Re: parasite die off or something else

You are right. Doctors study diseases, medicines and biology. Here is how it get's lost in the system. Doctors specify in one area of expertise and miss the big picture when it comes to treating people. They are taught not preventative medicine but treatment thru the use of pharmaceutical drugs.

What is the first thing they look for in treating illnesses?? Your symptoms.. You have a planned trip to go see a gastroenteroligist. Now unless he does some type of endoscopy and they actually see the parasites, they aren't going to be able to help you. Maybe they suggest it's h. pylori, at which point he will take an upper endoscopy and take a tissue sample and take it to the lab. That will cost probably close to $500 dollars for you to take and have it analyzed with insurance. More than likely he won't find anything. Then you submit your stool samples, which will come back negative. I was charged $2200 dollars to submit 3 stool samples, a wbc smear, cmp, liver panel and kidney function tests, which my insurance has paid $500 dollars for. What did they find out of those tests. Not much, my immune cells were dysregulated. So what.. It doesn't tell them anything. Where are they going to go next to get a more definitive answer as to what parasite is bothering you. A stool test, now if you can convince them to run a specific ELISA test then you may have a chance at getting a hit, or possibly a western blot test. That will run you for another $400-$500 bucks.

From someone from the outside looking in, you see a system that is flawless. Huge medical centers, large expensive machines and high paid physicians that are experts in their field. What exactly are they experts of exactly? In my opinion they are knowledgible in the disease process, biology..(not biochemistry), an ability to use expensive machines developed by pharmaceutical companies and then implement the treatments. Never in my encounters with any profession is it more obvious that doctors can get away with so many mistakes and it still be the acceptable norm. The one's that have actually improved the system are ironically the ones that get reprimanded the most for it. The only good ones that I have met that did make sense with their treatment ideas blatantly said they didn't learn in in medical school.

Right now, you are troubled but not desperate. There isn't any real serious damage going on. What happens when the tables turn and you are desperate for treatment. When things escalate and you need serious help? Where are you going to turn then?

I've spent thousands of dollars, been to different countries trying to get treatment. I have a heck of a lot circumstantial evidence. I show up with my old plane ticket to the phillippines. I shocked myself with a car battery charger and killed probably 25 flukes. I take those in with me. A huge bag full, stuff them in the stool tests, write fasciola on the bottle. It comes back negative. Then I run thru the tests I've had.. at this point being very desperate. It always leads to the same conclusion. Either I've treated it because I have taken a small dose of the right medicine, or what I'm describing simply isn't possible. Go to the expert. I've done it. Who writes the manual that the doctor follows when perscribing the medication. Merck does, why would they list medication that is only mildly helpful at treating this infection. To keep their drug on the market, is why. $3 - $4,000 dollars later, I don't have anything to show for it and the condition is worse. I would give alot to go back in time even 2-3 months and handle things different. Not rely on doctors and get the medication that I needed. It would have saved me alot of heartache.

Now, that's my story with this parasite infection. I met one doctor who looked at the circumstantial evidence and said yes, I am going to get you this medicine. He took a big leap there. That was the only one I've met. It certainly wasn't in the u.s. and it will never happen in the u.s. The cdc controls the distribution of some meds and this one was one of them. The idea that a parasite can cause a person to be sick and be the primary reason here in the u.s. I think doctors may not believe it's even possible. That doesn't sound like an expert to me. I even put my faith in a well respected naturopath. Called her immediately describing things I couldn't understand, which perfectly matched a fasciola infection. Who suffers the consequences?

The wise decision is to be responsible for the treatment of what is ailing you. Ultimately you're the one who has to decide what the best treatment is for yourself.
David









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