way OT: curing allergies with hookworms?
Anyone know any one/ try this themselves? For those who don't know, its apparently a bit of a rage that hookworm infections can lead to allergy immunity.
If your like me nice weather is synonymous with dry itchy eyes and sneazing. Allergy medications have lead to migraines in the past for me, so I'm very interested in doing this even though it sounds rather icky.
Curious if anyone is in the know. Especially curous about MgoHealthcareprofessionals.
on frosted miniwheats.
that cat is a vampire.
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How do these hookworms cure allergies?..with their machine guns?
I hear they're great for decreasing swelling in your dog's anal glands.
Wait, I thought that you were supposed to use cauliflower for that, and that you were suppose to tape it to the face of an agitated cat before applying it to the dog. If I was wrong, I have rather a lot of explaining to do to the cats because they've been good sports about it until now. I guess I'll get some hookworms at lunch tomorrow and see where it goes.
No licensed medical professional is going to recommend that getting an intestinal parisite is a good idea.
You should ask your doctor. If he says yes, fire and report your doctor and get a new one.
I thought I'd share my opinion on the matter since you think it's a complete farce. The immune response that causes allergies is similar to fighting a parasitic infections (Both TH2 cell response leading to IgE release, allergy is a memory like response to an allergen that releases IgE in huge amounts to sensitized Mast cells). In laymans terms, by making the body focus on a chronic parasite infection, the immune system doesn't get as caught up worrying about minor allergens. Now if you have anaphylactic reactions it wont do much of anything to help you. But by keeping the immune system busy with a parasite you can avoid developing allergies. There is a lot of evidence that allergies are a first world problem. Looking at the correlation with chronic parasite infections and allergies in endemic populations, this theory is gaining a lot of steam in the medical community. Allergies are almost non existant in these regions. And despite what many think, the most common parasites are pretty benign. Obviously having a tapeworm is not good as well as giardia, trypanosomas/chagas/sleeping sickness, schistosome, etc. But if they could ideally do enough research to finding a happy medium, it is definitely plausible. Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator Americanus aka Helminths are relatively benign and nearly a billion people are infected. Same theory is used for Acute Dermatitis which is often referred to as a suburban illness related to allergies and is often rare in endemic communities with parasites. So I guess you can fire me now...
If the later one was true, I would short the stocks of all the ED pharma companies and be a billionaire. I might even then buy Brian a new server, just sayin.
So will it make it bigger or not? I really don't want to google this...
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Thanks TJFB and mgoblueben.
I know a doctor cant prescribe this, but would you expect an honest opinion or just a "no, don't do that"?
The allergy/parasite response is the body's immediate defenses just going into overdrive (the mast cell/IgE response that was mentioned earlier), resulting in more acute symptoms, while most autoimmune disorders are different types of hypersensitivity that are slowly and more chronic, utilizing the immune system in a different way.
Wiki has a chart for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersensitivity
Allergies are Type I hypersensitivities; Hashimoto's is a Type IV.
IOW...what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
The "we're giving you AIDS to cure your cancer" xkcd goes here.
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So in other words, do so before late January 2017?
Have you considered bloodletting? It cured George Washington of his sore throat. As a matter of fact, after his last treatment, he never suffered from a single earthly ailment again.
skit with Steve Martin.
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Sample size = 1... Where do I sign up?
I mean...c'mon
Steve Jobs was abandon by his biological parents and later experimented LSD. All kids should be seperated from their parents and given LSD.
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The previous overcrowding problems at the local watering holes on payday.
Did I miss a joke? I feel like I missed a joke?
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the average trial dose is 10 worms.
That 10 worms that you feel bore through the arm patch into your skin, then they travel through your circulatory system, through the heart and lungs, down your throat and eventually into your intestines.
Where they hook on & start syphoning your blood.
They may "turn down" the volume of your hyperactive immune system thats causing your allergies, but you have to remember they are simultaneously making you more suseptable to other diseases.
If you've gpt $4000 & a plane ticket to Mexico what the hell, GO FOR IT!
I've found they have a lot of other shit down here, almost all natural as well, that appear to be quite effective in minimizing the things that bother us in the states. Not introduced to it until my third winter down here, but growing in popularity is Mezcal. You either like it or you don't, but my son really likes it as do most others that hang out at the "younger bars" in town.
I have been fortunate in the six years I have been coming down. One scorpion bite and one case of salmonella. The scorpion bite just took a shot in the ass as a safety measure. I don't think the natives even bother with it. The salmonella, on the other hand, took about a week. Doctor provided an antibiotic too weak and after about 4 days, already in a weakend state, symptons began to reappear. Another trip to the clinic, stronger shot and much stronger antibiotics. Keeps your energy level down for quite awhile, but based on some of the stories I've heard, I have been quite fortunate. But a lot of gringo, Canadian influence in this particular area, so standards are much higher.
Sometimes--especially when it comes to "quick fix" medicine--the internet can be so fucking inhumane. I don't fault the guy for believing this. I fault the pusher. There's nearly zero chance the original author of this idea actually believed the BS he was typing. And even if he knew, stupidity is not an excuse for those with influence.
There is a legitimate research lab in England trying to study this question. The underlying theory is that a parasitic infestation will cause the immune system to direct Immunoglobulin E (IgE) against the parasite as opposed to triggering allergic reactions.