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AliB · 04-10-2009, 01:16 AM

I used to get a lot of hypos and suspect that a similar thing may well have been happening to me. They culminated in Type 2 Diabetes eventually about 12 years ago and gradually my body's own ability to produce insulin has been diminishing so I now have to supplement with injected insulin.

What I have recently discovered through a long process of elimination is that it looks extremely likely that I have Liver and/or Pancreatic flukes and have probably been host to them and their ancestors for at least the last 37 years of my life!

Apparently some parasites can affect the blood sugar balance within the body - either high or low depending on what and where they are. Trouble is that testing procedures are pretty hopeless at finding them and negative results are very common. Parasites can range from tapeworms of several feet in length to microscopic protozoa but testing misses an awful lot more than it finds.

My discovery came about really by chance. After many years of fatigue, IBS, weight gain (some can cause weight loss too), digestive issues, an inability to digest carbs, the diabetes, hair loss, a whole-body pounding thing and finally a virtual collapse of my digestive system I found that adopting a gluten-free diet helped a bit but still did not solve the carb-digestion issue. I then switched to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) which helped some more but STILL did not solve the carb digestion issue. I then lit upon a forum thread somewhere that mentioned parasites and a lightbulb went on.

About 2 weeks ago I started an herbal parasite protocol and since then I have been able to actually feel the blasted things moving in my back/Liver area and sometimes in my intestines. It is not pleasant to think they are in there but I am mostly gutted to think that they have very likely been the cause of my health issues all these years.

There is something that Diabetics experience and I have too, called the 'Dawn Phenomenon'. Apparently the Liver dumps a load of sugar into the bloodstream during the early hours and that is why the blood sugar is higher in the morning. Why it does that no one knows but personally I would not put it past parasites to be able to trigger it somehow. They can get pretty much anywhere in the body and do any kind of damage. They rob us of our vital nutrients, change chemical processes, excrete toxins that can affect any part of the body, even the brain and dump their waste as they go encouraging fungus like Candida. Yuk.

Unlike our ancestors we no longer follow the parasite cleansing/de-worming protocols that they regularly used to do (my friend who is in her late 50's remembers her Gran giving her castor oil at the end of each month for de-worming!). We do it for our pets but never contemplate that we may also be carrying the things! You don't have to go abroad to pick them up either - they are all around us.

I am really hoping that as I get the better of these beasties my body will then be able to start to heal and to work properly again. Who knows, I may at some point no longer be diabetic! Wouldn't that be a thing!

Very little is known in this field. Doctors are extremely ignorant (although they would never think so!) on the subject. As we have stopped taking the anti-parasite herbs and other remedies, the incidence of 'modern' diseases has been soaring. No one really knows why. But our bodies are weakened by chemical exposure the like of which the World has never seen before, the unrestrained use of prescription (and recreational) drugs like anti-biotics that radically disrupt the gut flora and weaken the immune system and bodily defenses, the highly processed and modified substances that pass for food in our 'Western' diet. All these factors gang together to create bodily hosts that welcome parasites and pathogens.

I have found that the pounding, whist not gone is much more tolerable (it would often keep me awake), my digestion is more settled and I am able to digest more foods, as a result I am sleeping better and I have more energy. It is early days but at long last I feel as though I may well finally be on the right road.

If you are experiencing weird symptoms (or even ones that are nowadays considered to be normal!) don't dismiss the possibility of parasites being behind it. I did and it has cost me 37 miserable years of my life.

04-10-2009, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
AliB Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 5	I used to get a lot of hypos and suspect that a similar thing may well have been happening to me. They culminated in Type 2 Diabetes eventually about 12 years ago and gradually my body's own ability to produce insulin has been diminishing so I now have to supplement with injected insulin. What I have recently discovered through a long process of elimination is that it looks extremely likely that I have Liver and/or Pancreatic flukes and have probably been host to them and their ancestors for at least the last 37 years of my life! Apparently some parasites can affect the blood sugar balance within the body - either high or low depending on what and where they are. Trouble is that testing procedures are pretty hopeless at finding them and negative results are very common. Parasites can range from tapeworms of several feet in length to microscopic protozoa but testing misses an awful lot more than it finds. My discovery came about really by chance. After many years of fatigue, IBS, weight gain (some can cause weight loss too), digestive issues, an inability to digest carbs, the diabetes, hair loss, a whole-body pounding thing and finally a virtual collapse of my digestive system I found that adopting a gluten-free diet helped a bit but still did not solve the carb-digestion issue. I then switched to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) which helped some more but STILL did not solve the carb digestion issue. I then lit upon a forum thread somewhere that mentioned parasites and a lightbulb went on. About 2 weeks ago I started an herbal parasite protocol and since then I have been able to actually feel the blasted things moving in my back/Liver area and sometimes in my intestines. It is not pleasant to think they are in there but I am mostly gutted to think that they have very likely been the cause of my health issues all these years. There is something that Diabetics experience and I have too, called the 'Dawn Phenomenon'. Apparently the Liver dumps a load of sugar into the bloodstream during the early hours and that is why the blood sugar is higher in the morning. Why it does that no one knows but personally I would not put it past parasites to be able to trigger it somehow. They can get pretty much anywhere in the body and do any kind of damage. They rob us of our vital nutrients, change chemical processes, excrete toxins that can affect any part of the body, even the brain and dump their waste as they go encouraging fungus like Candida. Yuk. Unlike our ancestors we no longer follow the parasite cleansing/de-worming protocols that they regularly used to do (my friend who is in her late 50's remembers her Gran giving her castor oil at the end of each month for de-worming!). We do it for our pets but never contemplate that we may also be carrying the things! You don't have to go abroad to pick them up either - they are all around us. I am really hoping that as I get the better of these beasties my body will then be able to start to heal and to work properly again. Who knows, I may at some point no longer be diabetic! Wouldn't that be a thing! Very little is known in this field. Doctors are extremely ignorant (although they would never think so!) on the subject. As we have stopped taking the anti-parasite herbs and other remedies, the incidence of 'modern' diseases has been soaring. No one really knows why. But our bodies are weakened by chemical exposure the like of which the World has never seen before, the unrestrained use of prescription (and recreational) drugs like anti-biotics that radically disrupt the gut flora and weaken the immune system and bodily defenses, the highly processed and modified substances that pass for food in our 'Western' diet. All these factors gang together to create bodily hosts that welcome parasites and pathogens. I have found that the pounding, whist not gone is much more tolerable (it would often keep me awake), my digestion is more settled and I am able to digest more foods, as a result I am sleeping better and I have more energy. It is early days but at long last I feel as though I may well finally be on the right road. If you are experiencing weird symptoms (or even ones that are nowadays considered to be normal!) don't dismiss the possibility of parasites being behind it. I did and it has cost me 37 miserable years of my life. Last edited by AliB; 04-10-2009 at 01:19 AM.