Jasper poinred out this paper: Human Hookworm Infection in the 21st Century Simon Brooker1, Jeffrey Bethony2,3, and Peter J. Hotez3 Interestingly, I contact...
Pritchard's dose ranging study defined the necessary egg/gram of feces for therapeutic effect to be >50 eggs/gram feces. 10 larvae resulted in between...
Glad to hear your edema has resolved, when did that happen? Since embryo output varies with environmental factors and with the age of the worms that is one...
After weeks on the sidelines I have now begun the road to what I hope is the elimination of my asthma and allergies. I am hoping by the time I have to cut the...
I was listening to this podcast from the BBC's "Naked Scientist" and caught a few interesting comments by Dr. Pritchard that weren't written in the posted...
I find this confusing, he asked if tapeworms could make you fat and Pritchard's answer as transcribed here seems to mix references to tapeworms and hookworms. ...
With very little evidence I have begun to think that perhaps hookworm infection, at least in some, may lead to a longer lasting change to the immune system...
I think it's interesting and pertinent that early hygiene hypothesis researchers felt their information pointed towards exposure to "evolutionary normal...
Hi, I just had an odd experience attempting to approve a message. When I hit approve after reading it I got the following error: [Errno 13] Permission denied:...
I think it's interesting and pertinent that early hygiene hypothesis researchers felt their information pointed towards exposure to "evolutionary normal...
... they are complete rubbish and he realized it after the fact. Only the interviews are transcribed; the later content of the show, including questions and...
One of the puzzles I've wondered about is why people who *have* been exposed to parasites as children, namely pinworm and toxoplasmosis, still get allergic &...
One of the things those with Crohn's disease ponder is the relationship between MAP (mycobacteria subspecies avian paratuburculosis) and helminths. MAP is one...
Under "evolutionary normal" conditions (conditions before the "industrial revolution" in the developed countries and continued conditions in third world...
I sometimes read posts on disease specific threads on other boards regarding the hygiene hypothesis something along the lines of "I grew up on a farm and have...
Hi, I've had chronic GI problems since traveling to India 8 years ago. I've been worked up by the top GI and infectious disease units in the US, including a...
Quite frankly I would rather have the Worms unless there is some health or severe economic reason not to. Maybe it appeals to the science fiction fan in me, or...
I think that when individual drugs come out in 30 years, that they will have big side effects, much as the present drugs for auto-immune disorders do. Helmiths...
Hi, the short answer so far as I know in both cases is no. However, there is a non-profit that helps those of limited means obtain biological treatments, two...
Now that is ANOTHER good point. Well said! ... From: l. c. To: helminthictherapy@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:26 PM Subject: Re:...
Hi Jasper/All I was treated on the 13 Nov...so I'm at about 4 and a half weeks as a host. I remember that I should be blood checked at 6 weeks to see if my ...
I would join Jasper in suggesting that the EOS testing can wait. My son (12) and I, both hosts, had a bounce, then a level period, and are now experiencing a...
<<Recapping experiences so far since treatment: ...I had a bounce type effect at start of week 2...had saliva in my mouth at night...unheard of for me!...and a...
Ron- It looks to me as though the eosinophil rise is associated with anti-inflammatory actions related to the helmith infection. My eosinophil levels were 4-5...
Thx Jasper...will hold off till post Xmas...though will make sure clinics are open post New Year. And in saying that..probably my last post before Xmas and New...
hey ron, fingers crossed for you! ;) sjogren's is surely worth doing away with it for good! hang in there! Merry Christmas, noah ... a ... done ... symptoms ...
Cal, Since you've lost your worms several times and had to reinfect, could you describe your reinfection side effects (or lack of) and how many weeks after...
Hi everyone, I just wanted to wish you all the very best for the coming year, particularly with respect to your health. I still remember what it was like to...
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