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Published in Cell Reports Medicine, the research categorises "abnormally high" BMF as "more than three watery stools per day" and "abnormally low" BMF as "fewer than three hard, dry stools per week".

And an American doctor shared an "insane" X-ray of a patient infested with tapeworm eggs after eating uncooked bacon. But the truth is, the UK is not immune from infections of this nature.

The diagnosis: In the stool sample, the doctors found larvae of a roundworm species called Strongyloides stercoralis, a parasite that can cause an infection called strongyloidiasis in humans.

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Humans can be exposed to these eggs by ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes, such as herbs, greens, or berries, or by petting dogs or cats who have the tapeworm and then touching ...

Echinococcus multilocularis, also known as the fox tapeworm, mostly lives in wild animals like foxes. However, it can spread if animals or people come into contact with the tapeworm's eggs ...