Isn't it strange how your perception can change so quickly. A few months ago I thought anyone who put serious attention to parasites were mostly whacko's.
And yet here I am making this thread to ask the question, does anyone have experience treating flukes?
Attached is one I noticed in my stool after taking a hefty dose of herbal anti-parisitcs followed by Mebendazole and Pyrantel.
Unfortunately it's frozen and the only photo I have, which does make it harder to make out it's characteristics which were more visible not frozen.
I find Mebendazole is very effective at short term removing symptoms, but it's not the right medication to target flukes specifically.
Will be seeking professional advice to obtain the correct medication but curious to know who out there might have a success story.
My biggest concern is that Praziquantel -the most popular fluke treatment, has warnings 'do not take if you have certain worm infections of the eye (ocular cysticercosis)".
The rational is that the drug will interact with parasite cysts in the eye if they exist and release very inflammatory toxins and cause damage to the eye. I do already get bad inflammation in eyes which I believe to be parasite related. It's a feeling as if something is in the eye, vessels that get grossly inflammed, but subside when taking Mebendazole or other anti-parisitics.
On a side note; It's made me realise that low dose anti-parisitics could be a good troubleshooting tool for someone. If the low-dose, low risk (and often over the counter) anti-parisitics make them feel better, it might warrant further investigation.
In the Peaty world, it's highlighted that eg. Ivermectin and Mebendazole have other non-anti-paristic, anti-inflammatory effects. From my experience I believe their anti-parisitic activity is also key.
Big ups rpforum! Thanks
And yet here I am making this thread to ask the question, does anyone have experience treating flukes?
Attached is one I noticed in my stool after taking a hefty dose of herbal anti-parisitcs followed by Mebendazole and Pyrantel.
Unfortunately it's frozen and the only photo I have, which does make it harder to make out it's characteristics which were more visible not frozen.
I find Mebendazole is very effective at short term removing symptoms, but it's not the right medication to target flukes specifically.
Will be seeking professional advice to obtain the correct medication but curious to know who out there might have a success story.
My biggest concern is that Praziquantel -the most popular fluke treatment, has warnings 'do not take if you have certain worm infections of the eye (ocular cysticercosis)".
The rational is that the drug will interact with parasite cysts in the eye if they exist and release very inflammatory toxins and cause damage to the eye. I do already get bad inflammation in eyes which I believe to be parasite related. It's a feeling as if something is in the eye, vessels that get grossly inflammed, but subside when taking Mebendazole or other anti-parisitics.
On a side note; It's made me realise that low dose anti-parisitics could be a good troubleshooting tool for someone. If the low-dose, low risk (and often over the counter) anti-parisitics make them feel better, it might warrant further investigation.
In the Peaty world, it's highlighted that eg. Ivermectin and Mebendazole have other non-anti-paristic, anti-inflammatory effects. From my experience I believe their anti-parisitic activity is also key.
Big ups rpforum! Thanks