https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms Everything YOU need to know about Whipworms. en-us 2021-02-18 03:49:27 UTC 2026-03-12 18:56:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9a0.png jacobhouser https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213700506 Whipworms are tiny parasitic nematodes that live primarily in the digestive systems of humans, dogs, cats, and more animals. They're called whipworms because, as you might guess, they look like whips (their posterior ends look like whip handles). The effect they have on humans are namely painful bowel movements, which can cause excretion of blood and mucus as well as anal prolapse.]]> 2021-02-18 03:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213700506 jacobhouser https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213700997 Whipworms can live for up to five years. As previously mentioned, the whipworm affects namely humans, cats, and dogs, and the human variation of the whipworm has the scientific name Trichuris trichuria. Whipworms spread by laying eggs (around 2,000 to 10,000 daily) in stool (poop), and after the stool is excreted, the eggs are embryonated and wait to re-enter a digestive system to hatch. The most common way to ingest a whipworm would be to eat a fruit or vegetable that hasn't been cleaned properly. ]]> 2021-02-18 03:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213700997 jacobhouser https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213714226 2021-02-18 04:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213714226 jacobhouser https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213715817 After being ingested, the worms hatch and penetrate the small intestine. Over the course of three months, they develop. Then, when they get bigger, they move into the large intestine and mate. Some female worms can grow up to 2 inches long. The worms can live up to five years, but they commonly live around one year. The worms can cause the serious disease TDS, or trichuris dysentery syndrome, which causes severe diarrhea and anal prolapse.]]> 2021-02-18 04:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213715817 jacobhouser https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213725186 The human whipworm is in close relation to Trichura suis, which is the pig whipworm, and whipworms also infect dogs and cats, with the infection yielding similar results and symptoms.]]> 2021-02-18 04:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobhouser/whipworms/wish/1213725186