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Medical Mismanagement

 

The bowel parasites Dientamoeba fragilis and Blastocystis hominis were

discovered in the early 1900s. Almost a century later, as the examples

on this site shows, the pathogenicity debate has not been settled.

 

This debate can create insurmountable barriers to recovery, as the

Canadian man below, with B.hominis shows. His story is typical of

emails received since 1998 when my site was established:

 

" I have been living with several severe symptoms for 12 years now -

chronic fatigue, abdominal pain, weight loss, etc. I have seen many

specialists but nobody seems to be able to help me. Last year, I did a

parasitology test and received the results but nobody wants to treat

it. I cried for an hour just reading your web site and all these

stories. For the first time in my 12 years I found people that live

with the same kind of problems as I do. Almost incredible to me! "

(January 05)

 

An Irish student struggled to cope for four years with an untreated

D.fragilis infection. Despite losing a quarter of his body weight his

GP advised D.fragilis does not cause symptoms:

 

" Every single aspect of life is a struggle at the moment for me. I

cannot plan anything and even if I have a night out with my friends I

find it hard to eat the next day even though I have only been drinking

water on the night out. The nausea comes all the way from my stomach

to my mouth, it is so overwhelming at times that it is painful to be

conscious. " (Ireland , July 2005)

 

More examples of medical mismanagement:

Dientamoeba fragilis

Blastocystis hominis

 

other's stories

 

 

" Once again I wanted to say how totally grateful I am to you for

putting your informational website together...if you hadn't done it

myself & so many others would not have the necessary details to get

the proper treatment in order to beat this stubborn parasite! Your

website also made me feel very supported and not alone in how I was

feeling...at some points I thought that my symptoms were all in my

head & that I was going crazy! " read Mary-Anne's story here

 

N. suffered with bloating, gas, constipation, dizziness, fuzzy

headedness, and lethargy for 22 years. He wrote " I can't tell you the

impact this has had on my life " ....cont

 

S., infected for eight years with Dientamoeba fragilis misdiagnosed as

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) recovered after specialised

treatment....cont

 

Suffering chronic digestive symptoms C, from the UK, bypassed doctors

sceptical of the need for specialised stool testing, by enlisting the

aid of her vet....cont

 

" My doctor refused to consider (that Dientamoeba fragilis and

Blastocystis hominis) were causing my health problems, and referred me

for a full abdominal CAT scan. It was his view that I might well have

an aortic aneurysm, and that it was entirely possible I was only

moments away from an imminent rupture, and instant death. "

Read T's attempts to get treated by the US health authorities...here

 

Finding a doctor to take his D.fragilis and B.hominis test result

seriously was not an easy task for this man...cont

 

lab testing

 

Published literature, spanning decades, proves that specialised stool

collection and testing methods significantly increase the detection of

Blastocystis hominis, and is essential to diagnose Dientamoeba fragilis.

 

Although more doctors are becoming aware of the importance of

specialised testing, according to site feedback, many remain

unconvinced and also question the legitimacy of specialist labs:

 

" When I mentioned GSD to my gastro doctor he kind of snickered and

said they have nice looking reports but I would not trust the results.

He also said that D fragilis does not stay in the body that long and

that if I still had a parasite it would more likely be Giardia. "

(Canada. Nov. 2005)

 

Treatment:

 

 

Flagyl is still the most commonly prescribed drug for treating

B.hominis, but is it effective? Based on published medical literature

and site feedback the failure rate is unacceptably high.

 

" I just found out I have blasto hominis and found your site. I

mentioned to the Dr. that your site doesn't recommend Flagyl, but that

is what he prescribed. It is kind of spooky how your site predicted

the Dr.'s comments even down to telling me the this bacteria doesn't

cause symptoms but they will treat it because I might have something

else. " (Nov 2005)

 

Blastocystis hominis treatments

as well as information about the need for specialised treatments for

D.fragilis and B.hominis.

 

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

 

 

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects almost one quarter of the

population in developed countries. The symptoms of IBS are very

similar to those of D.fragilis and B.hominis. Despite this

authoritative IBS literature fails to recommend specialised stool

collection and testing methods for people exhibiting IBS symptoms. more

 

diet

 

How does restricting, starchy foods help during parasitic infections?

- Find out here

 

my story

 

For seven years specialist gastroenterologists refused to consider the

possibility that Dientamoeba fragilis was contributing to my chronic

health problems. Uninterested in the extensive scientific literature I

had collected from a university medical library I was left to cope

with a parasite described in later medical literature as able to cause

" severe bowel distress "

Full story here