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Anyone heard of this?
Anyone try it?
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helminthic_therapy:
I have heard mostly only success stories- of it helping from one degree or another, to those with these illnesses. I am not without doubts that it will work, for me, though. It is expensive-- Around $4K.
In my specific illness, I will be getting a few doses of hookworms, for treatment. Long story short, the bugs secrete their own brand of immunoglobulin (antibody) which works to blind the immune system to their specific presence. I guess it floods the receptors (? I think that's right?). This in turn causes whatever is causing the symptoms of the disease (in theory), to no longer bind with the affinity they had, or sometimes at all. People have been allergic to eggs, very badly, and afterwards, tried them, with no ill effect.
The infection is controlled. These parasites are harmless (in most cases) at these controlled levels. Any negative you hear about them is from out of control infections.
I will have my first 6 in the coming weeks.
Anyone try it?
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helminthic_therapy:
Helminthic therapy, a type of immunotherapy, is the treatment of autoimmune diseases and immune disorders by means of deliberate infestation with a helminth or with the ova of a helminth. Helminths are parasitic worms such as hookworms and whipworms.
Helminthic therapy consists of the inoculation of the patient with specific parasitic intestinal nematodes (helminths). There are currently three closely related treatments available. Inoculation with Necator americanus,[1] commonly known as hookworms, or Trichuris suis ova (TSO),[2] commonly known as pig whipworm eggs, or inoculation with Trichuris trichiura ova,[1] commonly referred to as human whipworm eggs.
Current research and available therapy are targeted at, or available for, the treatment of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), multiple sclerosis, asthma, eczema, dermatitis, hay fever and food allergies.
Helminthic infection has emerged as one possible explanation for the low incidence of autoimmune diseases and allergies in less developed countries, together with the significant and sustained increase in autoimmune diseases in industrialized countries.[3][4][5][6]
I have heard mostly only success stories- of it helping from one degree or another, to those with these illnesses. I am not without doubts that it will work, for me, though. It is expensive-- Around $4K.
In my specific illness, I will be getting a few doses of hookworms, for treatment. Long story short, the bugs secrete their own brand of immunoglobulin (antibody) which works to blind the immune system to their specific presence. I guess it floods the receptors (? I think that's right?). This in turn causes whatever is causing the symptoms of the disease (in theory), to no longer bind with the affinity they had, or sometimes at all. People have been allergic to eggs, very badly, and afterwards, tried them, with no ill effect.
The infection is controlled. These parasites are harmless (in most cases) at these controlled levels. Any negative you hear about them is from out of control infections.
I will have my first 6 in the coming weeks.