Shocked doctors 除去する FOUR-METRE long tapeworm from man's intestine

By Manjeet Sehgal

Published: 22:38 BST, 8 April 2014 | Updated: 01:05 BST, 9 April 2014

Four metres: Shocked medics 設立する the worm had eaten a 部分 of the 患者's intestines

Doctors at Cheema 医療の コンビナート／複合体 in Mohali on Monday 除去するd a live tapeworm over four metres long from the intestine of a 48-year-old man.

Dr 厳しい Kumar, who operated Rajesh Kumar, a 居住（者） of Chandigarh's Ramdarbar area, said the length of the tapeworm shocked his entire team.

"The 患者 was 認める with 復部の 苦痛 besides fever. The x-rays showed there was some perforation in his intestine.

"As the 患者 was 批判的な, we すぐに operated on him and when we were searching for the perforation we noticed that the worm had eaten up a 部分 of his intestine," Dr 厳しい Kumar told Mail Today.

"When the 操作／手術 was over and the worm was 存在 sent for a 生体検査 見本／標本 it was 設立する that the worm was a tapeworm and was alive," said Dr H. S. Cheema, 医療の Officer at Cheema 医療の コンビナート／複合体.

Doctors have created a loopless tummy to p ass excreta, and save Rajesh's life.

He will take six to eight weeks to 回復する from the 感染.

Tapeworm 感染s are 原因（となる）d when people eat raw and 汚染するd pork, beef or freshwater fish.