Ascaris lumbricoides

And so like I had taken, you know, parasitology, very interested in this.

I look at it, I take one minute, I'm like, that's Ascaris lumbricoides.

There's only one basically other than tapeworms, right? But tapeworms are very, they have segmented bodies and everything like that.

I'm impressed you knew the Latin name of her

It's, uh, been documented before.

For instance, the migration cycle of Ascaris lumbricoides.

Ascaris, um, is a one-foot-long worm, and you can have many of them infecting your, your intestine to the point that food does not go through.

It blocks the intestine, and sometimes it goes through the intestinal wall, through loops in the gut, and ends up in the body cavity, um, um, causing, uh, other body cavity conditions.

And these, uh, come from humans and pigs.

And, uh, the Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the largest and most common parasites found in humans.

The adult females of this species can measure up to 18 inches long.

Males are usually shorter.

And when it's talking about, uh, peritonitis, which is fatal, because they penetrate the small intestine, they cause leakage of feces into the bloodstream, and this is what can be deadly.

Ascaris suum is found in pigs.

Its life cycle is identical to that of the Ascaris lumbricoides.

If a human ingests eggs of Ascaris suum, the larva will migrate to the lungs and die.