Hilary Hurd
Coordinating EditoratBugBitten
Hilary is Professor Emeritus of Parasitology at Keele University, UK, having retired at the end of 2013. Her research interests have revolved around parasites transmitted by insects and their interactions with their vectors. She was Director of the Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology at Keele for over ten years and served as President of the British Society for Parasitology.
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I’m trying to find out if I am infested (or infected) with helminth(s).
I swallowed a morsel of Atlantic salmon flesh, whilst slicing a whole fish, ready for freezing. After removing a fish steak, I discovered a heminth in the flesh. It was, in fact, two worms attached to each other; a plump one and a slender individual. They had crawled out of a tunnel they had dug out of the fish’s flesh, whilst being frozen. I am scared that I swallowed eggs if there were any. I don’t think I ate a worm. I could not identify the worms. I don’t know if they are nematodes or cestodes. One of them appeared to have a scolex or similar appendage. The only symptoms I observed was a change in texture of my excrement. I went to my family doctor (GP), but she didn’t prescribe anthelmitic drugs. Can anyone help. I worry.