Here is a list of the names and descriptions
of the 12 most common parasites of humans:
Tape worms: taenias - fish tape worm, beef tape worm, and pork tape worm. Obtained from eating raw or undercooked, infected meat. Adult worms can reach a length of more than 15 feet. Pork tape worms can enter the human brain and cause seizures. Fish tape worms can produce over one million eggs per day. It can grow up to 33 feet in length. This worm is wide, often one half to one inch long and is usually white/gray in color. Tape worms most commonly inhabit the colon and intestines in humans, but theyt have been known to migrate to other parts of the human body.
White worms: They come in all sizes from tiny pin worms to those that look like spaghetti or angel hair pasta.
Red worms: These look just like earth worms. They exude from the human colon wrapped in balls. They reach up to 6 inches in length.
Inch worms: These are thick (pencil size), black and bumpy and about 2 inches long.
Black worms: These parasites are 1-12 inches in length and leave the colon wrapped in "yellow acid water" mixed together. They nest deep, impacted in the wall of the human colon.
Pin worms: Tiny parasites that wiggle out of the human colon about 3/4" long and thicker than white worms.
Hook worms: Curved about 6" long, and grayish. Infestation of humans is as high as 50% worldwide. Hook worms grip the intestinal wall and suck blood.
"Little Fish": About 1/2" long, these are fish-type parasites with heads and tails, and they swim out of the human colon in schools.
Thread worms: Cream-colored parasites as thin as a thread. They often come out of the human colon by the hundreds.
"Fuzz Balls": Round parasites with fur-like growth on them. About 1/4"-3/4" in diameter, yellow in color.
"Spiders": Look like a spider and are colored brown, often 1" long.
"Stickpin worms": One inch long and a head like a pea, perfectly round. Small ones are white, adults are black.