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What Is The Cause Of Brown Strands In Stool?

Hello not sure whether i should go to doctors or not but im not sure if have a type of parasite i found this thin wormy sort of brown strand in my stool it werent moving or anything and im really worried the image that it fits of a parasite is a rope worm i dont know what to do and im not sure whether its just something passed from my Chinese meal i had ate on the weekend , im mainly concerned as i also never get full maybe this has something to do with this.
Mon, 16 Dec 2013
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Hi,
From history it seems that you might be having worm infestation or likely of having undigested residue of Chinese meal.
Go for stool test for worm infestation.
If ova or worms are found on stool examination, go for treatment accordingly.
Ok and take care.
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What Is The Cause Of Brown Strands In Stool?

Hi, From history it seems that you might be having worm infestation or likely of having undigested residue of Chinese meal. Go for stool test for worm infestation. If ova or worms are found on stool examination, go for treatment accordingly. Ok and take care.