As you know, I share some of the same theories but I am not ruling anything out yet, especially as it seems the medical community is recognises this condition, whether they are worms or not.
As you say we are all making our own guesses at this stage so I think it would be best to keep open-minded for now at least. All I know for sure is that their suggested protocols do get the rope things out, and as their numbers decrease the better I feel.