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It can take months or years to notice any signs of a tapeworm. They can include: mild nausea; diarrhea; abdominal pain; loss of appetite; weight loss; Sometimes, a person can feel a piece of the worm coming out through the anus or see it in their feces. There are different types of tapeworm. One (fish tapeworm) can cause anemia because it absorbs vitamin B12, which helps make red blood cells.
Tapeworms come into the body via contaminated food. Many organisms live on and in the human body. A tapeworm can easily survive and thrive indefinitely inside us. A tapeworm in a human can range in length from 1/250 of an inch (.0063 cm) to an incredible 50 feet (15.23 meters)! Tapeworms have no digestive tract so they must eat food already digested by another animal.