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• deborawade commented on Is Crohn's disease on the rise because we've eliminated hookworm infections?
  @#7 If you want scientific studies, all you have to do is go to PubMed and start reading. The latest? "Parasites represent a major selective force for interleukin genes and shape the genetic predisposition to autoimmune conditions" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468064...
• violet222 commented on Is Crohn's disease on the rise because we've eliminated hookworm infections?
  The comments are far better than the original post--at least many of the authors of the comments have bothered to check their facts. I, too, have Crohn's and that first paragraph was a doozy. Crohn's doesn't "cause people's intestines to swell." It can cause major blockages (among other things) due to one's body attacking one's intestines. Furthermore, this sentence is just silly: "The prescribed treatments have horrible side effects, including cancer and brain infections." Um, which treatments would those be? I've been on a few, and I research them to death. I don't know of any that cause brain infections....
• Swift Loris commented on Is Crohn's disease on the rise because we've eliminated hookworm infections?
  I probably represent the mildest end of the spectrum of Crohn's; it went into symptomless remission when I started taking Asacol (mesalamine) 10 years ago and has stayed that way. No noticeable side effects from the drug. I do take a high dosage, and it's expensive enough to put me in the Medicare doughnut hole for about half the year. I'd love to experiment with nondrug therapy, but I'm scared to go off the Asacol lest I have a flareup that would do further damage to my guts (which have scarring from the initial attacks). And since I have no...
• lancelot commented on Is Crohn's disease on the rise because we've eliminated hookworm infections?
  I wanted to add my 2 cents: Everytime I take probiotics (this is a very general term; make sure you test different kinds as they don't all work for everyone, I have a few favorites like the Travel Vita-Vim Probiotic by Jamieson) or do a good cleanse (again, general meaning; find the right one for you; for me, it's the "Purge Parasitis KIT" by New Roots Herbal), I feel great, and all the symptoms vanish...but soon return after being off of the probiotics, or the cleanse for a varied amount of time. I find that cleanse lasts quite long as...
• lancelot commented on Is Crohn's disease on the rise because we've eliminated hookworm infections?
  There are some interesting comments here about worms (I feel the "ick" factor just saying it). Some of your comments need to be read by others with caution: [quote] dbarak | May 26, 2009 10:00 AM | Reply "If I want worms, I'll eat our cats' droppings. ; )" Cat droppings would be carrying the wrong worms, and could seriously hurt you (mainly because they are carnivores and we're not). [quote] mralistair | May 26, 2009 9:26 AM | Reply "this is a very interesting article from a few years ago about someone infecting themselves with hookwork to treat asthma"...