Steroides with strongyloides..kills people

They had an elderly man on the "Monstors Inside" series that they finally discovered had strongyloides...after they had given him steroids for "IBS". Steroids shut off the immune system..so nothing is keeping the parasites/pathogens in check. Strongyloides can live in a person for years, undetected. Of course, the man on Monstor's, and it refers to it here too..had come from a poor country 60 years prior, and he had gone barefooted while growing up. That's supposed to be one of the main ways they are picked up- through the feet. That's what I say though, about how they say strongyloides aren't problems in the US..but yet, one of the main parasites we deworm the horses for, is strongyloides. These grandkids go barefooted around here all the time, including in the horse corral :( But, I'm the cuckoo grandma for mentioning anything about parasites.

Read more for the complete information, this is the intro:

http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_asthma_allergy_and_immun...


Strongyloides stercoralis is a parasitic nematode particularly prevalent in certain areas such as Southeast Asia. Due to its unique capacity for autoinfection, humans can harbor the parasite for the majority of their lives. The pulmonary migration phase of the parasite's life cycle can imitate asthma and can easily be misdiagnosed. In the immunocompromised patient, a Strongyloides infection can progress to systemic infection and respiratory failure. Systemic steroids, while useful for many clinical conditions, can serve as the immunosuppressive spark for overwhelming Strongyloides dissemination in the undiagnosed patient. Two case histories illustrate this point to two different degrees. The first case involves a seemingly chronic asthmatic whose respiratory ailments resolve when underlying Strongyloidiasis is revealed. The second case involves a steroid dependent woman with SLE whose undiagnosed Strongyloides infection progresses to respiratory failure and death. While difficult to diagnose, subclinical infection should always be suspected in immigrants and visitors from endemic foci. Since early intervention can be life saving, evidence of Strongyloides infection should always be watched for in such high-risk patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy, particularly those with respiratory complications Tweet