Hi All!!

Picked this up off another website and found it very useful - so thought I would share!

Here is a list of the names and descriptions
of the 12 most common parasites:

Tapeworms: taenias - fish tapeworm, beef tapeworm, and pork tapeworm. Obtained from eating raw or undercooked, infected meat. Adult worms can reach a length of more than 15 feet. Pork Tapeworms can enter the brain and cause seizures. Fish Tapeworms can produce over one million eggs per day. It can grow up to 33 feet in length. This worm is wide and one half to one inch long, and is usually white/gray in color.

White worms: They come in all sizes from tiny pinworms to those that look like spaghetti or angel hair pasta.

Red worms: These look just like earthworms. They exude from the colon wrapped in balls. They reach up to 6 inches in length.

Inch worms: These are thick (pencil size), black and bumpy and about 2 inches long.

Black worms: These are 1 - 12 inches in length and leave the colon wrapped in "yellow acid water" mixed together. They nest deep, impacted in the colon wall.

Pinworms: Tiny parasites that wiggle out about 3/4" long and thicker than white worms.

Hookworms: Curved about 6" long, and grayish. Infestation is as high as 50% worldwide. Hookworms grip the intestinal wall and suck blood.

"Little Fish": About 1/2" long, these are fish-type parasites with heads and tails, and they swim out of the colon in schools.

Threadworms: Cream-colored parasites as thin as a thread. They often come out by the hundreds.

"Fuzz Balls": Round parasites with fur-like growth on them. About 1/4-3/4" in diameter, yellow in color.

"Spiders": Look like a spider and are colored brown, often 1" long.

"Stickpin Worms": One inch long and a head like a pea, perfectly round. Small ones are white, adults are black.