Parasites Resembling Toilet Paper Live Inside the Skin of This Woman

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EXCITING UPDATE! We have recently come across a new medical provider who actually believes what is going on, and has said they are happy to work with anybody experiencing these symptoms, including remotely. Please see their information by going to our resource page here and looking for “Lighthouse Complex Care”. We are not affiliated with them, and we do not receive compensation or anything else from them, we just have been impressed with how caring they are.
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A worm that lives in human skin has been photographed by one of our readers, who wonders if we can tell her what kind of worm it is. The worm in question appears to be a pinkish-yellow color and is attached to a long piece of flat, white matter.

Before we get into the bulk of the article, it is important we point out that unfortunately we will not be able to provide an identification of the worm. We know this might be disappointing, but as this situation is purely medical in nature, we are not qualified to identify this sort of worm as to identify the worm would constitute giving a medical diagnosis. Since we are not medical professionals, this is not something we can do. Moreover, what we can say is that similar photos were sent in by another reader and were discussed in a different article. However, just like in this article, we could not provide an identification in that one for the same reason.

So, what can we tell our reader? Well, especially given that we have — presumably — seen this parasite before, which has also been reported to live in the skin, we would treat this situation as an emergency. We urge our reader to consult a medical professional immediately. We always recommend that any of our readers consult their doctors for any health issue, but it should be noted that most doctors do not receive training in parasitism, and thus our reader might walk out of that consultation disappointed, as many of our readers have. For that reason, we strongly recommend going instead to a parasite specialist.

To find one, our reader can Google ‘infectious disease doctor (name of her closest big city)’ or ‘travel disease doctor (name of her closest big city)’. It might also be worth considering taking a sample of the worm with her to the appointment. Likewise, if our reader’s doctor or physician has trouble identifying the worm, she can always take that sample to her local county extension office or to the entomology department at a nearby university to get it identified by people who study this very type of creature. Then, with that identification in mind, her doctor/physician can get a better idea of what diagnosis and treatment to provide.

Furthermore, to be on the safe side, and to save both time and money, our reader might consider going to a county extension office or university to get the worm identified prior to visiting a medical professional (depending on how dire the situation is) so as to speed up the process once she does visit a doctor or physician. Of course, neither the people at a local county extension office, nor the people at a university are medical professionals, so our reader should not take their word for a medical diagnosis either, and should nonetheless visit a medical professional after getting the worm identified. Whatever identification is provided by anyone that is somewhat qualified to identity parasites, but is not a medical professional, should only be taken as a guideline, and not a diagnosis.

In conclusion, we are unable to inform our reader about the identification of this worm for the reason that we are not qualified to do so. We nonetheless hope that this article has been helpful to some extent and that our reader may be rid of these worms soon, so that she can lead a happy and healthy life.

 

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Parasites Resembling Toilet Paper Live Inside the Skin of This Woman
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Parasites Resembling Toilet Paper Live Inside the Skin of This Woman
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A worm that lives in human skin has been photographed by one of our readers, who wonders if we can tell her what kind of worm it is. The worm in question appears to be a pinkish-yellow color and is attached to a long piece of flat, white matter.
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25 thoughts on “Parasites Resembling Toilet Paper Live Inside the Skin of This Woman

  1. I am living with this nightmare too…4 years as of April 1st. 8 doctors and all have refused to listen. Doctors seem to get off on handing out Zoloft. It’s disgusting to have them dismiss you while you are dripping blood on the exam table. The doctor I had last said that it looks to her like I am burning myself. Seriously???!!! I have videos of them moving around and drinking water. I have been experimenting with them as I pluck them out of my skin. I get zapped so much and strange bruises appear and then disappear.
    I take pictures and videos of everything. One turned itself inside out on the video. This is tragic and unexcusable for us to not be taken seriously. I did 4 months of double antibiotics and it didn’t do anything.
    Pumpkin seeds, coconut oil, pumpkin seed oil, fungal soap helps, but I want to be over this madness.

    1. Going THRU same thing I could probably teach the regular dr.s all about the worms? Parasites I don’t know I get zapped as well from these buggers they at times burn blankets carpet it’s a lifecycle not always they get into food idc if I use 10.ziplocks how is this happening? NOW my hair falling out it tangles hair look like clump hair n Open it it’s full eggs or worms is this yeast problem or worms idk I’m scared to Dr because I m ex opiot addict clean 10 yrs that’s all they’hyper focus on help where in Wisconsin can I go… dogs also sick…. I know where we got it n when? But think 1 worm turned into several types

      1. I sympathize with you greatly. I have been suffering with the same issues going on three years now. It has consumed me with depression and the worst part is no one understands. So now I speak of it to no one. What makes it worse is seeing my dog, whom I love more than breathing, suffering from the same thing. Doctors, veterinarians, and friends fail to understand. I’m also in recovery and to be accused of being a meth addict not only hurts but angers me. I feel completely and totally alone.

  2. I hi I’m sharing the same health problems as all of u and I get the same response from all the drs get off the drugs it’s all in ur head one of the drs had the balls to tell me I have monkey pox I had no idea what he was talking about so when he left the room I went on line and seen what he was talking about I felt like putting my foot up his ass right then in there because I knew I was not gay by any means and then to be laughed at really took the cake so if anyone comes up with a answer to our problems please let me know I have over 300 hundred pieces of hair that we’re moving and coming out of my body so to everyone on here keep ur head up and don’t give up

    1. Horsehair worm. Go to tractor supply type store order fenbendazole powder dog deworm.it is,at it’s creation a human med. 222mgs.a day,mix it. With juice,and chug it down 4 days,once a day. 3 days off.
      Then back on 4 on,3 off for a month or until resolved. Buy Lysol laundry sanitizer. Wash all clothes,and bedding,and use it with dawn soap to lather the tub,shower,all homes facets,sinks,handles,and door knobs,and mist door jams,entry area& entry rug.THEN get 70% alcohol at drugstore and spray and paper towel all of the things I listed PLUS All door handle,microwave,stove,counters,table top bottom and legs,and chairs,and kitchen floor. Vac everywhere.Spray cloth furniture with thick mist of alcohol too. Done.
      Vacuumed everythinga!!Repeat next 2 weeks to catch any leftover stuff Do not forget to vac under sofas,chairs, and ables,beds & inside closets and bathrooms. Ok,bye

      1. I am running myself ragged using bleach n any disinfectant on sale daily I spray dogs bedding n my own….I have done deamectrus earth food grade helps slow down.. what do we Tell tractor supply I’m ordering for do I have to say?

        1. The entire small town is filling with it people have it n don’t pay attention iv reported at work assisted living where I got it n no one listens elderly test negative for worms supposedly

  3. @buglady
    It’s like they know you are already down on the floor, pleading for answers and all they do is kick you while you’re down.
    We all know how that feels and if younever want to chat please reach out. I’ve never felt so alone, guarded, cautious, and misunderstood. Talking to someone who truly knows how I feel would be a big help I think.
    ????

    I can’t believe I have come across posts where the story is 100% my experience.
    We can all be crazy sure, but no way could we all be crazy but have the same facts, evidence, feelings….OUR TRUTH!
    ?

  4. I get so tired myself being dismissed by medical professionals, you know the ones we go to for help. As soon as I say bugs or parasites, they switch the entire conversation around and want to focus on my anxiety and I end up leaving with a recommendation to see a psychiatrist and to make sure I’m eating, drinking and sleeping enough. Plain ridiculous!
    My landlord took 3 weeks to send an exterminator out to treat what I believed were moths. I do have them no doubt but they are not the major or only concern. No surprise here but he didnt find any evidence of any bugs. I provided a ziploc with a general variety but he said it was a bag of lint and seeds. clothes fibers…as if we haven’t all thought that at one point or another. So, now my landlord is concerned about my mental health and well-being. Mad doesn’t even come close to how I was feeling. The fibers that crawl all over me and embed themselves in my clothes are still a mystery. I’m not sure what this part is but various sized. moving, white/clear fibers go into my body through my toes and fingers and 3 days ago I was recording my hand, talking about that very issue when I felt the strong electric shock feeling half way down my finger. Within 5-10 seconds you can visibly see the white ??? and feel the bump. As I was talking about it I still had the camera on my finger and for the 1st time ever which it’s been 4 months now I started seeing a white point protruding out of the exact spot where I felt the shock and where the inflammed bump was and guess what I saw? A very small, thin, clear to clearish- white worm plus 10 morein various areas. I have pretty much known within the 1st few weeks of experiencing all of my symptoms that horse hair worms were involved somehow. I had never heard of them but I just had a feeling and through all of my research I wholeheartedly believed it. Over the the next 2 months I had visited with 4 doctors, 2 of them being the emergency room. I felt a cold, sharp, and painful shock in my toe, saw a white bump there and was convinced with all of my being that worms were inside me. The EMTs and 3 Drs said its impossible for that to happen. They also had no interest in seeing any of the picture or video evidence that I had collected over the last few months. I spent my time there getting lectured about drug use and other times about how important it is to take care of yourself and your mental health. They certainly didn’t care rnough yonsulport me in those areas. I have been in-and-out of counseling for a very long time and I’m well aware of how to take care of myself in that way but they thought it was progressing into something into something like schizophrenia or what they call delusional path Delusional Parasitosis and prescribed an anti psychotic for a week trial. It definitely helped me to not think about bugs as often and I was able to sleep but there was NO CHANGE in my experience. I still saw the bugs, found the bugs, felt the bugs and they “behaved” in the exact same manner as before. I knew that once I reported my my experience for that week that I probably would be told they didn’t believe that I actually took the medication so I made sure make sure that my grandma gave me the medicine and made sure that I took it I get. It’s a little embarrassing when you do that at 37, but I am tired of people trying to convince me that my reality is not real. Pulling clumps of my hair every time I washed off (sometimes 3x a day to combat itchiness is VERY real but they came back with people under a lot of stress lose or pull out their hair. Hell yea I’m stressed. I want my life back and nobody will help me. Everyone in my family has doubted me and accused me of using drugs just as the Dr’s did. I had so many pictures and videos but they just said they didn’t see it or they didn’t see it the same way which blows my mind but I am lucky enough to have nough to have the most amazing best friend because she has not questioned a single thing I have ever told her and she has never made me feel uncomfortable or anxious about talking to her about it. It is very sad when you realize the true nature of many people that you loved and trusted but it wasn’t my choice. I am going to try my best to stop focusing on making people believe me and I am using any holistic treatments. I’ve heard of to help my symptoms. I’m bro new into it so no results other than I have finally found peace. I don’t care what anyone else thinks anymore. I’m moving on and riding this ride alone.
    I’m sooo glad I found these threads. It’s helpful for sure. I still have some unanswered questions but my investigative nature will eventually fill in all the gaps. After all ut of all 4 medical problemedical professionals and and the exterminator sent by my landlord I’m the only one that had ever heard of horse hair worms of the rooms of course it was after this all start it but they have no idea what they are and they have never seen anything like that…so they must be made up right?!? ?????
    until I now have multiple bald spots
    and was quickly labeled as a psyche patient and/or drug addict and they offered no help. I have made the choice that I will no longer see doctors unless it is somebody who practices natural medicine but I don’t know if I’m ready to move forward yetquite yet. I need to get over the betrayal.

    1. Hi I’m suffering from the exact same thing. I’ve had over a thousand pictures of these things I have videos of these things moving. I have videos of hair that is attached to my head it’s in with my hair but when I look at it closely I can tell it is not my hair and I do believe that it is horse hair worms. I have read articles on horsehair worms and they say that not much investigation has been done on the creature because they do not infect humans therefore they don’t think that it’s important to do much research on them but I know they are wrong they do infect humans. I’ve had three times now late at night where I felt like something was going up my nose and when I went and looked in a magnification mirror I saw it hanging out of my nose about an inch and a half what looked like one of my own pieces of hair and when I tried to grab it it slipped through my fingers and went into my nose completely I pull things out of my nose all the time with tweezers that almost look like a booger but yet they don’t look like a booger and I see those black hairs in my nose that are really long but I can’t get them when I get a hold of them they slip away and go further into my sinuses I’ve not been able to retrieve the very long ones but I have retrieved shorter hairs that are not straight they’re kind of curvy like zigzagged. I have videos of them moving. I’ve gone to the doctor they dismissed me they tell me that it’s not possible and they refuse to look at any of the samples that I’ve brought in in plastic bags which the CDC says that is exactly what you’re supposed to do is put it in a plastic bag and take it to your doctor. I don’t know if you’ve noticed for about almost a year now that medication commercials say tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. I don’t know why they say that because when you tell your doctor your doctor will not listen. I wonder sometimes if maybe they do know what’s going on but because the government hasn’t figured out what it is yet and doesn’t have an explanation for it that they’re hiding it from us until they get further answers because they can’t address the public until the public what’s going on if they don’t know what it is or maybe they created it as another form of population control. All I know is that I’m about ready to take all the samples I’ve ever gotten and just throw them in the face of the doctor and say there if it’s not possible then you have nothing to worry about about everything that I just threw in your face it’s not possible so don’t worry doctor you won’t get any type of infection..

      1. Hi Teressa, have you checked out Lighthouse Complex Care? They are listed on our resources page (we are not affiliated with them, we have just been very impressed with how they treat people coming to them with these issues).

      2. Horsehair worm. Go to tractor supply type store order fenbendazole powder dog deworm.it is,at it’s creation a human med. 222mgs.a day,mix it. With juice,and chug it down 4 days,once a day. 3 days off.
        Then back on 4 on,3 off for a month or until resolved. Buy Lysol laundry sanitizer. Wash all clothes,and bedding,and use it with dawn soap to lather the tub,shower,all homes facets,sinks,handles,and door knobs,and mist door jams,entry area& entry rug.THEN get 70% alcohol at drugstore and spray and paper towel all of the things I listed PLUS All door handle,microwave,stove,counters,table top bottom and legs,and chairs,and kitchen floor. Vac everywhere.Spray cloth furniture with thick mist of alcohol too. Done.
        Vacuumed everythinga!!Repeat next 2 weeks to catch any leftover stuff Do not forget to vac under sofas,chairs, and ables,beds & inside closets and bathrooms. Ok,bye

    2. God I almost thought I’d made this comment and didn’t remember lol like you are 100% living my life . I actually got fired from my job yesterday after 10 years of being there do to my health condition and the way I looked pretty much . I was livid. Just one more nail in my coffin I felt like . The part that confuses me is why my kids and husband feel nothing while I feel like I have fleas jumping off of me or hairs crawling out is the only way I can describe it
      all damn day . I even took 4 tubes of invermin for horses paste, and still the same like nothing kills them . It’s mainly my side of neck, eyebrows lashes face hands and arms where I feel them the most

    3. A couple of your comments released hit me…
      I’m moving on and riding this ride alone.
      I need to get over the betrayal.
      :(
      I know. I know this. We all do here. WHY are we being treated like this?? By EVERYONE?? It’s a nightmare. Thank God I have a best friend that has seen it all and believes me too. The best I found is ivermectin antibiotics and ivermectin skin cream was really great too. But that is banned in Canada because it help get rid of covid. So somebody I know orders it from India. Although I’m alone as well on this island of madness it’s relieving and saddening as well that there are others going through the same boat. If anybody has any info we need to start a group because there’s nowhere I found. Anyone can contact me at ca********@gm***.com

    4. Jessie, I’m 51 years old and have been going through the exact thing verbatim. Everyone in my family has abandoned me, 17 doctors all sent me away saying it was all in my head all while they are ignoring my skin splitting open in front of them and my anxiety adding rashes on top of rashes on my neck it’s still all in my head. I’ve been laughed at, mocked, ridiculed and now even my children don’t speak to me. I’ve never felt more alone than I do now. I’m right there with you on the horrors and I can honestly say my life has ended. I’m just existing now. Afraid to go out as someone might see the marks. Hell I’m about to go get some drugs so that maybe I can have fun while being in solitude and big misery. Both my dogs are also infected. Not a vet around will help with them and now I’m homeless. Things just can’t get any better. Uuugghh.

  5. I’m going on 5 years of shaving,tweezing home remedy tryingbto get these one strand of hair cactus feeling things that are shiny and I’m a 57 year old woman who had hair down to my butt. I’ve been shaving bald cause hair won’t grow out normal and I get creeping eruption looking things I got scars all over scalp arms and shoulders from sores from oozing. These things are in my eyes eyebrows and lashes can’t get them off. Selfish pictures looks like symbols tattooed under my scalp and skin some are grasshopper looking honeybee mite things with wings others look like spiders. Doctors give me same meds don’t work I ready to shoot myself I’m tired so tired of living this way I don’t even live anymore I exsist. Did aliens get me or what why can’t anyone help me going on number 6 year now I take pictures of all kinds of weird stuff coming out of my scalp when I tweezers and Google lens it no answers yet I did have fungal infection of hair follicles. This all started after sleeping on a mattress and bowstring that rats got into and made their nest. It started out like dermodex then lice then scabies now worms and creepy stuff please help me

    1. I am going through precisely the same thing and have considered ending things because this is no life. They rule my life and adversely impact on EVERYTHING I do. I have been to so many doctors and spent time in the dermatology ward at the best hospital in my city and they all end up saying ‘idk what it is. Go home and put vasoline on it’ or ‘get off the drugs’ or ‘you need to see a psychiatrist’. I can’t take it any more. Everyone thinks I’m crazy. It’s been nine years now. I can’t see it ever ending

  6. I to cant get diognosed for parisites worms that look like hair some worms camo inside of white string black mites burro. It resembles looks like cartoons on my skin have these marks all over me there brown circles they bleed under my skin. These wrap around the body like a snake i have hemocromotoisis but now are anemic impossible there feeding on my blood im diabetic high blood pressure kidney disease just lost my lower leg due to infection caused by these white worms i was sepsis our labs suck they wernt tought about parisites ive been threw so much 4 years of this my nails have hurt since i was a kid theres this film that i wash off it takes time the more i remove its back on them its also like ingrown nails all threw my toes i have had this most of my life my skin is a mess for four years its got a build up on it the mites get almost out it burns so bad if my whole body did that it would kill me this is in my tissue little hole for them to breath thats one type what ever it is killing me im worried about my only leg not living with out legs im 58 i can see this on my boys skin i said i was going to prove this if it kills me and it is my life been a nightmare ive had 40 + surgerys i have had a blood transfusion could have got it there im living in hell i took a living 1 inch parisite watched it for 2 days have it on video. I knew itnwas over it came back as nothing lol its a joke well i could go on there’s more then one parisite. On me they feed on blood didnt even get into my hair or my house its evetyware makes me sick my labs are never normal c-protiens are a sign there alwys high ready to go to boston

  7. Hi I have something very similar and have had the same experience that you have. Please let me know if you find out what it is.

  8. I am going on 3 years living with something that has been destroying my skin. 14 doctors said it is in my head and for me to forget about it but not 1 of them took a scraping and looked under a microscope. I won’t go outside unless in long sleeves and pants and refuse to go in a store. Many of those dr.s have suggested I stop drugs so I asked for a drug test and they refused. I’ve lost everyone in my life because of this except my 2 fur babies. I’ve went through all my savings and am facing homelessness within a couple weeks. What is so upsetting is I still have no clue on what is tormenting me. I’m not a picker and if that was why my skin is so torn up then how in the heck did my back end up the same way? When I get upset my skin simply splits open, bleeds then come the black dots and tiny larvae. It drives me insane and if I shared details of my past 3 year adventure you all would probably say I was nuts too. If that’s the case then someone please shoot me, people do that to animals that are suffering but it seems no one cares to help me. I’ve been laughed at, mocked, ridiculed and any other demoralizing thing you could think of.

    1. You’re not alone. I have been going through a very similar thing for nine years now. I have few people in my life as everyone thinks I am on drugs or just plain nuts. No one, including medical professionals, is interested in seeing the evidence I have. It’s easier to dismiss as being in my head or due to heavy drug use, neither of which is true

  9. I called the county office and they say they do not accept or look at samples of parasites. Above correction should say “no parasites in USA”

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