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gjslhs posted:
I have a situation that I am seeking info. on. For 4 weeks now I have had diarrhea. The first 2 weeks was about 8-10 times a day. The 3rd week dropped to about 5-6 times a day. I am staying hydrated, and have been checking my stools every time for any evidence of blood or anything unusual. This past week I saw something that is causing alarm. What looks like a parasite, about the size of rice. It looks like a rice krispie that has soaked in water, but this has legs. It actually looks like a portion of a centipede, but with a lot less legs. I am seeing about 5 of these in every stool. They are dead, but freaking me out. I don't have any other symptoms...no tiredness, nausea, pain in stomach... I'm living my normal life style. It is not food of any kind. The only thing that I eat the same of every day is whole grain toast and coffee. I have not been out of the country. I took a sample to my doctor today, but it will be the middle of next week before I find out any results. I showed him an individual one, and he showed it to a colleague, but neither knew what it was, and didn't seem to be alarmed. He thought it was something I ate. Irritating.... I have looked it up online, and even googled images, but can't find anything that looks like this. Any thoughts?
1 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Intestinal parasitesI have a situation that I am seeking info. on. For 4 weeks now I have had diarrhea. The first 2 weeks was about 8-10 times a day. The 3rd week dropped to about 5-6 times a day. I am staying hydrated, and have been checking my stools every time for any evidence of blood or anything unusual. This past week I saw something that is causing alarm. What looks like a parasite, about the size of rice. It looks like a rice krispie that has soaked in water, but this has legs. It actually looks like a portion of a centipede, but with a lot less legs. I am seeing about 5 of these in every stool. They are dead, but freaking me out. I don't have any other symptoms...no tiredness, nausea, pain in stomach... I'm living my normal life style. It is not food of any kind. The only thing that I eat the same of every day is whole grain toast and coffee. I have not been out of the country. I took a sample to my doctor today, but it will be the middle of next week before I find out any results. I showed him an individual one, and he showed it to a colleague, but neither knew what it was, and didn't seem to be alarmed. He thought it was something I ate. Irritating.... I have looked it up online, and even googled images, but can't find anything that looks like this. Any thoughts?
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Sorry that I am just getting back to you. I've not had access to the web.
If you already figured out the problem, I would like to know what it was & if it was infact parasites. That can happen by eating meat that was a little undercooked or from an insect landing on our food.... crazy that we could have parasites living in our bodies for years, eating off of our food that we eat and not even know.
If I were you, I would do a cleanse. They have colon cleanses specifically to rid your body of toxins and parasites. Even if it was nothing, I would still do that anyway for my own peace of mind.
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Report This| Share this:Intestinal parasitesSorry that I am just getting back to you. I've not had access to the web. <br />If you already figured out the problem, I would like to know what it was &amp; if it was infact parasites. That can happen by eating meat that was a little undercooked or from an insect landing on our food.... crazy that we could have parasites living in our bodies for years, eating off of our food that we eat and not even know. <br />If I were you, I would do a cleanse. They have colon cleanses specifically to rid your body of toxins and parasites. Even if it was nothing, I would still do that anyway for my own peace of mind.
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