{"id":3826,"date":"2019-12-05T05:16:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T05:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veryhealthy.life\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2021-08-12T06:22:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T06:22:02","slug":"14-common-typical-tapeworm-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veryhealthy.life\/14-common-typical-tapeworm-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Common Typical Tapeworm Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tapeworms are one of the most common types of parasitic infections that can be found in humans and animals, and they are diagnosed and treated with at least a few thousand cases happening every year. 
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Direct exposure to tapeworms and their eggs is the main factor that puts you at risk of becoming infected with the parasites yourself. There are many ways in which this can happen, including contact with infected fecal matter, foods or disposed of medical material that might contain remnants of the eggs. 
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Tapeworm infections are common in people who work with children or animals where they might have been directly exposed to the eggs. It’s one of the easiest parasitic infections to treat,  but it has to be diagnosed before you can proceed with any type of treatment. Contracting tapeworms could mean that the rest of your family is also at risk.
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Here are 14 common typical tapeworm symptoms that you should know about.
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1. A Persistent Fever<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A fever <\/a>is the body’s way of increasing the natural body temperature to the point where it becomes an uninhabitable vessel for any bacteria or infection. Even though this is what a fever tries to do, it often only makes the patient feel worse than they already do and it puts the heart and organs under even more pressure than they were before this \u2013 and this is why it’s so important to bring a fever under control the moment you notice it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Paracetamol is one of the only consistent treatments for a fever: If your fever doesn’t subside after it’s been treated with a simple dose of paracetamol, consider it a more serious symptom than before and see your doctor even if you aren’t experiencing any other symptoms of tapeworms that appear on this list. 
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When you do experience other symptoms that accompany a fever, speak to your doctor and mention a comprehensive list of symptoms for a faster, easier diagnosis.
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2. A Lowered Immunity<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Parasitic infections <\/a>are called parasites for a reason; they do nothing good for the body in exchange for the parasitic relation, and they tend to feed off the body’s most vital resources in order to stay alive \u2013 and this is part of why parasitic infections risk making people as sick as they do.\u00a0
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A lowered immunity can easily be one of the first symptoms that accompanies a parasitic infection, especially a long-term one that has gone untreated for a long enough time to allow the parasite-free access throughout the body. 
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If you notice a fever together with a lowered immunity and other symptoms on this list, have yourself checked for tapeworm and other parasitic infections. Other symptoms might appear in a different order for everyone else, but the first onset of your symptoms can usually be traced down to a few weeks before your exposure to the tapeworm’s eggs.
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3. Skin Irritation or Rash<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Skin irritation<\/a> or rash is a common generalized medical symptom that can point towards any of a number of factors that could be causing it. Sometimes a rash or skin irritation happens due to the fact that your skin doesn’t like the fabric you’re using \u2013 or sometimes it’s something as simple as an allergy to your washing powder or fabric softener.\u00a0
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But if skin irritation and a rash happen together with any of the other symptoms on this list, it could be likely that you’re dealing with a tapeworm infection instead. 
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If you see the rash appearing in a perfect circle, you might be dealing with ringworm instead, another kind of parasite. 
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If you aren’t sure, a tapeworm infection can usually be traced back four to eight weeks from first symptoms to exposure: Where were you four to eight weeks ago? 
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4. Changes in Appetite or Weight<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most parasitic infections that you can be diagnosed with needs the resources of their human host in order to survive and reproduce within the body: This is why they’re called parasites, and that’s why they serve very little purpose once they’re actually in our bodies. Comparatively, they don’t aid our bodies like the good gut bacteria that are technically still bugs, but different kinds that are actually useful.
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Why this matters is the fact that some types of parasitic infections (including tapeworm) can affect your appetite from the inside out. Where tapeworms are using up resources inside your body, all of your energy is going towards keeping the infestation alive within your body (and this subsequently means that your appetite can go haywire as a result). <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Take note if you experience any sudden changes in your appetite or weight<\/a>: Sometimes it could be a tapeworm infection, particularly if you can combine other factors on the list.\u00a0
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5. Depression<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Depression <\/a>is a common condition that’s diagnosed in thousands of people, and there are more causes for depression than you might think.\u00a0
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Sometimes it’s entirely chronic and clinical and people struggle with clinical depression throughout their entire lives; other times depression is something that’s due to genetic factors and some people are more susceptible to it than others due to their family history.
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Depression can be a sign of taking the wrong medication, having an underlying condition that needs to be treated and sometimes a sign that you’re dealing with too much stress on your plate at one time. 
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But sometimes depression can also accompany conditions of the gut. A long-term tapeworm infection can easily imbalance the healthy gut bacteria, which can lead to experiencing what feels like clinical depression in the long run. 
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There’s no doubt that you’re still experiencing depression in this case, but it might be a kind of depression that requires a different treatment in order to dissipate. 
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See your doctor.
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6. Stomach Pain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stomach<\/a> pain is one of the first symptoms that you can experience if you have a severe tapeworm infection in the body: You might experience it as one of the first symptoms of a parasitic infection, or you might only experience the symptom later on when the condition has progressed and the parasite has been allowed to spread further.
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If you experience any kind of stomach pain together with any of the other ones mentioned in this article, seek medical attention and ask your doctor to test you for tapeworms.
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Sometimes stomach pain can be associated with other health conditions like stress or an improper diet, but where it’s associated with enough tapeworm-related symptoms, it’s enough to warrant getting tested for it. 
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There are also some other parasites that can potentially cause stomach pain: Again, the only way to tell what you have is to have yourself tested for the appropriate condition.
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7. Diarrhea<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Diarrhea <\/a>is one of the most common generalized medical symptoms that accompany gastric conditions, intestinal conditions or some other temporary conditions like food poisoning. It’s one of the most dangerous symptoms that you can experience due to the rate that it can dehydrate the body \u2013 and if you have diarrhea for more than a few hours, seek medical attention.\u00a0
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If you experience diarrhea and stomach discomfort at the same time, it can signal any number of a hundred different health conditions. Some of them aren’t as serious as tapeworms, but all of them can mean that your body is currently unhappy with something. 
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See your doctor if you experience diarrhea whether or not you are experiencing any other symptoms of a bacterial or parasitic infection at the same time. It can be a very serious symptom that needs to be diagnosed and treated before it turns into something that’s potentially fatal.
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8. Sensitivity to the Touch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve been experiencing symptoms <\/a>for a while and haven’t gone to the doctor for tests and treatment yet, you might go on to experience even further symptoms from this point \u2013 and the existing symptoms are likely to only get worse from this point.\u00a0
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Other than the generalized pain and discomfort you might experience together with other ones mentioned on this list, you might also find that your stomach is either swollen or sensitive to the touch. 
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Sometimes this can point towards a hernia of the stomach that causes both the sensitivity and the swelling; other times it could be something like a perforated colon or stomach lining, which can be even more serious.
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If you experience any sensitivity when you press on your stomach, stop pressing: You could press right through something you don’t even know is there. Stop what you’re doing and see your doctor.
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9. Night Sweats<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Night sweats are one of the most common symptoms that can accompany a raging infection in the body. The different types of infections <\/a>that go together with night sweats are more than could be mentioned in one article or list \u2013 although as a general rule, the other symptoms that you experience together with night sweats can help to tell you more about the type of infection or virus you might be experiencing.\u00a0
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It’s a very common symptom that accompanies a fever. It can mean tapeworms, but it can also mean things like a generalized infection or conditions like malaria that also have night sweats as associated symptoms. 
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Ask yourself what potential conditions you could have been exposed to This can help you to find the right incubation period for the parasite or condition you might have. See a doctor if you suspect that you might have a tapeworm infection.
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10. Insomnia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although it might not be a direct symptom of tapeworm, insomnia is a type of symptom that can be generally associated with the condition anyway due to the fact that the symptoms become worse at night \u2013 and this keeps people out of sleep at night if they have the condition. Parasitic infection activity can often spike during nighttime, and insomnia <\/a>is one of the common effects of this.
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This can be a hard symptom to spot in children or older people who aren’t able to voice their symptoms in the same way as everyone else is able to. This means that what appears to be generalized discomfort could, in fact, be a sign of insomnia caused by another secondary condition. 
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If any of the other symptoms on this list are experienced too such as itching around the anus or tapeworms in the stool, make an appointment with your doctor. Tapeworm is a parasitic infection that’s easy enough to treat, but it has to be diagnosed before the correct treatment can start. 
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11. Generalized Stomach Discomfort<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A feeling of constant discomfort in the stomach can be a sign of some or other type of gastric or stomach-related issue that has to be treated. 
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You’re likely to experience other symptoms together with this one if it happens because of tapeworm infection<\/a>, including itching around the anus or the presence of tapeworms in the stool. If it happens because of something else, other symptoms are likely without the physical presence of tapeworms in the stool.
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Generalized stomach discomfort means that you should make an appointment with your doctor to find the cause. Remember to note and mention any other symptoms that you might be experiencing at more or less the same time: This can make your doctor’s job of having to diagnose the condition a lot easier. 
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Stomach discomfort that lasts for more than a few hours at a time should be considered a serious medical symptom. Make an appointment with your doctor or visit the emergency room to have your symptoms assessed.
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12. Itching Around or In the Anus<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Itching around the anus is one of the most common symptoms that can be specific to parasitic infections like tapeworm, but it might also be an accompanying symptom <\/a>for other similar parasitic infections. If you experience itching that doesn’t go away in spite of treatment, make an appointment with your doctor as soon as possible \u2013 ask to be tested for tapeworm if you experience any of the other symptoms on this list and\/or see the presence of tapeworms in the stool.
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Any signs of itching in or around the anus can be a potential sign of tapeworm. Where it doesn’t signal tapeworm, it can be a sign of a contact allergy to something that you’re wearing, or rarely a sign of improper hygiene (although most people will know whether or not their hygiene level are up to scratch!). 
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See your doctor if you experience a persistent itch that doesn’t go away. Sometimes a simple steroidal cream can control the symptoms, other times it requires antibiotics to treat the condition depending on what’s wrong.
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13. Increased Symptoms During the Night<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the most common symptoms that can be associated with parasitic infections is an increased rate of symptoms experienced during the night. This happens because of the fact that parasites become more active during the night time -and this makes symptoms <\/a>spike towards severe discomfort and even sometimes physical tapeworms crawling around the anus, causing the itch.
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If you experience symptoms such as itching or stomach pain and you experience these symptoms more at night than you do during the daytime, it could be a very large possibility that the symptoms are caused by some type of parasitic infection: Often this is caused by tapeworms, but there’s also a variety of other worms and parasites that could cause the same symptoms.
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The only way to tell what infection you have for sure is to see your doctor for the proper tests. 
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14. Tapeworms in the Stools<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the most obvious symptoms that can tell you that you have a parasitic infection for sure is the presence of tapeworms in the stool. If you have contracted a tapeworm infection by coming into contact with the eggs it’s likely that you’ll start to experience this symptom within a few weeks of exposure. 
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Counting a few weeks back from when you started to experience the first symptoms, you can usually trace the situation in which you were exposed to the tapeworm <\/a>eggs to begin with. Commonly, if you have worked with animals or children who might have been infected with tapeworms, you could be at an automatically higher risk and could have already contracted it yourself.
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If you suspect a tapeworm infection, check your stool first: Tapeworms will commonly appear here and be a tip-off that you need to get treated. From there, it’s easy to fix, but without a diagnosis, you could be taking serious risks with your health that leads to further issues.
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