Alternative Treatments for Protozoal Gastroenteritis

Protozoal Gastroenteritis Four groups of protozoa are responsible for the majority of protozoal gastroenteritis: Giardia, Cryptosporidia, Cystoisospora, and Entamoeba. Outbreaks are almost always associated with poor sanitary conditions, and infection typically follows the ingestion of contaminated water. A fifth protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii, uses the cat's gastrointestinal tract as its primary host for sexual reproduction. While humans can serve as intermediary hosts, intestinal symptoms in humans from Toxoplasma are rare. Below we discuss protozoal gastroenteritis in greater detail. Giardia Giardia intestinalis, also known as G. lamblia or G. duodenalis, is a microscopic protozoan. Its adult trophozoites measure 10 to 20 micrometers in length. The usual source of infection is...

Parasites That Impact the Gut and the Immune System: A Closer Look at Parasitic Gastroenteritis and Curative Treatments

Parasites are unicellular or multicellular organisms that are broadly classified as protozoa, helminths, or arthropods. When certain protozoa or helminths colonize the human gut, the result can be gastroenteritis, an inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract that ranges in severity from mild and self-limiting to chronic and life-threatening, depending on the host's immune status and the nature of the parasite involved. The frequency of parasitic gastroenteritis varies around the world. The propaganda that we’ve been taught in developed countries is that the incidence and prevalence track closely with how common the parasites are in any given geography, endemic versus non-endemic. But most readers who have been forced to find their own at home treatment for parasites becaus...

Understand the Life Cycle of Parasites for Self-Treatment At Home

Understanding the Life Cycle of Internal Parasites In this chapter, we’re going to discuss the life cycle of helminths and sporozoa as well as symptoms.  Helminth Life Cycles Helminths (parasitic worms) infect humans through life cycles that are remarkably complex. A single organism may pass through multiple distinct biological stages (eggs, larvae, adults), transition between soil or water and one or more living hosts, and navigate the internal geography of the human body with a specificity that continues to inform how we think about diagnosis and treatment. Infection can occur through ingestion of eggs or larvae in contaminated food or water, through direct skin penetration by larvae, or through the bite of a vector. Once inside the host, the journey typically involves intestinal m...

Parasite Self-Treatment at Home: Understand Life Cycle, Detox, and Resistance to Antiparasitics to Achieve Success

How the Life Cycle of a Parasite Affects Detoxification Reaction Symptoms If you keep a journal and write down a list of daily symptoms that you experience during a parasite infection along with information about when you are administering treatments, dosing, diet, supplements, and any other relevant information, you’ll find that you can predict, to some extent, when you’ll experience detoxification reaction symptoms. This can be incredibly helpful on a psychological level if you are self-treating for parasites at home. During the first two to three months of self-treatment, you’ll create the road map for healing for yourself by keeping a journal. Once you’re able to see that treatment often leads to a day or two of feeling good (with some exceptions depending on the patient’s physiology)...