I tried coming off the antibiotics a few weeks ago, and 5 days later, things were starting to regress and I was very nauseous, started getting up at night again to use the bathroom. So my doctor said to go back on them until I find something else to get off of them with. Sigh. [...]
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Many articles came out today about the case study of a man with ulcerative colitis who used human whipworms (trichuris trichiura) as therapy for UC, with colonoscopy samples to supply information on inflammatory pathways and mucus secretion in relation to these helminths: http://www.livescience.com/health/worm-therapy-stimulates-gut-mucus-101201.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/la-heb-worm-healing-20101201,0,2645483.story http://discussions.latimes.com/20/lanews/la-heb-worm-healing-20101201/10 From Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=helminthic-therapy-mucus For the Good of the Gut: [...]
Saturday, November 6, 2010
My slides: http://openetherpad.org/deborawade-bter-slides My talk: (numbers in parentheses are the slides) (1)My name is Debora Wade and I have had Crohn’s disease for over 20 years. Since December of 2007 I have been experimenting with helmitherapy. In other words, (2)I have approximately 15 of these hookworms living in my small intestine as I speak.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
http://evmedreview.com/?p=457 « Genetic Origins of Common Human Diseases Reconstituting the depleted biome to prevent immune disorders Oct 13th, 2010 by The Editors The light of evolution points toward reconstitution of the biome as the only reasonable therapy for a wide range of immune-associated disorders, including allergy, autoimmunity and perhaps autism. By William Parker, Duke University [...]
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
November 11-14 in Los Angeles, the BTeR Foundation (BioTherapeutics, Education & Research Foundation) is hosting an international conference on biotherapy, including helmintherapy: http://www.bterfoundation.org/icb/icb2010.htm Dr. Pritchard from University of Nottingham will be giving a talk: “A Critical Appraisal of Worm Therapy” on the 11th, and on the 14th will be having a workshop on “Practical Helmintherapy”. [...]