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1) Tapeworm larvae form cysts in animal muscle and if the meat is undercooked then humans can get the disease from eating the meat. This could be beef, lamb, pork or even fish. But hookworm on the other hand is not involved in the food chain, the eggs are passed in human feces which hatch into larvae in the soil. The larvae then burrows in the feet and enter the body where they travel to the lungs, coughed out of the lungs and enter the gastrointestinal tract where the adult worms live.

2) Pin worm do not live in the dust, they also live in the human intestinal tracts. The female worm comes down to your butt an lay the eggs there. This cause intense itching forcing you to scratch and some of the eggs then get on to your fingers,and from there you might transfer it your mouth or other articles which may eventually end up in somebody else mouth. That is why pin worm is common in young children and also hard to eradicate. Personal hygiene is very important and just giving medicine may not be enough to get rid of the worms.

Pellegrini Kitara-Okot

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i know this mite be coped and pasted but i really didn't feel like retyping this!

yes!cooking your meat well can kill and subtract the Chance of getting a parasite but if you really think about it your basically eating dead parasite body's(NASTY :( )AND ALSO YOU COULD STILL GET ONE IF YOU HAVE TOUCHED SOMETHING INFECTED AND FOR SOME REASON DIDN'T WASH YOUR HAND BEFORE TOUCHING YOUR FOOD!

And as for how you get pin worms No! they don't really travel in dust but here are some ways you could get one!

1)By an infected child not washing hands after using the bathroom. If the child then touches playmates or play toys, he/she may pass on the eggs.

2)Pin-worm eggs can also be transferred to the fingers from clothing or bedding, and then spread around the home.

3)Eggs may be inhaled from the air or deposited onto food and swallowed.

4)Pin-worms can survive up to two weeks on clothing, bedding or other objects, if kept at room temperature.

thanks!

You have been asking about parasites for a month now, could you be imagining symptoms? It's hard to get worms from food, if it was easy people that ate rare steaks would be swarming with them. Plain old food poisoning is more likely.

if cooked thoroughly, the bacteria will be killed. i'm not sure on the second q though. sorry