Woman Who Ate Undercooked Pork Shocked by 'This' Dripping from Her Mouth: The Surprising Truth

Video Released by American Doctor Shows Tapeworm Removal Through Mouth
"Can Survive for 20 Years... Grow Up to 9 Meters"

An American doctor released a video showing a long tapeworm several meters in length coming out of a woman's mouth, warning people never to eat undercooked pork.

Dr. Myro Figura, an anesthesiologist in the United States, posted a short video on his Instagram on the 25th of last month with the caption "Don't become this person." The video showed a woman who appeared to be sedated, lying on an operating table with a mouth guard on and her eyes closed. The doctor pulled out a thick, white, thread-like object continuously from the woman's mouth and transferred it to a surgical tray placed beside her.

A woman removing a tapeworm from inside her body through her mouth. Screenshot from doctormyro's Instagram.

It turned out that the object was a tapeworm. Dr. Figura explained, "Eating undercooked meat can cause tapeworm infection," adding, "They can grow up to 30 feet (about 9 meters) long and survive for more than 20 years." When tapeworms infect the body, symptoms such as nausea and vomiting may occur, and in severe cases, weight loss and nutritional deficiencies can develop. Dr. Figura said, "(People) think that getting infected with tapeworms will help with weight loss, but I do not recommend this method at all."

Pork may contain cysticerci larvae of the pig tapeworm (Taenia solium), which can infect humans if the meat is not fully cooked. To prevent pig tapeworm infection, hands should be thoroughly washed with water and soap after handling raw meat, and undercooked meat should not be eaten. Additionally, tapeworm infection can also occur from eating undercooked fish and beef.

Both cattle and pigs can carry tapeworms, but the types differ. Pigs carry the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), while cattle carry the beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata). The beef tapeworm in beef dies when heated to a core temperature of 66℃ or higher, but the pork tapeworm requires heating to 77℃ or higher to be killed. Moreover, the pork tapeworm can cause severe diarrhea and vomiting, which can be life-threatening in serious cases, so special caution is necessary. Eating raw beef, such as Yukhoe, without heating can also easily lead to parasitic infection, so it is best to avoid consuming it raw.