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I ate corn on the cob with a lot of corn silk on it 4 days ago. i am experiencing what looks like corn silk in feces. is his corn silk or worms??
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Ignore it: Humans do not have the enzymes needed to digest various parts of the corn shell or husk. They pass through unchanged for those obsessive enough to examine poop. There are no worms that look similar.
Answered 6/24/2019
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