American woman buys tapeworm pills for weight loss. How dangerous are they?

A peculiar case of a woman who took tapeworm egg pills as a quick-fix solution to lose weight has come to light. Doctors said the 21-year-old Iowa resident bought pills filled with tapeworm eggs using cryptocurrency and ended up with a serious infection. Tapeworms are parasites that, once swallowed, can make a home in the gut and grow up to 30 feet while consuming the hosts


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