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cured of threadworms after two years

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kate31384
kate31384

My daughter contracted threadworms and then passed them on to me. after two years of a living nightmare i was at my wits end thouroghly depressed ,borderline pyschotic!!. We had at least twenty five doses of mebondazole, spent two hundred pounds on an anti parasite course along with the usual remedies of raw garlic, tumeric etc all to no avail. We seen numerous doctors who kept telling us that we didnt have worms even though they were visable in our stools and the itching was driving us insane. Eventually we tracked down a specialist in great ormand street who is one of the best in the world and agreed to see us as private patients a swe couldnt be referred through our doctors as we live in south wales. we were prescribed albondazole four hundred millligrams for three months and two hundred for my daughter. we got the medication from harley street in london where it had to be brought in from abroad. one dose case them but we stayed on it for three months in case of re auto infection and guess what...weve never had them since! this was last july and i can say that this doctor is incredible and worth every penny. he has cured every patient he has seen so please let me know if anyone wants anymore details.

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  • MumE8
    MumE8 kate31384

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    Kate, what a hopeful message after yet another night of itching despite my usual weekly mebendezole.  I think I speak for everyone at the end of their tether on this thread when I say yes, please -  could I have those details!
    • kate31384
      kate31384 MumE8

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      the doctor agreed with me when i said that the worms had become resistant to the mebondazole i also asked if he could run tests to establish what kind of threadworm we had but as we were paying privately he said that it would be most costly and he was confident that the albondazole would work. the dosage of albondazole is worked out according to ur size and weight so my daughter was to take 174 milligrams and myself four hundred. one dose kills all types of threadworms. we took one tablet per week for 3 months just in case we reinfected ourselves but we could tell the difference straight away. if this had not worked then he had another plan but we never got to this as the treatment worked. we were given a prescription which we took to harley street in london (we made a weekend of it much to the kids delight! ) and they told us that this type of medication isnt even available in this country and had to be ordered in from abroad> they gave us some to go home with and within days they sent the rest through the post for us. The doctors name is Dr Novelli in great ormand street you can google him and have a look at him and he is a world leading expert in parasites> it cost us 275 pounds for and appointment and about 60 pounds for 3 months meds for both me and my daughter worth every penny as i was going around the bend. my daughter was three at the time and had severe constipation our appendixes were infected by the worms and she also had a re occuring fungal infection in her intestines due to the worms. dr novelli has told us that should we ever pick up threadworms again we can go staright back to him and go starught back on the same meds and i can honestly say i will never bother with mebondazole again it is useless. I hope this helps let me know if u need anymore info
    • prancer
      prancer kate31384

      Posted

      That's great for you. I live in USA & they don't believe me so I've been such with doing my own remediesI went to 3 doctors medicine didn't work. Just when I though they're gone for a few days I feel wriggling. Wish I knew this doctor. This is horrible to live such a way and the doctors don't believe any thing you say. Young doctor was the last one and he said I simply didn't have them. Ok well I had then bad October last ok 2013 crawling on me. Going to go to an older doctor who believes me geesh! Tired taking cloves& pumpkin seeds abd cleaning forever every single day
  • lisa70218
    lisa70218 kate31384

    Posted

    Hi Kate, that sounds like sound advice. I dont have this continually but my daughter and I (not my husband or my son) get the symptoms of threadworm about every 3 to 6 months, we take the medicine, it seems to go away for a bit and then comes back. I cant believe we are being reinfected, I think we are just not getting rid of it in the first place, otherwise why would it be just us and not the others? So I would love the contact details for this doctor so that I can keep it and use it if things keep continuing. In fact if we get another flare up in the next couple of months I will definately go and investigate this with this Doctor. So if you would be so kind as to pass that on I would be very grateful. Lisa
  • lisa70218
    lisa70218 kate31384

    Posted

    sorry Kate, I can see that you provided that info already, thank you so much, it sounds like a straightforward treatment it is just a shame they dont provide this to other people via the NHS. Can you tell me if he did tests on you and your daughter to determine that you had threadworm? how did he know your appendix was infected and was it £275 for both of you or each? thank you

     

    • kate31384
      kate31384 lisa70218

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      Hi lisa no it was 275 pounds for just my daughter and then he asked who was infected in the family and gave us prescriptions. but i was the only one who had caught them due to bed sharing my two sons were fine. so you only pay for one person and then for any medication you need is extra like i said it cost about sixty pounds for me and my daughter for the aboldonazle so depending on how many of you have them you will only pay 275 pounds for the consultation and then the meds. i told him how i was taken in for suspected appendicitous few weeks previoulsy and the hospital couldnt find anything wrong and thats when he told me that they can infected this particualr organ and so started making sense. The previous patient he had seen was a little boy who  had them for three years and by the time the mother got him to dr novelli she was under mental health due to the stress and i can say i was heading the same way . you still have to take the same hygiene measures once starting on the meds . also i did ask for tests to determine what type of worm we had but like but through talking with him he wanted me to decscribe what we were seeing and he knew they were threadworms. although there are different types out there albondazole kills all types as does not mebondazole which is why it doesnt work if you have a particular strain . also particular strains (there are protozoas and hymlinths) the one has the ability to lie dormant for a while so you think they are dead or that you are reinfecting yourself when this is not the case. albondazole kills both types so its pointless paying extra for tests if you see what i mean.
  • Anna196444
    Anna196444 kate31384

    Posted

    Hi Kate, that's such a positive message! I've had it for 5 years and none of the other family members has ever had it. We have no pets and I keep the house very clean. I've been to see a doctor at the tropical hospital in London for the last year. The last time I went I saw a new doctor, a professor. He's given me albendazole 400 mg tabl to take onece per week.... I have tried them before but 'only' eaten them for 6 weeks and that didn't work...so I keep my fingers crossed this time.. I just feels so helpless. I really hope I'm not stuck with this issue for the rest of my life!! Thanks for your message.. Its nice to see that you're not alone. X
    • kate31384
      kate31384 Anna196444

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      Hi anna, yes i dont think six weeks is long enough either like i said we were on it for three months and it has worked. Also can i ask if the doctor has run any tests to see what tyoe of worms you have as i know that i was told by Dr novelli that had this not worked the next step would have been to identify exactly what type we had and the treat us with something else but as i said previously we never got to that as the meds sorted the problem out.
    • Anna196444
      Anna196444 kate31384

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      The doctor in London never tested me but my local doctor did take samples and it is threadworms for sure....I've done two samples over the years. Once they told me the sample pot was empty!! It wasn't but the missed to see the tiny worm in there so I had to do another sample again....
    • kate31384
      kate31384 Anna196444

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      I sent my first sample in to my local doctors with about forty threadworms in and the sample came back negative for threadworms so the doctor refused to give us any more treatment!! Apparently they check for eggs and they couldnt find them so thats why it came back with that result but when i spoke to the doctor in great ormand street he said you wont see the eggs as the are not in the stools but the fact that the worms were present is enough he was shocked and said the very least we should have been offered was a scotch tape test.
  • ali63625
    ali63625 kate31384

    Posted

    I have the same problem as we live in South Wales too. :0(  My doctor, whilst sympathetic, cannot do anything because there is no Tropical Disease hospital in Wales, and my couple of stool tests have come back negative.  I actually have systemic roundworms.  

    I am trying to starve them by fasting.  My problem is that most of the medications only kill the ones in the gut.  There are some that may kill them elsewhere in the body, but if they did, I would then have a body full of dead, rotting worms and that could do more harm than good.

    I do feel that parasites move in when we are unhealthy.  They are part of nature's clean-up system.  If we are eating food that is deranging our bodies, like wheat and sugar and lots of processed carbs that turn to sugar, we are creating an ideal environment for them.

    although I eat a low carb diet with all home-made food, I am diabetic and very insulin resistant.  That means that my blood sugar is often higher than it should be.  That doesn't help the situation.  By fasting, I am not only lowering my blood sugar to normal range, I am also cleansing and regenerating my body.

    when we eat our bodies are in Anabolic (building up) mode.  When digestion is finished the body goes into Catabolic mode (breaking down) mode.  That means that it is in cleansing and healing mode.  It scavenges itself for dead and decaying cells, unwanted toxins, even, apparently, tumours.

    Whilst our ancestors often only ate one meal a day, modern humankind has fallen into eating at least three meals, plus snacks.  Digestion uses so much vital energy the body can't digest and cleanse itself at the same time.  High carb food is very addictive and people will kerp eating it even when they are full.  I am sure that these days, people are never in Catabolic mode long enough for the body to break down and eliminate the substances in our food and drink.

    It seems that when the body is clean, it is able to extract far more nutrition from less food.  As one writer said, we are overfed but undernourished.  Our bodies are having to digest so much food, they can't extract the nutrition effectively.  We live in a very indulgent society.  Eat what you want when you want it.  You're SO worth it!

    Parasites have a wonderful time inside our toxic, sugar-laden bodies.....

    • kate31384
      kate31384 ali63625

      Posted

      Hi ali i completely agree with you about our bodies and nutrition since having the threadworms and  my daughter also had an intestinal fungal infection i have completely change my family's diet. I have taken us off all processed sugar and introduced things like kefir which i now make all our own home made pop out of and the benifits have been amazing. I make all my own homemade stock up out of chicken carcasses and add a little organic cider vinegar which draws all the goodness out of the bones and use this stock in most of my cooking.We have stopped drinking tap water and put it all through a filter and the children now only have sweets once a week as a treat the rest of the week they are allowed fruit but nothing else treat wise and i can honestly say after a few months of tears and tantrums they really are enjoying it right down to the fat free probiotic lollys i make them. When you look at the cancer rates this year alone it is shocking and i believe that it is down to the food that we are consuming and so although i spend my entire week in the kitchen ha ha i believe that it is worth it and im glad to see that other people share my views on how important diet is to the body.
    • ali63625
      ali63625 kate31384

      Posted

      Hi Kate.  There has been a lot of discussion about carbs and fat etc. in recent times.  Much research has been done that has disproved any link between saturated fat and obesity/high cholesterol.  It's not fat that is the demon after all, it's carbs.  Of course, humans have been eating, and thriving on saturated fats for thousands of years.

      many are finding now that radically lowering the carbs and increasing the saturated fats (butter, ghee, lard, tallow, coconut oil, etc.) are having amazing health benefits.  We don't need to fear fat anymore.  Children need plenty of fat in their diet as they grow.

      maybe you knew this, but I thought maybe you mentioned the 'fat-free' lollies as if it's something you strive for.

      in doing the fasting, I have been doing a lot of research.  It seems that eating more than the body can process can often trigger Cancer, as the body cannot cope with it all, and we end up with lots of toxins floating around the body.  There are many animal experiments done that show calorific limitation to prolong life and health.  

      With carbs of course, any excess that can't be hived off into the liver and muscles gets turned into fat, as carbs trigger high insulin responses, so that is another good reason to limit the carbs.  There are lots of low-carb treats and sweets recipes on the internet, Pinterest, etc., that can be made, using ground almonds, coconut oil, eggs, etc.  I make a mean chocolate beetroot cake (on Nigella's website), sweetened with a little honey or Stevia.

  • ceri11959
    ceri11959 kate31384

    Posted

    I agree with everything you you say it doesn,t help that the doctors just throw pills at the problem instead of treating the causes. I have a relative who is overweight and is on all sorts of meds but if they need his diet all his problems would disappear.
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