Thanks for the links...I already looked at those and it doesn't really describe what I am feeling. It feels like....a piece of food stuck in the throat...maybe a small piece of food.. or maybe something stuck. It is right below the adams apple. It is the worst uncomfortable feeling...its actually making me feel scared and its 4:46am and I haven't been able to sleep because the feeling is bothering me so much. I know ive got parasites but WHY is it bothering me now and not before? I would think I would have had this sensation before.

I tried the garlic...I tried the salt and pretty much everything to get that back down my throat. Do any of you KNOW of anythigng to get rid of that awful feeling? I would really appreciate it so I can get some sleep.

I am a Mom of 4 very young children. I am only 28 and this is really rough on me. I am scared to go to sleep because I keep thinking Tapeworm is going to climb out of my throat or wake up to a worm or two next to me in bed. I just... can't sleep! I'm soooo tired.

Hi Mike---thanks so much for your help and encouragement in this situation. I finally had to go to sleep out of exhaustion. Upon waking up, I still have the lump in my throat. I am considering the words you are sharing with me.

I don't have post nasal drip...my sinuses actually cleared up couple days ago for the first time in my life after growing up with awful allergies.

I feel relaxed this morning and my throat doesn't feel tight There is definitely still a weird lump like feeling below my adams apple. I put two drops of clove essential oil on my tongue straight and swallowed it along with two drops of peppermint essential oil and swallowed it straight as well.

It helped relieve the symptoms a little. I tell you, it is no fun taking those oils straight on, but after having straight garlic in mouth, drinking olive oil, and all kinds of weird stuff. I get in the mentality that anything, even unconventional, must be done to kill these parasites.

After a while, you get used to taking all kinds of weird stuff. I think also the mind needs time to adjust to a "new idea" like at first I was totally freaked out by the thought of worms inside of me but now I've adapted to the idea and have shifted to a "fight" mode. Now, this morning, in a better refreshed state, I have adapted to the idea that there could be worms or parasites in my throat and I need to train my mind to just deal with it and spit it out if need be, dead or alive. I keep telling myself:

1. what's the worst that can happen??? Can it bite you?
2. close eyes and just spit it out in toilet
3. Force yourself to throw up by drinking a little bit of castor oil or something disgusting and just get it OUT
4. For a tapeworm....I learned something valuable...be sure I EAT at LEAST some fruit every day to keep the Tapeworm down there in the small intestines at bay and to KILL it and move it down to the colon.

I think...there is a strong fear factor instilled all of us by what we have learned and assimilated in our culture. It really helps me to read other people's experiences and just learn to deal with it.

As my husband has been saying

"Better out than in"

Blessings
~Julie Ann~

Hi:

I'm so sorry that you're experiencing this. Please know that this isn't in your head and it is a real problem. By reading your, post it sounds like you may have an Ascaris problem. They become more prevelant at night, looking for food between 12-3AM.

I've been dealing with the Ascaris issue in the throat for about a year now. Ascaris are known for travling up the stomach/esophagus. The sticking feeling is when one moves up and stops. It can literally hang on by clamping down with its suckers, causing a very uncomfortable feeling. The worst part about it is that a parasite can nestle under the tonsil area. Very tiny ones can travel up the ear tract too. These things are tricky -- they don't come all the way up and out, or go all the way down!

Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do about it in terms of an herbal remedy. Barefoot doesn't have the answer either; I've asked, along with numerous people around the world on how to take care it. I've tried so many things!!!!


There are 4 things that you can do.
1. Go to a throat specialist (ENT) and tell them that you have something serious going on in your throat. I wouldn't suggest telling that you have parasites; otherwise, you maybe rudely escorted out of the office. Let that person be shocked to find the discovery on their own. Before you go to the doctors office, find a way to entice it up the tract with something sweet because if it is too far down, the doctor wont find anything. Note: before they look inside the throat with a scope, they give you a numbing spray. I'm not sure if the parasite goes away or will hang on when this happens.

2. Until you see your doctor, you can sleep with dry herbs in your mouth; such as, cloves, garlic, sage, ginger or herbal formula (essential oils won't help.) This keeps them from coming up futher or traveling into the nose. This is the ONLY thing that I've found to get some relief, especially when I need sleep. The parasites tend to stay in the stomach and will not bother you, unless they become desensitized to the herb your taking, which means you'll need to switch things up.

3. Lastly, you can try PinX medication, over-the-counter. IF the parasite is small enough it they usually die. (If it is a larger one, it may die but release babies and this is something else you'll have to deal with.) This isn't a cure but a helpful temp remedy because it does paralyze the parasites'neuromuscular structure and diminishes their glucose uptake, preventing them from moving around. This should be used as a last resort because it can create superworms, if used on a regular basis.

4. There was one poster that suggested a couple of days ago to try HCL tablets in a high dose, before and after meals. This is the only thing that I haven't tried and will do to see if it works.

Again, sorry for your experience.

Rabbitears