Two patents on helminthic therapy:
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=WO2006%2F014907&WO=2006%2F014907&DISPLAY=\
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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1749534.html
Always an American, too many choices.
Oh, the selection in the hookworm market! I can a) wait and get no more larvae; if I’m not better by X amount of months I can b) get more slowly – 2 or 3 every few weeks or c) get more quickly and possibly suffer the ill effects. [...]
I wake up early wet with sweat. I’ve gone to the bathroom 4 times already. Painful, diarrhea, it hurts to wipe. Blood on the toilet paper. A watery mess in my underwear. Drops all over the floor. I’m exhausted and we haven’t even begun. I look in on my girls, and they are sweet and [...]
I’m driving to Tijuana to get purposely infected with hookworms. I can’t believe I’m doing this. Of all the treatments I’ve tried for Crohn’s, this has to be the most bizarre. 10 wriggly little worms. The actual larvae. Burrowing into my skin!
It better work.
The drive down is uneventful save for the relentless boredom of highway [...]