EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A tapeworm is a parasite that can live and feed in human intestines. This is called a tapeworm infection. A young and inactive form of the tapeworm is called a larval cyst. It can stay alive in other parts of the body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tapeworms are hermaphroditic; each segment has two sets of male and female reproductive organs, which will fill the segment with fertile eggs as the segment is pushed back from the neck.

Detailed explanation-3: -A tapeworm is a flat, parasitic worm that lives in the intestines of an animal host. It commonly infects many different animals, including humans, livestock and domestic cats and dogs (usually meat-eating mammals.)

Detailed explanation-4: -But not all tapeworms are bad news. In fact, one type appears to protect against memory loss in rats. The discovery, researchers say, could lead to new treatments for some neurological diseases in humans, like Alzheimer’s.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tapeworm infections are rare in the United States. When they do happen, they’re easy to treat. Often, people may not know they have a tapeworm infection because they have no symptoms or their symptoms are mild.