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Bad infestation :( please help

  1. Right we're do I start with this rolleyes

    I've had worms since last September which is almost 7 months

    The worms are white and small

    I've take ovex about 10-15 times in the past 6 months

    I've taken pripsen about 4 times

    Nither have worked sad

    My nose has been itching and realy bad inching anus which is. Depressing me

    Could this be anything other than threadworms(which I've sent a stool sample and sticky tape test off and all come back negative)

    Is there any 1 out there that can make my life Easyer this is causing me to be depressed all the time.

    Thank u

  2. Sorry Terrorball20 I have not totally gotten rid of these things. I thought I had for a while. After my second colonoscopy and second dose of Albenza I really thought they finally had gone. I am still amazed that no lab here can find any worms in anything I have sent to them. It was difficult to get that dose from the Gastroenterologist too. For some reason they don't think it should take but 1-2 doses to get rid of these things!

    They recently came back. I have found one thing that really helps control them and that is Pumpkin Seeds. Suprising that they help but I have begun to think that once you have these things you really can never get rid of them.

    They do go to other areas when they are under attack in the colon. They seem to move very efficiently through the body. And yes they do get on your face, in your nose and ears, in your vagina, and in your eyes. These things are just horrible.

    Unfortunately the Ovex you took does seem to make them worse. I have also noticed that they seem to be very active after drinking wine and eating chocolate. I tried to eat sugar free chocolate and they were worse.

    I am continuing to wash my sheets in hot water with Borax every day. I vacuum every week sometimes twice a week and clean the toilet every day. They do "shift" and become very active as the spring temperatures become warmer. I think this is their laying time of year. And you do spread them back and forth between you and your spouse and children. The eggs can attach themselves to your skin and are very hard to see. I have begun to make sure I use a wash rag to scrub them off. It is almost impossible to see them.

    My next attempt at killing these things is to continue to thoroughly clean and take dog wormer, if I can find it. I don't relish the thought of killing my liver to get rid of them.

    Keep washing everything you sleep on and around your bed. Vacuum. Be careful when you cleain the toilet, especially around the bottom near the floor. Throw away all bathroom rugs, they eggs attach to them too. If you have pets worm them, shampoo, and brush them regularly. Even check your eyeglasses for eggs on the inside and outside of the lens. Use pet ear cleaner for your ears and try to dig out any eggs attached in the earcanal. Check your cell phone and clean regularly per the manufactures recommendation. Be really careful when cleaning dust from the house and clean it regularly. The eggs do settle in the dust and when you disturb the dust the eggs are flying in the air.

    My next attempt to rid myself of these things is to have the house exterminated for general pests. Hope that helps.

    Good Luck

    We all are going to need it!

  3. It feels like ure in hell What did the colonscopy come up with. I've seen enougher doctor he said he doesn't have a clue and hasn't dealt with out like this. So Aprenty he s getting advice. From a specilist

    Have you try anti tapeworm

    Drugs

  4. The pictures of the colon were unusual since only half was cleaned out by the the laxatives. The doctor took a sample of that area and the lab did not identify anything! They only gave me another Albenza as a "trial". Thank goodness it really did help. But the continued eating of Pumpkin Seeds helped me turn the corner and rid my body of most of the worms. I have not had the larger worms since taking the last Albenza. Albenza is a Tapeworm treatment I think. They really don't want to give more than one. None of the doctors seem to want to bother informing themselves of the correct treatment when one has a bad infestation. I think since the labs cannot diagnose worms it is hard for doctors to take the chance in prescribing this medication.

    My most recent problem is with them laying eggs around my eyes, this is really scary and they are very hard to get rid of. I assume they are in my eyes and the corners of my eyes since it seems they spew eggs on the inside of my glasses. I am beginning to heal the area at the sides of my face where I scrubbed off the skin trying to remove the eggs and small worms. I don't know how anyone that works could stand fighting these things. It takes so much time. I have not tried to find the dog wormer for tapeworms yet since it is only available by vetscrip. I just don't know if I am brave enough to take this without talking to my vet.

  5. maby you jast have yeast woman, candida man. another word food allergy.

  6. I would have thought a colonoscopy would have shown them if you had worms? Don't get me wrong I have had worms myself so I am not saying you are making it up but why can they not be seen on colonoscopy? I'd love to have one done to make sure mine are gone. I took Ovex 5 weeks in a row and finally now feeling better thank God. I'm now at the stage where I have to think do I still have them or not which is great because before I KNEW I had them even though haven't actually seen one of the little blighters this time round!!!

  7. Ok, I can't argue that it seems strange that no lab work can find these creatures but so far none. One of the problems is that when small they are very hard to see and they dissolve in water.These worms have many forms and seem to be very different at each stage except when they are adults. As far as the colonoscopy not finding them, from my experience and what I have read about them they are able to move away from an area and hide very well. They do connect and move together. It seems to be a vibration communication? These are not like pin worms that just clump up and never move except to the anus. I currently have them in my eyes and ears and I went to two Optometrists and one Opthmathologist. The Opthmathologist only saw scratches on one of my eyes after dialating. The Optometrist treatment was eye drops with boric acid 4 times a day. It was not long until they began to come out of my eyes to lay their eggs around my eyes. These creatures are able to put out a kind of acid and sink into the skin. I think that is why they are so hard to find on a colonoscopy. Even the young ones seem to be carrying an egg pouch on their tail now. The eggs are little black specs and they do not wash off, I am not sure how they get attached. Once you have them on your skin and see that even after washing they are there you will realize why it is so hard to get rid of them. They seem very aggressive. The ones that have left my eyes are about an inch long and they are yellowish and slither like a snake would to move. They can move very fast and seem to have a very light touch until they decide to latch on and lay.

    I wish I knew someone who really wanted to try to catch and diagnose one of these things but so far I have not found anyone. My family doctor just wants to send me elsewhere for someone else to treat me. And NO DOCTOR wants to treat something that they cannot get lab work to certify the diagnosis. So I am eating my Pumpkin Seeds and washing and cleaning still to try to keep them under control. If they continue to get worse I will be forced to go looking again for someone to treat me.

  8. To: TheWorld, If you don't have worms I just don't understand why you would even be commenting on this forum! A yeast infection is in the vagina not in the colon, lower intestine, ears, eyes, the skin around the eyes and the forehead.

  9. God you have my sympathies. I agree no doctor really wants/knows how to help with worms. If the medication doesn't work then they are at a total loss. I did read somewhere where there is one type of worm, there are always others in your body as well. Doesn't bear thinking about. Did you ever think about trying to change your body to make it more inhospitable for parasites? I am sure you have tried everything. I am currently taking Kelp tablets (which contain iodine) as apparently they are anti-fungal/anti-parasitic etc and change the PH of your body to make it less ilkely for worms to thrive. You can get them from various places but the Soloray ones and Natures Way are supposed to the purest. Good luck. I seem to have my problem under control at the minute but I'm sure in a couple more years' time they will rear their ugly heads again since I seem to be a magnet fo them. Also what quatity of Ovex did you take? It is safe to take them 2 times a day for 3 days and then take a break for 2 weeks and use again if required.

    All the best hope you get it sorted out.

  10. well candida leads to gut problems. sorry about my English. and you can get candida on the skin and in side gut, mouth, eyes, which lead you to itching, and IBS, you get candida because of fungi. I had one on me penis. Or some times because of food and bad diet. Try not to Eat sugar, and try to eat less because gut can re health it self. Be very patient (determent). In your case it will be even longer. Because you were drinking all this antibiotics. If you have some money do comprehensive test for stood, 250£ . Another think you can do, go Birmingham-gut hospital. Will cost you with doctor appointment 350£. And if you have worms best way to treat them, is electrical waves. And you don't harm your gut. Worms inside just blowing on peaces from electrical impulses(waves).

    Don't put your fingers in to the plug or some think like that... because is not go na help... You just burn your skin or fingers, or more likely you will diesad

  11. I agree Candida can be found in different parts of the body but I am sure candida doesn't feel like a crawling feeling?

  12. it does... it allergy, make you gut to move.. Have you seen parasites at all?! if you have been seek for long time and never seen parasites,, man then you just have over grow bad bacteria. Because if you had a parasite you mite see him soon or late..

    Maybe also you have allergy on gluten or milk. I say go to Birmingham hospital they will help you.. stop reading internet and try to health your self. just do it. It will be expensive yeah. but impotent think is, you can fix that, no one died from parasites. is not like you have Aids. (originally came from Cows from Africa) Just for long term it will be bad for your mined and your life..

    Birmingham Bowel Clinic

    0845 241 7762

  13. To: TheWorld

    I have seen my parasites, felt them crawling on my skin, around my anus, and tried to pick them off of other parts of the body. The problem is that they are very small when young and all labs here have a process for how they allow the samples. Now these parasites are not active day and night 24 hours a day. The lab sample containers are filled with liquid and require 2-3 samples over 2-3 days. The sample must have no paper in them what so ever or they will destroy the sample without a report. It is easy to scrub them off from around my anus with tissue but getting them off to put in a lab sample container is impossible. I checked my stool samples when I did them and saw worms in them so I am totally mystified as to why the lab was unable to see them from the stool samples. Of course the samples had to travel from one local lab to another to be tested. And they only take a smear of the liquified stool. They do not examine all the sample. I also did a stick test but it was difficult to get a sample because they were not active but I was able to get 1 or 2 and personally saw them and put them into the tube. Again the results were nothing.This has been the most frustrating emotionally stressing thing ever in my life. So as to why the lab is unable to pick them up I don't know because I am not a lab technician. If they don't subside I may do what one person recommended and find a Chinese doctor because they know about treating parasites.

  14. Good luck with the chinese doctor thing. I went to one and he told me "western medicine is better for that" so there you go!!! You might be luckier though.

  15. Thanks, I am still debating just what to do about them now. The Kelp is out for me due to a Thyroid problem. I was warned not to take it. So please update me about anything that happens and I will also.

  16. Aw it's probably that same thyroid problem that is causing them to thrive. Apparently a study was done on rats and the only ones who had a problem with pinworms were the rats with a thymus gland which wasn't functioning properly. The kelp has helped with my bladder problem that's for sure. I used to run to the toilet constantly and now hardly at all brilliant! It doesn't sound like pinworms/threadworms you have that's for sure cos honestly as far as I know they don't crawl all over your skin (just in your bum).

    My pattern goes like this - I get a really bad bout where I know I have them every few years and then I take medicine (usually more than the recommended dose) and then they go away for a while but I always have a feeling they are not gone for good. Believe it or not it hasn't really bothered me up until this time where I have just got so peeved off thinking why me but I really do think loads of people have them they just aren't as sensitive as some of us. I certainly find it hard to even see one at all and my husband thinks it is all in my head (which I don't really appreciate cos he probably has them too I mean how could he not?)

    This time will pass believe me and your immune system will start to fight back, I think that's what happens with me anyway. Certainly go to the chinese doctors there might be one who is willing to help.

    Good luck and keep us updated. My horrible time is over (for the time being).

  17. I agree with "theworld " when he says not to rule out a fungal infection as the feeling is very similar (I have had both threadworm and jock itch). You can easily get a fungal infection after a course of antibiotics. Why don't you try Lamisil Cream (Terbinafine) and apply it twice a day to your anal area after a salt bath. If the itch clears starts to clear up in a few days then you know you had a fungal infection. This cream can be bought in any chemist without prescription. Believe me, the sensation is very similar and both are unbearable at night time.

  18. I wish I had something like a fungal infection instead of these worms. Since my husband had these first I don't have any doubt what I have. It is definitely some kind of roundworm. I have seen these worms and picked them off my face and out of my ears so whatever they are I would like to get totally rid of them. Yes, I think they do subside and be quiet some time. The ability to travel to other parts of the body, lower themselves below the skin and procreate prolifically is the problem. I wish my immune system would take over and kill them but so far it has not. I think I have had them since 2008 or 2009, and I know my husband had them a long time before then.

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