See how Doctors in China removed 16ft tapeworm from man who loves to eat raw meat.

Tapeworms in humans aren’t an odd sight, unless
of course they measure in at 16ft. 45-year-old
Chen from Guangxi, south China who loves to eat
raw beef and fish complained of stomach
problems to doctors. Tests were carried out by
his city’s Gastroenterology department which
revealed the tapeworm and even then, it took five
days to extract.

Doctors determined the parasite had come from
contaminated raw food and studied it to discover
how it grew so long in its host. 

Tapeworms – or taenia saginata as they are known scientifically –
has eggs which hatch in cattle and are carried
through the body by the animal’s circulatory
system. 

The egges hatch three months after
human consumption and develop into adults in
the small intestine which according to scientists
have a life expectancy of 60years. To think
someone could carry it around almost all their
life.

Doctors have advised that meat and fish fans
should be wary when eating unregulated and
under cooked-produce – and that if raw beef is
consumed, it should be chilled well beforehand.