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Could Eating Worms In Hamburger Accidentally Effect Health?

today i was eating a hamburger and saw there were little white worms in the bread! they looked like wax worms for ice fishing, but longer and skinnier, maybe 1cm long. do i need to be worried about getting sick? i had already eaten 2 bites. the worms that i saw were very much alive.
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
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NO need to wory dear it wont cause any harm to you but no doubt you have to keep a close wath whether you feel any kind of symptoms such as pain in abdomen , abdominal cramps , loose motions & vommiting. If at all these kind of symptoms perceived you should rush to ER.
Else you can have prophylactic antibiotic such as combination of ofoxacine + ornidazole 2 times a day after getting proper presciption from your physician.
Drink as much of water you can. Try to have butter milk & curd in the foods.

But as of now nothing to worry about it.
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Could Eating Worms In Hamburger Accidentally Effect Health?

NO need to wory dear it wont cause any harm to you but no doubt you have to keep a close wath whether you feel any kind of symptoms such as pain in abdomen , abdominal cramps , loose motions & vommiting. If at all these kind of symptoms perceived you should rush to ER. Else you can have prophylactic antibiotic such as combination of ofoxacine + ornidazole 2 times a day after getting proper presciption from your physician. Drink as much of water you can. Try to have butter milk & curd in the foods. But as of now nothing to worry about it.