Many conventional MDs don’t even consider parasites as the culprit for chronic constipation, chronic diarrhea, or other bowel problems like irritable bowel. It’s a shame. Parasites even in first world countries like the USA are quite common, although most people don’t realize it. In people with chronic conditions like CIRS and Lyme, parasites are even more common.
Our Naturopath looked behind the symptoms of chronic diarrhea, constipation and foul smelling poop. We figured out our youngest had an imbalance of gut flora and parasites; actually our entire family has parasites!
We originally were alerted to possible parasites when a petite worm like critter showed up in our youngest son’s AMD Ion Cleanse Foot Bath on multiple occasions. The feet can be a point of detox or exit for critters but it rarely happens from what I understand. Here’s a link for my Ion Cleanse blog.
We’ve learned recently how parasites are actually quite hard to find. Very few tests seem to yield positive results, although many suspect that the majority of people have some form of parasite.
We found a private pay lab, ParaWellness Research, ran by Raphael d’Angelo, M.D. They do a great job and offer parasite testing on both stool and urine, and they seems to very commonly identify parasites. They also recommend options that can be considered for treatment and they send a comprehensive reference manual which provide significant additional detail when you receive your results.
Better Health Guy interviewed and discussed “Pondering Parasites with Dr. Raphael d’Angelo, MD”. It’s worth watching.
We are still in the middle of treatment. I will update this blog once we finish the treatment.
The bowel is more complicated than just parasites. There’s bowel flora including virus, bacteria, and yeast that can be off kilter too. Healing the gut is so important to heal the whole body. Parasites is one part of it. Balancing the bowel flora and healing the leaky gut are separate topics I hope to blog more about later.
My Kids Healing Journey from CIRS and Lyme 