptoms continued to get

worse. Most likely, this person ended up getting these

parasites from

consumption of undercooked food, meat, for example,

like pork. These parasites are well-known, and there are many different types of

parasites that you can get that go into your stomach,

specifically your

colon, like tapeworm, roundworms.

Just by looking at the length of this worm, this is m- most likely a

roundworm because they could actually measure more than twenty centimeters in

length, and they could live in your intestine for

many years without you even

knowing until you start developing symptoms.

My recommendation is to make sure that if you're gonna eat any type of meat, make

sure it's well-cooked and try to avoid undercooked or raw pork

because there's a possibility you could get a parasite like this.