When you die (tapeworm)

Ruth2 · Aug 17, 2009

Okay, when someone dies and their bowels let go, if they had a tapeworm, would it be possible for the tapeworm to come out?

Thanks for any help!~

CACTUSWENDY · Aug 17, 2009

No idea....but......EWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

padnar · Aug 17, 2009

I dont know about tapeworm but I heard somewhere that lice comes out if we die.
padma

smcc360 · Aug 18, 2009

Probably not. They clamp themselves to the intestinal wall with their mouths, and absorb nutrients through the skin.

Also, ew.

Vincent · Aug 18, 2009

Huh.

Is this the same tapeworm that organised the assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd in 1966?

KTC · Aug 18, 2009

i read somewhere that they're often found only in necropsy...so i'm going to guess no.

sheadakota · Aug 18, 2009

Nope- the little suckers

stay put unless they die while the host is still alive, then the bowel motility will push them out- but if they are still alive while the host dies- they don't budge

Ruth2 · Aug 18, 2009

Thanks y'all! I wondered about that and thought I'd run it by you. Yes, ewwwwwwwww but hey, it threw an interesting twist into a dialogue going on and I figured I'd use it. I only have to shift a couple of sentences to make it still work.

Thanks again!

Ravenlocks · Aug 18, 2009

I remember being told in science class too many years ago that after the tapeworm kills you, it crawls out either through the mouth or the other end. But I have no proof and can't even remember which science teacher said that.

Fenika · Aug 18, 2009

Now, if only you'd asked about ascarids and live pigs...

***Link is not for the quesy or anyone who has recently had, or plans to have, pasta.

http://www.thepigsite.com/pighealth/contents/AscarisWorm.jpg

Ruth2 · Aug 18, 2009

Ravenlocks: Alas, the character is killed off by exsanguination so I doubt the worm is going to show up that quickly. Although who knows? I was sort of hoping it would.

Bahamutchild: Thanks but I think I'll refrain from asking. Yuck....

Thanks y'all!

RJK · Aug 21, 2009

Bahamuchild, you just killed my plans for a ham sandwich for lunch.

hammerklavier · Aug 21, 2009

Sometimes the embalming chemicals transform them into zombie tapeworms, then they come out and try to crawl inside a new host whilst he sleeps (they are attracted to snoring noises). Then they'll turn that person into a zombie.

When you die (tapeworm)

Ruth2

Tam, na Koncu Drevoreda

CACTUSWENDY

An old, sappy, and happy one.

padnar

smcc360

I've Got An MFA In LEO

Vincent

Cheers

KTC

Stand in the Place Where You Live

sheadakota

part of the human equation

Ruth2

Tam, na Koncu Drevoreda

Ravenlocks

How novel.

Fenika

Ruth2

Tam, na Koncu Drevoreda

RJK

Sheriff Bullwinkle the Poet says:

hammerklavier

It was a dark and stormy night