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http://gut.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/54/1/87
Has anyone tried it, or heard of anyone who has?
Thanks in advance.
Has anyone tried it, or heard of anyone who has?
Thanks in advance.
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My doc told me about this back in January, it acts like a diversion for the over-active immune system. Sort of like a jet fighter releasing flares to misdirect heat seeking missiles....
I don't know, even if it works, it'd be a last resort prior to surgery, and it barely sneaks by as a preference to surgery itself, as swallowing thousands of worm eggs every couple weeks is more than gross.
I don't know, even if it works, it'd be a last resort prior to surgery, and it barely sneaks by as a preference to surgery itself, as swallowing thousands of worm eggs every couple weeks is more than gross.
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I've read about success with hook worm, which are probably similar.
Some are a bit squeamish about swallowing parasite eggs, but I'd be all for it. I'm pretty sure it's not available here though.
Some are a bit squeamish about swallowing parasite eggs, but I'd be all for it. I'm pretty sure it's not available here though.
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I've heard that you can order some type of worms from a company in Germany, its just really expensive.
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I wouldn't try it. I remember reading an article by a doctor from the Mayo Clinic who criticized the Iowa researchers for calling worm therapy "safe." For an academic article, the language was quite strong.
And, speaking from personal experience, I used to be a patient of one of the doctors involved in "worm therapy"--Robert W Summers. (Granted, he's not the one who came up with the idea; he just happens to be at the university where the guy who came up with the idea used to be at...)
In my own experience, Robert Summers, a proponent of worm therapy, one who claims it's safe, denied common side effects of prednisone and Imuran completely, even when I was experiencing them--and because he refused to acknowledge and, as a result, refused to treat the side effects, the damage is permanent--so if he calls something safe, I am skeptical. It doesn't mean they're dangerous, of course; but this just isn't the sort of person you can trust. Just because he says worms are safe, it doesn't mean they are.
When I was his patient, he even denied that Imuran can cause certain types of cancer, which is pretty widely acknowledge--even the Mayo Clinic acknowledges it. So if a guy like this is evaluating the safety of using worms to treat CD, that is depressing indeed.
And, speaking from personal experience, I used to be a patient of one of the doctors involved in "worm therapy"--Robert W Summers. (Granted, he's not the one who came up with the idea; he just happens to be at the university where the guy who came up with the idea used to be at...)
In my own experience, Robert Summers, a proponent of worm therapy, one who claims it's safe, denied common side effects of prednisone and Imuran completely, even when I was experiencing them--and because he refused to acknowledge and, as a result, refused to treat the side effects, the damage is permanent--so if he calls something safe, I am skeptical. It doesn't mean they're dangerous, of course; but this just isn't the sort of person you can trust. Just because he says worms are safe, it doesn't mean they are.
When I was his patient, he even denied that Imuran can cause certain types of cancer, which is pretty widely acknowledge--even the Mayo Clinic acknowledges it. So if a guy like this is evaluating the safety of using worms to treat CD, that is depressing indeed.
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