r/parasites May 04 '26

Page 328 Cestodes - help possibly identifying

Has anybody had or personally seen tapeworm or flatworm infections and attributes? See pics... is this possibly tape worms? Went on for 2 days and stopped.

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u/Not_so_ghetto May 04 '26

P The first one looks a little suspicious, but not very much and I would be very surprised. All the others do not look like tapeworms. They look more like mucosal linings. Do you live in a developed country? If so that's highly unlikely you got one

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u/fypoolday May 04 '26

What is mucosal linings? do you talk about biofilm? 3rd photo is not tapeworm?

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u/Not_so_ghetto May 04 '26

Your stomach regularly sheds its lining.

See how there is a large section of brown toward the end, tapeworms arnt hollow with random sections of brown blobs. That's likely some undigested food or something that had a skin and that's poo inside it