Guest guest Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 This disease is called onchocerciasis and it was the first epidemiological study I published in 1989. I was in Guatemala at the time. This parasite is transmitted by the black fly. AKA and no-see-um. Respectfully, Dr. Don Snow, DAOM - acumary Friday, May 19, 2006 6:46 AM Chinese Medicine Re: Parasites Has she been tested for " African River Blindness " ? It's also quite prevalent in South America. The parasite is a worm in the river water and gets under the skin. The itching is unbearable - I've been told that you can see a worm under the skin - as the disease progresses it causes blindness - the blindness may take 20 years to develop. In the late 80's they did discover a cure for it. Mary Chamberlain, L.Ac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 I lived in Panama for many years as the Director of Preventive and Tropical Medicine Services for Southern Command, I never heard this story. The disease you are describing is Dracunculosis and is caused my the Guinea worm. It is an African disease and a horrible one. In Panama, the prevalent communicable and vector borne diseases were: Malaria, leishmaniasis, various protozoan diseases, roundworm, and other helmenthic diseases. Also, you could be describing a bot-fly infestation. The life cycle is thus, a bot-fly lay finds and attacks a mosquito and lays a single egg on her. The mosquito then bites someone or something and the egg drops onto the flesh of the unfortunate future meal. It then hatches and burrows under the skin. It is common throughout Central and South America. In the US, we have a version that only attacks animals. Respectfully, Dr. Don Snow, DAOM - leabun1 Saturday, May 20, 2006 2:00 AM Chinese Medicine Re: parasites I also remember reading a book that was a young english guys autobiographical account of trying to walk across the Darien gap in Panama and getting taking hostage by some paramilitaries for 9 months before they finally let him and his friend go, some time in the 1990's. They described having a very similar worm-like parasite, but they never found out what it was. The paramilitary guys treated it by holding a lit cigarette up to the lesion and apparantly the parasite didnt like the heat or the smoke, which made it easier to then squeeze it out. (Along with a quantity of blood and pus). One of the guys still had one of the parasites in his scalp after getting home to the UK, and they used a hair dryer on it. Try moxa. Chinese Medicine , martyeisen wrote: > > See > _http://www.itmonline.org/_ (http://www.itmonline.org/) > > and search for parasites. > > Use Google to search for parasites and . There are many > articles, in particular, an article by Bob Flaws at > > _http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/download/articles/guparasites.cfm_ > (http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/download/articles/guparasites.cfm) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Hi there, The english lads were suffering from some type of myiasis, probably bot-fly, which I posited as a possibility in an earlier post, along with a link for some further info on differentiating types of myiasis, I guess you didnt read it. I am well acquainted with the clinical picture, and geographical range, of guinea worm, and they definitely were NOT describing that! Im not surpised you didnt hear about the two guys, as nobody really did. As far as anybody knew they just went missing in the Darien Gap, and nobody really knew they were there in the first place. Their captors never got around to asking for a ransom, they just marched them around for 9 months until letting them go when they couldnt work out what to do with them. (One of the guys was a complete orchid and plant freak, and I think being so batty left their captors a bit miffed, they couldnt bring themselves to shoot them.) Even gave them their travellers cheques back, and told them to push off. It wasnt until they reappeared that there was a brief flurry of news interest, probably just in the UK. I mentioned it, as heat and smoke as a folk remedy for it were new to me, but fits with the general treatment aim of getting the organism to come closer to the skin so it can be eliminated. I tend to mention things because I find them interesting or a good story. Lea. Chinese Medicine , " Donald Snow " <don83407 wrote: > > I lived in Panama for many years as the Director of Preventive and Tropical Medicine Services for Southern Command, I never heard this story. The disease you are describing is Dracunculosis and is caused my the Guinea worm. It is an African disease and a horrible one. In Panama, the prevalent communicable and vector borne diseases were: Malaria, leishmaniasis, various protozoan diseases, roundworm, and other helmenthic diseases. > > Also, you could be describing a bot-fly infestation. The life cycle is thus, a bot-fly lay finds and attacks a mosquito and lays a single egg on her. The mosquito then bites someone or something and the egg drops onto the flesh of the unfortunate future meal. It then hatches and burrows under the skin. It is common throughout Central and South America. In the US, we have a version that only attacks animals. > > Respectfully, > > Dr. Don Snow, DAOM > > - > leabun1 > Saturday, May 20, 2006 2:00 AM > Chinese Medicine > Re: parasites > > I also remember reading a book that was a young english guys > autobiographical account of trying to walk across the Darien gap in > Panama and getting taking hostage by some paramilitaries for 9 > months before they finally let him and his friend go, some time in > the 1990's. They described having a very similar worm-like parasite, > but they never found out what it was. The paramilitary guys treated > it by holding a lit cigarette up to the lesion and apparantly the > parasite didnt like the heat or the smoke, which made it easier to > then squeeze it out. (Along with a quantity of blood and pus). One > of the guys still had one of the parasites in his scalp after > getting home to the UK, and they used a hair dryer on it. Try moxa. > > Chinese Medicine , martyeisen@ > wrote: > > > > See > > _http://www.itmonline.org/_ (http://www.itmonline.org/) > > > > and search for parasites. > > > > Use Google to search for parasites and . There > are many > > articles, in particular, an article by Bob Flaws at > > > > > _http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/download/articles/guparasites.cfm_ > > > (http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/download/articles/guparasites.cfm) > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Thank you Mary for your response. I am talking about the type that everyone has. I am doing a colon cleansing thing and it has a bottle of capsules that are to get rid of all the parasites in your body. I suppose I should just read that label but I wanted to see what others may suggest. And by the way, these capsules also kill the eggs. Lilith it depends on which parasites you have, as to which herb is best,food grade diatomaous earth works on people just take it with wet foods and it will kill any parasite and is safe for youMary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Please suggest both modern and alternative remedies to get ride of worms R.Vidhyasagar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Download a free chart showing parasites and treatments. You'll need to enter an email address to get access. http://www.alternative-doctor.com/allergydotcom/parasites.htm , red sky <elephant_veppu wrote: > > Please suggest both modern and alternative remedies to get ride of worms > > R.Vidhyasagar > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 hatitaki Darla Wells <lethe9 Recently I found out that one of my cats has tapeworms. That cat has been sleeping in my bed. What can I do to keep from getting these worms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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