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Can Eating "wild Rice" Cause Worms In The Intestine?

I ate a pinchful of Uncle Ben's packaged rice, "raw" All the rice(long grain and white) was listed as parboiled but the "wild" rice was not listed as parboiled. Just as wildrice. I am not even sure I ate a grain of the wild rice..But nonetheless I am really paranoid now that I may have given myself worms? What are the odds of this, and could intestinal worm eggs or larva even survive that long in those packaged boxes? Thanks.
Mon, 27 Nov 2017
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Woow, That's a real questions....The odds are low to get a worm straight away. If you get one, you will have a loss of appetite, altered bowel, pain in the belly, anemia.
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Can Eating "wild Rice" Cause Worms In The Intestine?

Woow, That s a real questions....The odds are low to get a worm straight away. If you get one, you will have a loss of appetite, altered bowel, pain in the belly, anemia.