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How do you get tapeworms?

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1. By eating under cooked pork, beef, fish or game (mostly rabbit and venison). Meat frozen for more than 48 hours is safer but still needs to be properly cooked through. Smoked and cured meats carry a slight risk there is less risk from pickled meats and fish.

2. Not washing your hands before handling food or after handling and preparing raw meat. From polluted water and contact with human or animal waste. So always wash your hands after using the toilet or playing with/stroking pets. And bear in mind that cats and dogs clean their genital/anal area by licking. Have pets de-wormed regularly. Eggs can be in the body of an animal or human host for years before they develop into worms.

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