Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 In a message dated 4/20/01 2:48:37 PM Central Daylight Time, proverbs333@... writes: << ow does a parasite, large enough to be seen with the eye, travel throughout the body ? Isn't the digestive tract a closed path? I think the liver dumps bile into the GI tract for digestion, but idoubt its a huge piplihe. how does a worm get from inside the GI tract to the brain or to the kidney or liver etc ? Even the vascular system is a network of pipes ? The lungs are no entry point, the oxygen is absorbed into the blood stream through alveoli, the little air sacks or something i think. Are they nibbling holes to create their own entry points ? >> .......me too. I don't say I doubt parasites can get into the liver, etc. I am just at a loss to figure out how. Of course we all have heard the recent news story on TV about the lady who had a worm in her brain. I wish I had paid better attention when medical professionals were explaining how it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 How does a parasite, large enough to be seen with the eye, travel throughout the body ? Isn't the digestive tract a closed path? I think the liver dumps bile into the GI tract for digestion, but idoubt its a huge piplihe. how does a worm get from inside the GI tract to the brain or to the kidney or liver etc ? Even the vascular system is a network of pipes ? The lungs are no entry point, the oxygen is absorbed into the blood stream through alveoli, the little air sacks or something i think. Are they nibbling holes to create their own entry points ? Just wondering. --- rjgoldsmit@... wrote: > In a message dated 4/20/01 12:53:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > rjgoldsmit@... writes: > > << Anyone who has a parasite that has actually been diagnosed by a > lab, who > lives in the New York area, and has cash to burn should consider Dr. > > Cahill. >> > I'm sorry I meant to say " anyone who has such a parasite and who > WANTS > allopathic treatment. " I don't necessarily advocate such treatment; > but if > you happen to be seeking it, Cahill is supposed to be one of the > best. Oh > and by the way, he will also treat you very cautiously based on > anecdotal > evidence with a broad spectrum antihelminth (read: general worm > killer) if > your tests have been negative and your evidence is strong enough. > He did so > with me but he went too cautiously, and I felt it would be too slow > for me to > be able to stand his arrogant, mean personality. BUT if you have > tested > POSITIVE, he will nuke 'em. It could be worth it. > Robin G. > ===== Proverbs (Robin2) If you always do what you have always done, you'll always get what you have always got. Is that what you want ? __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 julie can these worms in the uterus prevent you from having your monthly cycle, and as well prevent you from conceiving? Just wondering, Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 Tiny eggs travel even to the brain, as reported earlier concerning the person who got a worm in their brain form traveling in Mexico. The worm grew from an egg. Donna Worm Travel and entry pointsHow does a parasite, large enough to be seen with the eye, travelthroughout the body ? Isn't the digestive tract a closed path?I think the liver dumps bile into the GI tract for digestion, butidoubt its a huge piplihe. how does a worm get from inside the GI tractto the brain or to the kidney or liver etc ? Even the vascular systemis a network of pipes ? The lungs are no entry point, the oxygen isabsorbed into the blood stream through alveoli, the little air sacks orsomething i think. Are they nibbling holes to create their own entrypoints ?Just wondering.--- rjgoldsmit@... wrote:> In a message dated 4/20/01 12:53:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > rjgoldsmit@... writes:> > << Anyone who has a parasite that has actually been diagnosed by a> lab, who > lives in the New York area, and has cash to burn should consider Dr.> > Cahill. >>> I'm sorry I meant to say " anyone who has such a parasite and who> WANTS > allopathic treatment. " I don't necessarily advocate such treatment;> but if > you happen to be seeking it, Cahill is supposed to be one of the> best. Oh > and by the way, he will also treat you very cautiously based on> anecdotal > evidence with a broad spectrum antihelminth (read: general worm> killer) if > your tests have been negative and your evidence is strong enough. > He did so > with me but he went too cautiously, and I felt it would be too slow> for me to > be able to stand his arrogant, mean personality. BUT if you have> tested > POSITIVE, he will nuke 'em. It could be worth it.> Robin G.> =====Proverbs (Robin2)If you always do what you have always done, you'll always get what you have always got. Is that what you want ?__________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 Tiny eggs travel even to the brain, as reported earlier concerning the person who got a worm in their brain form traveling in Mexico. The worm grew from an egg. Donna Worm Travel and entry pointsHow does a parasite, large enough to be seen with the eye, travelthroughout the body ? Isn't the digestive tract a closed path?I think the liver dumps bile into the GI tract for digestion, butidoubt its a huge piplihe. how does a worm get from inside the GI tractto the brain or to the kidney or liver etc ? Even the vascular systemis a network of pipes ? The lungs are no entry point, the oxygen isabsorbed into the blood stream through alveoli, the little air sacks orsomething i think. Are they nibbling holes to create their own entrypoints ?Just wondering.--- rjgoldsmit@... wrote:> In a message dated 4/20/01 12:53:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > rjgoldsmit@... writes:> > << Anyone who has a parasite that has actually been diagnosed by a> lab, who > lives in the New York area, and has cash to burn should consider Dr.> > Cahill. >>> I'm sorry I meant to say " anyone who has such a parasite and who> WANTS > allopathic treatment. " I don't necessarily advocate such treatment;> but if > you happen to be seeking it, Cahill is supposed to be one of the> best. Oh > and by the way, he will also treat you very cautiously based on> anecdotal > evidence with a broad spectrum antihelminth (read: general worm> killer) if > your tests have been negative and your evidence is strong enough. > He did so > with me but he went too cautiously, and I felt it would be too slow> for me to > be able to stand his arrogant, mean personality. BUT if you have> tested > POSITIVE, he will nuke 'em. It could be worth it.> Robin G.> =====Proverbs (Robin2)If you always do what you have always done, you'll always get what you have always got. Is that what you want ?__________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 Here is the story for all of you who missed it.The egg developed into the worm, which moved into her blood stream and to her brain, Christel ===== Woman Recuperating After Doctors Remove Parasite April 13 — An Arizona woman says she's feeling good, a little more than a week after undergoing six hours of surgery to remove a worm that had lodged in her brain. Dawn Becerra and her doctors believe the parasite got into her system three years ago, when she ate a pork taco while on a visit to Mexico. Becerra said she was ill for three weeks after eating the taco. Soon after, she began suffering violent seizures. Later, doctors determined she had a parasitic worm in her brain and it had caused neurocysticercosis — a lesion in her brain. Poor Sanitation Allows Parasite to Spread Doctors at Arizona's Mayo Clinic in sdale believe the taco contained Taenia solium, a parasite that is common in Latin America. It can be transmitted by infected food prepared by someone who has not followed proper sanitation procedures after coming into contact with the creature's eggs, which can be present in human feces. Some experts point out that it is difficult to know for certain that the taco was the source of the worm. However Becerra ingested the parasite, it attached itself as an egg to her intestinal wall. Eventually, the egg developed into the worm, which moved into her blood stream and to her brain, said Dr. ph Sirven, who operated on Becerra. Once in the brain, the worm causes little harm until it eventually dies and decays, thereby inflaming surrounding tissue. " It's after the worm dies that the body reacts to something foreign, " Sirven explained. Undergoing Brain Surgery While Awake Although Becerra seems to have kept a good attitude — she even gave the worm a nickname, Tonya — she said the seizures it caused were devastating. She reached a point where she could no longer tolerate them. " You have to be conscious that you can have them at any time, " Becerra told ABCNEWS' Good Morning America on Thursday, " and I lived with the thought that there was a worm in my brain. " She made the decision to have it removed and just when she thought the situation couldn't get any worse — it did. Doctors told her that she would have to undergo brain surgery while she was completely conscious because the procedure would take them into an extremely sensitive area of the brain. ‘She Was Very Lucky’ Beccera underwent the six-hour procedure last week — awake the entire time. She received only acupuncture and a mild anesthesia to deal with the pain. Doctors spoke to the bilingual Becerra in both Spanish and English during the operation. Eventually, they found the decayed worm and removed it — without doing any long-term damage to their patient. " She was very lucky because she had only one cyst, " said Sirven. " She should be in good shape now. " Becerra is recovering quickly, and doctors say she won't need a checkup for six months. But it has still been a bizarre and difficult ordeal for her. " The fascinating part about this is that it's much more common than people think, " notes Sirven. And through good sanitation and cooking pork thoroughly, he says, " it's very, very preventable. " The World Health Organization says neurocysticercosis is a common cause of epilepsy in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 > ><< how does a parasite, large enough to be seen with the eye, travel > throughout the body ? Isn't the digestive tract a closed path? > I think the liver dumps bile into the GI tract for digestion, but > idoubt its a huge piplihe. how does a worm get from inside the GI tract > to the brain or to the kidney or liver etc ? Even the vascular system > is a network of pipes ? The lungs are no entry point, the oxygen is > absorbed into the blood stream through alveoli, the little air sacks or > something i think. Are they nibbling holes to create their own entry > points ? >> > >......me too. I don't say I doubt parasites can get into the liver, etc. I >am just at a loss to figure out how. Of course we all have heard the recent >news story on TV about the lady who had a worm in her brain. I wish I had >paid better attention when medical professionals were explaining how it >happened. Apparently parasites have all different stages and cycles and many reproduce within the body. Some grow in the small intestine, lay eggs in the colon. Eggs and larvae can travel to or be breathed into the lungs, then when you cough them up, some are swallowed to grow in the intestines again. Some live in the uterus. Pin worms travel outside the body to lay eggs and can wander into the vagina and end up living in the uterus, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 I am not an expert, I have no idea. but I would guess yes. >julie > >can these worms in the uterus prevent you from having your monthly cycle, and >as well prevent you from conceiving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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