By Alimentary canal, I mean a dark stripe running the length of them. This wouldn't be found in plaque or mucous which is undifferentiated. I have passed mucous and plaque too but this is different.

You are right, the pictures of Ascaris that I have seen look like completely intact white worms...however I am guessing that they can look different when they are partially digested...perhaps when they are up higher in the small intestine....

I am putting a link to one of my pictures...you can note the prune-like tissue which encases the matter of the alimentary canal...It's gross...toward the bottom you can see the tears in the tissue which is pretty transparent...



//www.curezone.org/ig/i.asp?i=42257

I have to agree with megan.

Disinformation appears rampant on the web and even in this forum due to a simple lack of research.

Mucus is an inflammatory response to the intestines to infection. Many people mistakenly seem to think of these cleanses as a "clean sweep" of sorts whereby they pass the squirming worms and its done. In actuality, as the adult parasites break down they release innumerable eggs and larvae, this causes a chain reaction in the intestines. This would occur during cleansing and could result in such occurrences as diarrhea or constipation, mucus, pus and even hemorrhoids. Other transient phenomena often referred to is the muscle twitching ("scattering"), floaters, liver pain, "tight" throat, coughing of mucus from the lungs ... all which is, well, as I said, transient and is either a direct result of physical assault from larvae itself or the immunological response of the bodies defense.

Regarding the scattering issue, most parasites tend to localize particular areas where they can easily acquire adequate nutrition, and with very specific exceptions, excludes sinuses, eyes (toxicara), or even the lungs (paragonimiasis, cryptostrong). This is not to say any of these reactions are any less annoying or even, in some paritcular cases harmful. parasites though, for the most part, tend to be insidious beyond the acute infection stage, and will only make their presence known when threatened. The name of the game is survival through stealth. And make no mistake, these guests will not go quietly.