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A member asked:
If you have parasite do they always move in your stool? if they don't move is i just u digested food?
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There are: Various parasites, many of which you can't see without a microscope. Some parasites shed their eggs in the stool. Usually foreign material in your stool is either something you ate, or the result of normal metabolism by your gut bacteria.
Answered 5/17/2015
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