The Long Tenant
You want it cleared: a tapeworm anchors in the intestinal wall and takes its share of every meal before you do.
In depth
Tapeworms — segmented flatworm parasites that anchor in the intestinal wall and live off what passes through it. One of the three helminth groups counted into parasite burden.
What it drives
It increases Parasite burden.
Taxonomic edge. Tapeworms are one of the three main helminth groups infecting humans. Verbatim: “Helminths of three main groups—cestodes (tapeworms), trematodes (flatworms, or flukes), and roundworms (nematodes)—are human parasites responsible for an enormous burden of disease.”. doi 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000319 · PMC9155875
It reduces Micronutrient status.
Diphyllobothrium latum competes for luminal vitamin B12, producing megaloblastic anemia. doi 10.25690/VETPAT.2022.11.48.002
It increases Allergic signaling.
Cestode antigens polarise the mucosal response toward Th2 with IL-4 and IL-13 production. PMID 17187651
It increases Regulatory T cells.
Chronic cestode infection expands FoxP3+ regulatory T cells that dampen host effector responses. doi 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00798
It reduces Brain inflammation.
Taenia solium cysticerci in the central nervous system provoke inflammation around degenerating larvae. doi 10.1155/2017/8494572
See it on the map
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