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What can tapeworms do to your short-term and long-term health?
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See below: Tapeworms cause health problems around the world and can even kill since they rob us of nutrients, block our intestines, and take up space in organs that stop them from functioning normally. A tapeworm cyst can settle in the brain, eye, liver, and elsewhere.
Answered 3/29/2015
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