Helminithic Therapy

[kayvank]

Found these two links regarding Helminthic Therapy. Has anyone heard of this?

Let me know.

Story on Helminthic Therapy: http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/01/5561835-have-a-gut-problem-try-swallowing-some-worms-

Wikipedia source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helminthic_therapy

 

[outlier]

I am so intrigued by this. My brother (a research scientist) and my GI doc have told me to wait and see what the research says and that it is to new still. NPR science friday also did a good show on this.

 

[HelminthicTherapy]

helminthic therapy really does work

I was also able to achieve remission from Crohn's after getting hookworms and whipworms. I also got rid of my food allergies.
You can follow my progress here:
http://www.facebook.com/Helminthic.Therapy?v=wall
Also, there's a wiki page that contains a ton of information on this topic, including helminthic therapy providers: http://opensourcehelminththerapy.org
A whole lot of research articles on helminthic therapy can be found here: http://goo.gl/CFsY

http://evmedreview.com/?p=457 <<-- that article is a very interesting read - it's well written and gives the background on theory of reconstituting a depleted microbiome and how it cures autoimmune diseases.

I am so intrigued by this. My brother (a research scientist) and my GI doc have told me to wait and see what the research says and that it is to new still. NPR science friday also did a good show on this.