Broad fish tapeworm also shed small, rice-like segments in stool. Pinworm ( Enterobius vermicularis ): Swallowing or inhaling pinworm eggs can result in pinworm infection (enterobiasis).

A fish tapeworm infection, or diphyllobothriasis, occurs when a person eats raw or undercooked fish that's contaminated with the parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. Find out more about it here.

A tapeworm is a parasite in contaminated food and water. Most people have mild or even no symptoms. Symptoms might include nausea and weight loss.

What do white specks in stool indicate? Are there other symptoms to consider? We find answers and discuss treatment and prevention. Learn more here.

Intestinal worms are organisms that feed off the human body. Tapeworm, hookworm, pinworm, and other types of worms affect the body in different ways. A person may notice worms in stool. Types of ...

A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports.

Parasitic worms live in and feed off living hosts. Learn about parasitic worms in humans, transmission, treatment, how to avoid being a host, and more.

Doctors believe that the tapeworm infection originated from his habit of eating undercooked bacon. The unidentified 52-year-old initially went to see the doctor because his migraines had suddenly ...

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of ...