100 Most Disgusting Things on the Planet by Anna Claybourne

Author:Anna Claybourne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Ya
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Published: 2009-12-01T06:00:00+00:00

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dIsgustIng nature 59

rounDworM

Roundworms are the

worms that cats,

dogs, and humans

have when we say

they’ve “got worms”.

These worms are smaller

than tapeworms – from less than

1 cm (½ in) to more than 25 cm (10 in) long.

But that doesn’t make them any less disgusting!

CatChing Worms

People catch worms by swallowing

worm eggs found in dirty water,

food, or soil, or on their hands.

Inside you, the eggs hatch into

worms that live in your intestines.

Threadworms, very small worms,

Curly, snaky roundworms.

eventually die and come out in the

toilet. Some bigger roundworms,

though, can cause more trouble.

yuCk faCtor!

Wriggly inVasion

The possibility of a worm coming

If you have a bad case of worms

out of your eye gives this disgusting

creepy-crawly top marks.

and don’t get it fixed, the worms

can move to other parts of your

body, or multiply, so that you end

up with a big mass of worms

inside you – called a “heavy worm

burden”. Ugh! Even worse, a worm

could come out of your nose or

eye, or you could vomit up worms.

toP tiP! Always wash

DonÕ t PaniC!

your hands well after using

Doctors can get rid of

the toilet or changing a

worms quickly with medicine.

baby’s nappy to make sure

Problems only happen when

worms can’t spread.

the worms arenÕ t treated.

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