What is really bugging us has become a dominant health problem in the U.S. Many believe it has reached epidemic proportions. What it is may come as a surprise to most people living in our modem American culture. What could very well be bugging you are PARASITES or more commonly known as WORMS. Yes, in fact, according to a United Nations data: “Overall, about 1.5 billion people are infected with Roundworms, making it the third most common human infection in the world. Whipworm infects 1 billion people... More than 1.3 billion people carry hookworm in their gut, and 265 million people are infected with schistosomes. (Worms that parasitize the blood vessels and cause blood loss and tissue damage.)” That may sound like a remote world statistic, but consider that some of these parasites have made recent headlines in the U.S-like the 1993 outbreak of CRYPTOSPORIDIUM in the Milwaukee water supply that made 400,000 people ill, and Killed 40.
Another parasite, GIAEDIA LAMBLLIA, has been estimated by the Center for Disease control to affect between 100,000 and 1 million people each year.
Parasite contamination was found in one out of every four municipal water supplies in 14 states. In fact, Cryptosporidium was featured on ABC news that it had invaded New York City’s water supply in 1994.
The Parasitology Department of the University of Cambridge, England concluded that... “Pinworm, an extremely common nematode infection, particularly in temperate areas such as Western Europe and North America, has been estimated that the annual incidence of infection is over 200 million in the USA and Canada, with similar levels in Europe.”
According to experts “over half of all Americans will at some point in their lives become hosts to parasites.” Move over SARS!
Parasites are something of a silent epidemic because it is likely to go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Humans play host to more than a hundred different types of parasites ranging from microscopic types to tapeworms that are several feet long. They are sneaky and sometimes difficult to detect. They hide in the intestinal lining and they live in almost any organ of the body including the lungs, liver, muscles, joints, brain, heart, blood, skin and
even the eyes! The common stool test may easily miss a parasitic infection because the parasites most prevalent in the US shed at irregular intervals and its presence may not be detected with just one day of stool testing. If the parasites are in the heart or lungs, a stool test will never detect the presence of parasites. Another difficulty with parasite detection is the fact that there are newly identified parasites that have not been sufficiently studied or recognized as pathogenic. The field of parasitology is evolving and continuously making discoveries of “new bugs”.
How do these CRITTERS threaten human health? They can injure the tissue of the digestive tract and other organs. The parasite waste disrupts the digestive process of the host, interferes with enzyme production and food breakdown. They create a mucous overlay in the intestines which blocks absorption of nutrients. This creates a disruption in a properly functioning digestive system and a disruption in good health.
Parasites affect tissue anywhere in the body. Some disorders that have been associated with parasites include, arthritis, overweight and under weight conditions, cancer, and epilepsy.
What are some symptoms of parasite infection?
Some signs and symptoms are commonly overlooked as a parasite infection and they include the following:
CONSTIPATION SLEEP DISTURBANCES
DIARRHEA ALLERGY
GAS & BLOATING SKIN CONDITIONS
ANEMIA IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION
JOINT/MUSCLE PAIN CHRONIC FATIGUE
It is important to bear in mind that parasites can mimic other disorders and be produce no noticeable symptoms.
How the heck do you GET parasites?
By now you may begin to see that parasites are not just limited to remote areas of the world. They are easily transported to the host through any of the following sources:
- Raw Fruits and Vegetables
- Raw or rare meats
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Polluted water/tap water
Polluted water/tap water- Pets
- Inhaled through the nose
- Camping
- Through the skin
- Mosquitos
Another factor that contributes to the growing parasite epidemic is the widespread use of drugs that suppress immunity as a side effect. Many common drugs are immunosuppressive and therefore increase the
susceptibility to parasitic infection.
External factors contribute to the parasite problem, but by far the biggest factor is an internal one- a stagnant, overloaded, bacterial imbalance of the colon. (Also called the intestines) External hygiene is as important as internal hygiene. The secret to great health is a cleansed body...inside and out. Internal cleansing must begin with the colon, because if this region is unclean, it will contaminate every other part of the body.
Cleanse your body!
Eliminating parasites are not an easy task, but can begin through a cleansing program. Eating well, drinking mostly water and avoiding drug overuse is a start.
Colon hydrotherapy can effectively and safely assist in cleansing the colon. The state of the art equipment now available in colon hydrotherapy makes keeping your body in the best of health easy. The importance of colon hydrotherapy can best be summed up in the words of Dr. Paul Bragg, on the “fathers” of alternative medicine in the U.S.
“The secret to great health can be described in three words: CLEANSE YOUR BODY! Engrave these three words permanently in your memory.~~
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