The tapeworm taenia solium enters the human body by ingesting the parasite’s larval cysts. These eggs can then develop into adult tapeworms in a human’s gut, usually around 5 to 12 weeks ...

His mouth is a little round hole that looks as if a big fat worm lived down there—and one does. Beneath the comic mask is a tragic figure: Capannelle has a tapeworm and no teeth.

Some tapeworm species can grow up to 30 feet long and thrive in the host’s gut for decades. Juan Gärtner – stock.adobe.com. The headaches soon returned alongside a scary new symptom.