Rope worms

Dangerous pseudoscientific concept

"Rope worms" is a pseudoscientific term for long thin pieces of damaged intestinal epithelium or other bowel content that have been misidentified as human parasitic worms. "Rope worms" were reported in 2013 in two self-published papers by Volinsky and Gubarev et al. In fact, they are not actual parasites, but instead fragments of mucous membrane shed from the gut following the use of bleach enemas and other similarly ineffective and toxic cleanses, such as the essential oil enema described by Volinsky et al.

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