Whitish Brown Worms In Bananas?
I recently bought 6 to 7 bananas at a local grocery store. After eating one that night, and one the next morning, I was on my thrid banana later that day. I had about half of it eaten and looked down and there were about 3 or 4 small/skinny whitish brown live worms sticking half way out of the banana (they had burrowed through the peel and were halfway into the banana). When I got home from work, I inspected the other bananas, and they were infested with the worms as well. I assume I have ingested at least a few of these worms from the first 2 and a half bananas. I cant find much on the internet about them. Can anyone help? I want to make sure I dont have any parasites that will harm me living in my body now.
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Most likely any worms that would burrow into/eat the banana would not be a parasite that would be harmful to you. They are probably just a species of detritus consuming worm that happened to have contaminated your bananas before they were picked or during shipping. They might also be fly larva, also called maggots, in which case they would also be harmless (yet disgusting) if ingested.
You probably don't have much to worry about, as they are unlikely to be poisonous and unlikely to be a parasite capable of living inside your digestive system.
However, if you're worried I would recommend seeking the assistance of an actual General Care Doctor to set up a consultation.
DONT EAT THEM. They could be maggots. so just stop eating them just throw em away in the backyard or something. Look up Maggots and u will see.