Hi Braindamage

I can only speak for myself obviously but I would say a definate YES in every way, for me anyway. They love sugar, so one may get sugar cravings and crave certain foods.

But the worst for me is that they have controlled my life for well over three years now. My mood, my wellbeing, my attitude, aggressive behaviour (and it's not like me), I have NEVER felt so ill in all my life. Some people want to parasite cleanse and improve their health even though they don't feel unwell. Well these people are lucky. I say that because I wish I was one of them. I have felt VERY ILL every day for the first 2 1/2 years of my illness. If you happen to have a nasty parasite like me, you certainly know about it. I felt dizzy, confused, constipated, red/blurry eyes, itchy, rashes, no energy, flu-like symptoms, fever, the list goes on and this is only some of my symptoms. I felt there was a poison running through my body, very toxic. And the smell of ammonia, awful. I had it bad.

So, in short, YES they can control your life if left to get out of control and for me, I contracted this awful affliction through someone else and it makes me ANGRY. Some days I was so bad I should have been in hospital - no joke. I felt helpless, no-one would listen, I was practically climbing the walls. I am on the right road but it's been a long road.

Twinny.

They can take a healthy person and -over time- create a "monster". When a person is infected with parasites, the immune system is CONSTANTLY fighting the parasites and their toxins. The immune system gets very weak, so every little "bug" that comes along will be hard for the body to get rid of. The body is never truly at rest because it is always battling the intruders. Digestive problems and skin problems are just the body's way of trying to get rid of what is making it sick.

People who host parasites have central nervous problems because of the toxins - this includes irritability, mood swings, fatigue, brain "fog", memory loss and depression. This is because those toxins are poisoning the entire body - same as saying the parasites are "controlling" the host.

People with certain types of parasites have UNCONTROLLABLE hunger. This is because the parasites are taking all of the good nutrition and the body is left with the "junk" - the body KNOWS it needs certain nutrients to survive - so it continues to signal the person to eat. These types of parasite infections will cause serious weight gain - it is a very big misconception that only underweight people have "worms".

Other types of parasite infections (beef and fish tapeworms) will cause a decrease in appetite. They will cause nausea and upset stomach. But, they can also cause sugar cravings. Sometimes a person that hosts these can eat like a horse and not gain any weight at all. It just depends on the type of tapeworm AND how long the person has been infected.

There are a lot of variables in how parasites affect folks - some symptoms are alike while others are different in different people. This is why something like an ascaris infection will react in different ways in different folks.