China: The man had been feasting on sashimi but soon began to suffer from itchy skin and stomach ache.

The shocking hospital pictures show how a man's body became riddled with tapeworm after gorging on sushi.

The Chinese man began suffering from itchy skin and stomach ache, forcing him to visit his doctor.

And scans revealed his body was infected with tapeworms, which potentially could have killed him.

The man had been feasting on sashimi - raw slices of fish and considered the finest dish in Japanese cuisine.

As reported by Mail Online, doctors who treated the man - from Guangdong Province in eastern China - believe the raw meat or fish inside the delicacy was contaminated, causing the infection.

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A tapeworm grows inside the intestine of an infected human, sometimes to a length of 15metres.

Sometimes, it is undetected for months and can survive inside a human for years. It then releases its own eggs infecting other parts of the body.

It can become life-threatening if larvae move to parts of the body where it can eat away at key organs.

Doctors say that eating raw or undercooked fish can cause a number of parasitic infections.

Sashimi is often the first course in a formal Japanese meal, but it can also be the main course, presented with rice and miso soup in separate bowls.