Worms

“Make no mistake about it, worms are the most toxic agents in the human body. They are one of the primary underlying causes of disease and are the most basic cause of compromised immune system.” - Hazel Parcells, D.C., N.D., Ph.D., 1974

Parasites are a serious public health threat because so few people are talking about them and even fewer people are listening when they are being discussed. What is a parasite? A parasite is an organism which lives off the host, the host being human, animal, bird, or fish. This parasite lives inside the host body, feeding off the energy of the host, or the cells of the host, or the food consumed by the host. In recent medical studies is has been estimated that 85% of the North American adult population has at least one form of parasite living inside their bodies. Some professionals believe this is actually closer to 95%.

Parasites are insidious because of the common misconception among medical people and the general public that parasites are generally a Third World problem where malnutrition and poor hygienic practices exist. This is not true. Testing often does not show the presence of parasites because the testing procedures are outdated and inadequate.

Diarrheal diseases caused by parasites still constitute the greatest single worldwide cause of illness and death. The problem is magnified in underdeveloped countries with poor sanitation, but even in the United States diarrheal diseases are the third major cause of sickness and death. Furthermore, the ease and frequency of worldwide travel and increased migration to the United States is resulting in growing numbers of parasitic infections. (1)

While the most commonly reported symptoms of parasitic infection are diarrhea and abdominal pain, these symptoms do not occur in every case. In fact, there appears to be a growing number of individuals who experience milder-than-normal gastro-intestinal symptoms from parasitic infections and / or symptoms not traditionally linked to parasitic infections. For example, many cases of irritable bowel syndrome, indigestion, and poor digestion may result from parasites, In addition, parasitic infections are often an unsuspected cause of chronic illness and fatigue. (1)

Detection of parasites involves taking multiple stool samples collected at two - to - four day intervals. The stool sample is analyzed by microscopy, specialized staining techniques, and fluorescent antibodies (the antibodies attach to any parasites present and give off fluorescence). (1)

However, if you were to get tested by a doctor for parasites, chances are the results would come back negative. This does not mean for certainty that you do not have parasites. Medical testing procedures only catch about 20% of the actual cases of parasites. There exist over 1,000 species of parasites which can live in your body. Tests are available for approximately 40 to 50 types. This means physician are only testing for about 5% of all the potential parasites and missing 80% of those which could be present. This brings the ability to clinically find parasites down to 1%.

ANYONE can become a HOST to PARASITES.

Some of the POTENTIAL REASONS for the INCREASING NUMBER of PARASITE INFECTIONS are:

Rise in international travel
Rise in immigration to United States with refugee and immigrant populations from endemic areas
Return of armed forces from foreign countries
Contamination of municipal and rural water supplies
Animals: pets, exotic pets, farm animals
Antibiotic use and any other immuno-suppressive drugs
Dysbiosis of normal intestinal flora (a modern day endemic) (Friendly gut bacteria off-balance)
Popularity of exotic regional foods

THERE are FOUR BASIC PATHWAYS a HOST (human or animal), can become INFECTED:

Sexual contact can transmit Giardia, Trichomonas, and Amoebae
Contaminated food or water sources spreads Roundworm, Amoebae, and Giardia
Contaminated dust carries (A) Hookworms, Schistosomes and Strongyloidies can penetrate bare feet (B) Pinworm eggs and Toxoplasma gondii are inhaled through the nose
Vectors: (A) Mosquitos carry Dog Heartworms, Filaria, & Malaria (B) Fleas carry Dog Tapeworms (C) Common household flies carry Amebic Cysts (D) Sand flies carry Leishmaniasis

POSSIBLE SIGNS and SYMPTOMS of PARASITIC INFECTIONs, not inclusive:

Abdominal pains and cramps (bloating)
Allergic-like reactions
Anemia
Bulky stools with excess fat in feces
Constipation
Cutaneous ulcers
Depressed Secretary IgA (2)
Dermatitis (itching of skin)
Diarrhea
Environmental intolerance
Eczema, weeping
Fatigue and especially chronic fatigue
Fever
Flatulence (gas)
Food allergies (immediate or delayed onset)
Foul-smelling stools
Gastritis
Headaches
Hives
Increased intestinal permeability
Indigestion
Iron deficiency anemia
Irregular bowel movements
Irritable bowel syndrome
Joint & muscle, inflammation and pain
Loss of appetite
Low back pain
Malabsorption
Papular lesions
Rashes
Sores
Swelling
Weight loss

MANY PARASITE PROBLEMS can MIMIC DISEASES; such as:

A peptic ulcer could actually be a Roundworm infestation
Ulcerative colitis could actually be a Amoebic colitis infection
Chronic fatigue and even a yeast infection, could actually be a chronic Giardia infestation

WHAT TO DO?

Taking drugs will not always work because the drug often drives the parasite from one organ system to another. In the book, “Medical Parasitology” (by Markel and Voge) it states that any therapy to remove a tapeworm from the small intestine is only successful if the whole worm is expelled. If the head is not removed, then the entire body will grow back.

HOW DO I KNOW if I HAVE PARASITES?

A parasite eats, lays eggs, and secretes. To begin, we will cover the eating cycle of the parasite.

SUGAR: Some parasites live off sugar. If you crave sugar, you may have a sugar loving parasite. These parasites live directly off the food you consume. As such, they can be found in the digestive tract, but also can be found in the liver, or any other part of the body.

CELLS: Other parasites actually get their food directly from your cells. They attach themselves to your cells and eat the contents of your cells. These parasites can be dangerous because they can travel to areas of the body where they can cause a lot of damage.

NUTRIENTS: Parasites that live off the food you consume, eat the best parts of the food, the most nutritious parts. The host (human) only gets the left overs.

HOW LONG can a PARASITE LIVE?

There was a study conducted in 1979 by British Scientists. They studied former prisoners of World War II. The prisoners had been in the Far East. Thirty years after being released from their POW camps, 15% were still infected with a parasite called Stronglyloides which they had contracted during the war. Tapeworms can be found in unclean and undercooked meat. Tapeworms can live beyond 10 years. If you ate unclean and under-cooked meat 10 years ago that was contaminated, you could still be a host to a tapeworm that could be very long by now.

TYPES of PARASITES:

The two major categories are large parasites and small parasites. The large parasites are primarily worms. The small parasites are mostly microscopic in size. Protozoa and Amoebae are examples of microscopic parasites.

The large parasites, like tapeworms, pinworms, and roundworms, can usually be seen with the naked eye. Tapeworms can easily be 10 to 15 inches long. The large parasites can travel to other parts of the body, besides the digestive tract. These parasites reproduce by laying eggs in the intestinal tract, where the eggs stick to the sides of the intestines. When the eggs hatch, they grow into adults, then lay their own eggs. Then the whole cycle continues

The smaller parasites, including protozoa and amoebas, function more like an infection than a parasite. They travel via the blood stream just like a bacteria and reproduce without laying eggs.

The microscopic parasites can be dangerous because they can get into joints and eat the calcium linings off your bones, which can lead to osteo-arthritis.

All of your nerves have an insulating coating, much like how rubber covers copper wire. This coating is called the Myelin Sheath. This myelin sheath is composed of proteins. There are parasites that consume protein and can consume part of the myelin sheath. This will cause disruptions in nerve signaling from the brain to the output area where the nerve is traveling. This can be most serious.

There is another parasites that usually affects the colon called “Entamoeba Histolytica”. However, this parasite can also be found in the liver, lungs and even the brain. This disease is called Amebiasis. It us transmitted via contaminated food and water.

LARGE PARASITES:

TAPEWORMS:

The fish tapeworms are the largest of the human tapeworms, reaching a length of up to 33 feet, or more. There can be 3,000 to 4,000 segments in one worm. It can produce more than 1,000,000 eggs per day. This type of infestation can cause anemia because of interference with Vitamin B12. Tapeworms can also cause water retention. Tapeworms can come primarily from contaminated and undercooked Pork (pig), Beef, and Fish and also from Dogs! A dog liking your face can introduce tapeworms into a human!

PINWORMS:

Pinworms are very infectious and can cause a lot of itchiness in the anal area. The worms deposit their eggs mostly at night, contaminating pajamas and bed linen. The eggs are readily transported through the air and it can be found in every room of the home. Complications are more common in women than in men. Pinworms can be found in the vulva, uterus and fallopian tubes because the worm loses its way while trying to return to the anus after depositing its eggs.

ROUNDWORMS AND WHIPWORMS:

Dr. Norman Stoll, a former worm expert at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, estimated, in the 1940s, that the Roundworm infected about 644 million people in the world. Nutritional deficiencies are seen in heavy roundworm diseases. A Whipworm is a type of Roundworm. Whipworms inject a digestive fluid into the colon tissue which converts colon tissues into a liquid, which the whipworms then consume.

HOOKWORMS:

Hookworms bite and suck on the intestinal wall, which can cause bleeding and necrosis (death) of the intestinal tissues. In severe infections, Iron Deficiency Anemia becomes a problem because all of the iron is lost to the hookworm. Hemoglobin levels (oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells), have been reported to be as low as 15% of normal, in patients with severe, long-standing hookworm diseases.

SMALLER PARASITES:

Small parasites reproduce without laying eggs. They reproduce much like bacteria and viruses, by reproduction (cell division and therefore multiplication).

SUMMARY:

All parasites will secrete substances which are toxic to our bodies. These toxins are extremely hazardous to our immune systems, causing severely strained immune systems, and therefore, improper immune system responses. This makes us more susceptible to bacterial and viral infections and as well as diseases. Parasites are changing and adapting at a very fast rate, just as bacteria are adapting. There are presently many common bacteria that once used to be susceptible to common antibiotics. Now, there are appearing more and more “mutated” bacteria strains that have adapted to the more common antibiotic drugs in use today. The same is occurring with parasites. They too, are adapting.

The FOLLOWING are NATURAL INGREDIENTS, that have demonstrated EFFECTIVENESS in most WORM / PARASITE INFESTATIONS.

INGREDIENTS needed for BEST PARASITE ERADICATION:

PART ONE:

Black Walnut (kills & expels worms & parasites from intestines)
Wormwood Herb (anesthetizes worms enough that they loose their grip on the intestinal walls)
Cloves (kills & expels worms & parasites, antiseptic, bactericidal)
Tansy Herb (expels worms)
Sage Leaf (expels pinworm and roundworm infections)
Male Fern (expels tapeworms, roundworms, and pinworms)
Fennel Seed (helps to relieve flatulence and colic when using parasitic herbs)
Senna Leaf (stimulates small and large intestines, useful to evacuate dead parasites from intestines)

PART TWO:

Colon cleanse (Colon Hydrotherapy or an effective herbal colon cleansing remedy)

This program requires an “ON”, and then a “REST” period, of a two-to-one ratio:
IE: 4 days on with 2 days rest, up to:
2 weeks on with 1 week rest
I prefer 4 days on with 2 days rest: Reason? The 4th day will be the colon cleanse day, used to remove all dead parasites (or still living worms and all other parasites that have “lost” their grips on the intestinal walls), removing these worms / parasites quickly from the intestines.

IF USING the “4 DAYS ON” and “2 DAYS REST” time line: Days: 1, 2, 3: Take all herbs two to three times per day, depending upon dosage forms
Day: 4: Take colon cleansing herbal formula
Days: 5 , 6: Rest
Repeat several times, depending on severity of worm / parasite infestation.

NOTES:

(1) Murray, Michael N.D., and Pizzorno, Joseph N.D., Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, 2nd edition, p.145

(2) Parasite / worm infestations will depress “Secretary IgA.” There are different pathways for development of food allergies. An “IgA” food allergy is one pathway. It is possible, that a parasite / worm infestation, could lead to IgA food allergies. (Other pathways are “IgG”, which is a four-day delayed onset; and “IgE”, which is an immediate reaction, defined as 20 minutes to 4 hours.) [Brief explanation:] More than half of the IgA produced in the body is selectively transported to external secretions as Secretary IgA (sigA). In the gut, sigA binds to and sequesters proteins, dietary and other antigens, at the mucous membrane surface. SigA plays a major role in mucosal surface protection; preventing excessive antigen absorption and local immune activation by the gut mucosal lymphocytes. There is a slight but definite degree of permeability inherent in the intestinal tract. Ingested food proteins can reach the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) in an immunologically intact form capable of inducing a hypersensitivity response. However, a healthy mucosal immune system remains elegantly controlled, and mobilization of GALT to our everyday food challenges stays appropriately down-regulated. Now introduce parasites. As parasites / worms depress sigA, food allergy reactions are now able to develop under different pathways (IgA) than previously understood (IgG and IgE).

DISCLAIMER This information is provided for Educational Purposes Only and has NOT been designed to diagnose, treat or cure any health conditions. Please consult a qualified Health Care Professional with Nutritional Training to diagnose your health conditions and avoid self-diagnosis. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration have not evaluated statements about these health topics or any suggested product compositions.