You used the cdd triple treatment ? Did you have success ? My daughter is 9 yrs old and is 5 days into the treatment. she seems to be going ok, has ups and downs but no worse than she was prior to taking the treatment apart from weird bouts of dizzy/nausea which are random. I would be interested in how long after taking it did you feel better and if you used anything to help recovery from the treatment....thanks.

Does he work long-distance too or do you have to travel to see him? Could you maybe recommend someone like him in the Dallas, Texas area? Thanks for sharing.

Hey Guys:

I've been following this thread and B.H. posts for a while now, but this is the first time I post. I'm from Canada but living in the Netherlands. This past November, I started to have super foul gas, (and lots of it). Always in the evening. This awful gas is accompanied by really bad digestion (gurgling for hours and hours), abdominal pain, (if I can't get the gas out). My stool isn't formed, like it once was - but rather a mush that's rather difficult to clean from the toilet. I went to the doctor ages ago and it was found I had B.H. in my stool. And since then, like so many others, began my personal hell. What was this, how did I get it, etc. the questions didn't stop. Nor could the answers have been more puzzling. Some really think this is the source of my problems, and others don't. I've been through two doses of Antibiotics - the infamous Metronidazole (called Flagyl in some places) and also Cotrimoxazol (also called Bactrim in other places). But still no luck - no change in symptoms, and with each test, B.H. is still found.
I've never had any health problems before, and 28 and as fit as a fiddle. I only eat healthy food and work out regularly. I've tried avoiding everything to see if the symptoms change, but with no luck - I'm a fart machine. Bread makes it worse, but stopping carbs or milk or Sugar seems to have no effect. I don't seem to have diarrhea.

Anyway, the long and short of my post is - I was in touch with the Australian clinic about the triple combo therapy. I could have purchased it, but I chickened out. What if my symptoms are from some other cause? Can I really think I know more than some of the specialists out there? Is the internet giving me a sort of chip on the shoulder confidence? What are your experiences with this bug? I have a colonoscopy appointment soon and also an upper GI, but I'm scared, I've never had such a thing before.

I really would rather not take these crazy medications, but there are some stories of peoples' symptoms being resolved. Has anyone taken the triple therapy with a good result? Has anyone had tests run by a GI specialist that have found something else?

I feel that the standard test for parasites is pretty good in the Netherlands, but maybe they're missing something. This country is not really so great at doctors and if you're sick, it's probably better to go home to your own country.

I suppose my condition isn't so bad compared to some people here - but the gas is so awful and I'm such a virtuoso at producing it, it is severely impacting my life. The stress I can also create about this (what if I can't get cured, etc.) is also unbearable sometimes. It's a very humbling problem.

I feel a bit better just after sharing. Good thoughts to everyone.

T

So I have been suffering from "blastocystis" for 4 months now. I have been tested twice, once through Kaiser and once through a private lab, which both came back positive for Blasto. In between these two tests while I was in mexico I went to a lab and I tested positive for E. Histolytica. From my understanding E. Histolytica is a type of Blasto? Anyways, I have taken Flagyl at the very begging of the infection and have tried two rounds of nitazoxanide. So you believe both Kaiser and the outside lab results are poorly trained lab technitians? Or the other way around, the lab in Mexico was wrong?

There is no such thing as a harmless parasite.

I am glad some of you found relief by eradication of your parasites. To believe that Blastocystis, Endolimax, or other parasites are harmless is foolish and defies common sense. Sure E. histolytica and other parasites are more virulent and actively harmful but Blasto is still having a parasite in your body. It is like having sand in your eye instead of glass or a benign tumor instead of a malignant one. But it is still something that should not be in your body and if left there long enough will cause problems. So called harmless parasites are being implicated in the development of other problems especially arthritic conditions.

First off, a parasite is a foreign animal that lives inside your body. All animals have to eat and they also produce waste. By definition, parasites feeds off your body or leech nutrition from the food you ingest. This is obviously NOT A GOOD THING. Parasites feed through phagocytosis and can use your beneficial bacteria for fuel. They will therefore disrupt the balance of your natural flora by eating certain bacteria strains. This is not going to be a HARMLESS annoyance especially for someone with preexisting digestive problems. Parasites also create waste- that is they crap and fart inside of you. Also NOT A GOOD THING. Increases in certain gases in the digestive track can disrupt motility. Increases in methane or hydrogen can create diarrhea or constipation problems - A BAD THING. Likewise parasite waste is released into your digestive tract and this can cause allergic responses or inflammation.

Another major problem is that the presence of Blastocystis shows that fecal matter was ingested. You have to eat crap to get the Blastocystis. When you crap with parasites in it you are most likely going to eat more than one parasite at the same time. Parasites often infect you in bunches not one at a time. So when you have Blasot you might also have Endolimax or E. histolytica or other parasites as well. Their presence will elicit a response form your immune system and this will weaken your immune system so long as the parasites remain. They are alos associated with HIV patients and diseases that compromise immune systems.

I have had Blastocystis and Endilomax and they were discovered about the same time I developed serious digestive issues. I doubt this is a coincidence. Many people with these parasites have digestive problems that were not there before. would much rather not have them in my system and if you have them I think you agree.