| I found this article in the magazine, Holistic Primary Care and wanted to share it with you. What the Helminth! Are “Purposeful Parasites” The Next Probiotics? |
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Additional thoughts from Dr. Goldman:
Autoimmune disease is a huge problem in the U.S. The main drug treatments are antihistamines, steroids and drugs that inhibit TNF-alpha. All of these drugs have significant side effects. TNF-alpha drugs can lead to cancers, fungal infections, tuberculosis and even death. Many of these drugs are hugely expensive -- which means they are very lucrative for the pharmaceutical companies.
There has been some research for a number of years indicating that the disappearance of parasitic disease in the U.S. may be a reason for the increase in autoimmune disease. Although I personally am not ready to try this with my patients, I feel that people in the U.S. should know about it as a possible treatment. Pressure should be put on the NIH, CDC and FDA to promote research in this direction.
There has been some research for a number of years indicating that the disappearance of parasitic disease in the U.S. may be a reason for the increase in autoimmune disease. Although I personally am not ready to try this with my patients, I feel that people in the U.S. should know about it as a possible treatment. Pressure should be put on the NIH, CDC and FDA to promote research in this direction.
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