Worms help crohns: the sequel

[carolinajak]

I posted about this before, but found some more really interesting support for it. Check out the links here.

The gist of it is that parasitic worms that are common in the third world (hookworm over 1 billion?) help control our immune systems from getting out of control (i.e. asthma, crohns, ibs, etc.) Introducing small amounts of these little guys, such as whipworm for crohns, hookworm for asthma, looks promising. It refocuses the immune system on a true enemy and some of these guys may excrete enzymes that help as well.

Again, this is not hard science yet, but I have read only positive results thus far. Pretty interesting stuff.

 

[TammySue62]

Whipworms

Hi Jason
I must of missed your post on this.
That was pretty interesting stuff and amazing too.
I am gonna talk to my GI about TSO (WORMS)
This might be a dumb question but are hookworms and whipworms the same breed?
I also have Hayfever too so perhaps this can kill 2 birds with 1 stone( in a matter of speaking.)
I also found another website if you wanna check it out.
http://www.gutjnl.com page 90 also looks like the picture you had posted.

Thanks for the info

 

[Dekar]

ive read about it before and it sounds very interesting. here is the link to the actual scientific study

http://www.ovamed.de/all/casereport/pdf/GUT 2005.pdf

ovamed is the company that is producing these eggs in europe. its extremely expensive, but hopefully itll come to the USA soon

 

[TammySue62]

Worms

HI
I posted the the wrong link Jason.
Dekar Has the righr link,sorry.Just trying to do to much at once
My mind was thinking one thing and my fingers were typing something different.
TAMMY

 

[carolinajak]

this is the fourth or fifth study i have read about concerning this treatment. this is a good sign that the treatment has merit. they have all been in lockstep regarding positive results thus far.

 

[carolinajak]

and the first one i read about was in Canada, so it will probably be available there sooner than the states.

 

[Maggie-Muffin]

Interesting,I don't know what my opion of worms are.first thought is yuck
~~~HUGS~~
anda:

 

[carolinajak]

icky, yuck, i think these are more than normal reactions. the question is if they work, then what would your reaction be.

 

[Mazen]

If they work, I would surely take them. Beats all the synthetic meds we take, and the long term side effects they may cause...

 

[Kev]

Hmmm.. Treat one disease by creating another??? I think the official term for this particular 'treatment' is trichinosis (sp?). So, the good news is that if you have trichinosis, you probably won't get Crohns, unless they cure you of trichnisosis.. Sounds like a future episode of "House".. Ok, seriously for a mo..
From what I read, this is a potential treatment, NOT a cure. Only about 70 to 80 percent will gain substantive relief from the treatment, and it does mean
that you are then dealing with trichinosis on top of the remaining IBD issues..
(since the IBD is alleviated, not cured). Seems like the biggest potential for this treatment is for patients who have stopped responding to other therapy, and for who surgery is not the best option. I don't know how long off is the use of this potential therapy, and what the long term outcome is for those in the early trial stage. Anyone know what the long term affects of trichinosis is/are? I just know that I'm not going to eat any raw pork or bear meat just yet.

 

[Brando]

i think trichinosis is caused by roundworm and not whipworm and hookworm like they are using for these treatments. whipworm at least is not as harmful and easy to kill if it gets out of control.

 

[Dekar]

what brando said. this method is called Helminthic therapy, and the human whipworm counterpart (this is the pig whipworm) is found in many humans in 3rd world countries that have not heard of 1 case of Crohn's.

 

[Mazen]

Do you think 3rd world countries don't have Crohn's or is it because the medical system is so poor there, nobody knows it's Crohn's? I really wish it's the first option, and these worms can cure us...