Accepting that medical professionals cannot help here

[Guest guest]

One of the hardest aspects of dealing with a parasite infestation is realizing that the medical profession cannot really provide adequate solutions. Most do not even accept that bird mites affect humans; even though it is documented in medical journals, like a recent New England Journal of Medicine article. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/16/1728

Other medical research is also out there, and is listed on the `research' page of the birdmites.org website. Most physicians receive their training in traditional medicine where a diagnosis is made based on symptoms and then treatment is provided. If they refer to their Merck Medical manual for parasitic mite infestation, they will be given info on how to treat the physical symptoms of pruritis; which can provide some temporary relief.

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec21/ch325/ch325e.html?qt=bird%20mite & alt=sh

What is frustrating is when the physician or dermatologist dismisses the person's claim of mites without understanding what is involved…as if they were expecting to see large bugs on them before they can make a diagnosis. Their Merck Manual clearly states that these mites will not be visible and will need to rely on symptoms and complaints given by the patient.

The dilemma lies in the fact that mites are not just on the skin, but can be internal and also in the environment and so it requires a two-fold approach, as the person keeps getting reinfested. Research entomologists confirm that many species of ectoparasitic mites are invading the lungs and other internal organs of the host mammals. Some of these articles are noted on the website.

Those of us who have been dealing with this longer than one year, can verify that these mites clearly are reproducing in a human environment. And we no longer rely on so-called experts to help us with this dilemma. As a college graduate healthcare provider, there is much to love about modern medicine; but human parasitosis is not something the medical community can easily comprehend, nor can they appreciate just how severely it affects a person's life.

Tim