Are these intestinal flukes???

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ArtMom3257
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by ArtMom3257 on Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:30 pm

Are these intestinal flukes???

First of all, I'm mortified that I'm posting this but I just can't google anymore, it's breaking me mentally. So please be kind in your replies.

I've been having floating stools for a month. I went to my PCP and she ran a cbc, metabolic, vitamin D, calcium, carotene, iron, folate, and b12 which all came back normal so she referred me to a gastroenterologist. I'm currently waiting for them to call me back after they get the referral from my doctor to make an appointment. In this time, I have been keeping a food diary and monitoring my bowel movements and have started to notice what my Google searches have show me to be possibly flukes??? Anyone know if this is truly what they look like? I'm horrified.
just for reference, I had a colonoscopy back in 2017 which came back all clear, and I was also tested for celiac and sibo at that time which both were negative.
I can't seem to figure out why my stools are still floating, could it be linked with the possible flukes????
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Dreamgetter
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by Dreamgetter on Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:44 pm

Re: Are these intestinal flukes???

Those are not flukes. Parasites have no color to them. Most likely it is undigested tissue (food).

thugtomas
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by thugtomas on Wed Sep 21, 2022 2:35 pm

Re: Are these intestinal flukes???

Flukes that cause schistosomiasis, paragonimiasis, fascioliasis, clonorchiasis, and opisthorchiasis are included in the World Health

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by thugtomas on Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:18 am

Re: Are these intestinal flukes???

Flukes that cause schistosomiasis, paragonimiasis, fascioliasis, clonorchiasis, and opisthorchiasis are included in the World Health

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by advhccenter on Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:36 am

Re: Are these intestinal flukes???

Approximately 70 species are known to colonise the human intestine, but only a few species are known to cause actual infection. The most common human intestinal trematode is Fasciolopsis buski

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