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BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS: THE UNSUSPECTED PROBLEM

by Biamonte, D.N.

Several years ago, the Centers for Disease Control

in Atlanta, Georgia along with some other experts

and authorities, re-classified an organism known

as Blastocystis Hominis--a common organism found

in the intestinal tract of most people--as a

dangerous disease-producing organism, as opposed to

just a harmless organism.

It's been found that many people who have this

organism have many different kinds of digestive

complaints--allergies, immune system difficulties,

skin problems, and bowel problems.

Blastocystis is generally considered to be a weak

parasite. It attacks those people who have a

weakened immune system or a very weakened digestive

tract. Blastocystis, many times, is totally

unsuspected as being the cause or connection with

somebody's digestive illness, because many labs do

not know to test for it, or do not even know that

it is now considered harmful. It is quite common to

find Blastocystis in conjunction with other

parasites in candida or harmful bacteria.

Blastocystis on its own, in the average healthy

person, may produce no symptoms at all. However,

in a person with weakened digestion or weakened

immune response, Blastocystis can produce a host of

symptoms which appear to come and go and are very

unpredictable. THIS IS THE KEY THING ABOUT

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS: ANYONE WHO HAS GASTRO-INTESTINAL,

ALLERGIC, SKIN OR IMMUNE PROBLEMS WHICH SEEM TO COME

AND GO, ON AND OFF, WITHOUT MAKING MUCH SENSE, SHOULD

SUSPECT THAT HE MAY HAVE BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS. THE

REASON FOR THIS IS BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS ATTACKS THE

BODY AND CREATES TROUBLE WHEN YOU'RE UNDER STRESS OR

WEAKENED. THE MOMENT YOUR BODY PICKS UP A LITTLE, IT

MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFECT YOU.

Blastocystis is a very peculiar organism in that it

especially likes grains. Many people with

Blastocystis may have grain allergies or difficulties

tolerating grains.

Blastocystis is very difficult to get rid of. It hides

in the intestinal mucus, sticks and hold on very hard

to your intestinal membranes, making elimination very

difficult. After many years of trying various

approaches, we have finally come up with a natural

approach which can eliminate Blastocystis in many cases.

Common treatment for Blastocystis medically would

include Flagyl and other drugs. However, we have found

these not to be of preference due to the fact that

Blastocystis is so hard to eliminate. Medical drugs which

are highly toxic may have to be taken for long periods

of time in order to fully eliminate it. The length of

time that one may need to take the medical drug may

actually cause damage to one's liver or kidneys.

Therefore, a slower, natural approach is definitely

desirable.

Several approaches are necessary in order to eliminate

Blastocystis. 1) Certain herbs have been found to be

effective against it. There are not many of them, but

there are a few. These herbs must be rotated--meaning

taken by themselves for a period of 4-5 days, then

stopped, a new one introduced and taken for 4-5 days,

stopped, and then another new one introduced, etc.

In this way, the Blastocystis will not build up an

immunity to any of these items. 2) Bowel cleansing

items--many of them found at health food stores--are

necessary in order to eliminate Blastocystis. The

reason for this is the old mucus or old fecal matter

lining the intestinal tract must be broken down and

eliminated to physically wash out the Blastocystis

and then to allow the herbs to make full contact with

the Blastocystis, which may be stuck to the intestinal

lining. 3) Colonics are very important to eliminate

Blastocystis. Our new approach includes putting

certain herbal killers directly in the colonic water,

and then taking the colonic water. This allows the

herbal substances to contact the Blastocystis in the

bowel, and destroy it.

Fat-splitting or fat-digesting enzymes are also very

important with Blastocystis. When studied under the

microscope, Blastocystis seems to have a fatty

reservoir. Fat-splitting or fat-digesting enzymes are

helpful to dissolve some of the Blastocystis and

weaken it, thereby allowing the herbal substances to

have greater attack.

It sometimes occurs that people will eliminate all

symptoms of the Blastocystis while still retaining it.

This is due to the fact that when the immune system of

the intestinal tract is strengthened, the Blastocystis

is weakened and has little effect. It is possible to

still have Blastocystis in your intestines, yet suffer

no effects of it, by doing this procedure. It is of

course much better to eliminate the Blastocystis fully

from your body, but if this is not possible, the next

best thing is definitely to be symptom-free, or not

the effect of the Blastocystis.

Well--this is not our goal. We have seen several cases

who have done the new program and have had no symptoms

return from the Blastocystis, when their stool tests

indicated it was still there. In this case it is

necessary to maintain some of the herbs, digestive

enzymes, and bowel cleansers to keep the intestinal

tract in good enough shape to withstand any influence

the Blastocystis may have.

Blastocystis does it deadliest work when in combination

with other parasites, harmful bacteria, and fungus.

In a case where someone may have parasites or candida

or harmful bacteria, we always find the Blastocystis

is the last to leave. Because Blastocystis needs the

help of other parasites, candida or harmful bacteria

in order to create an effect on your body, the proper

approach demands that we first kill the organisms

which are its allies and help it, because this renders

the Blastocystis helpless and less able to create

irritation to our systems. After we have killed the

candida, parasites and harmful bacteria, we then focus

our attack on the Blastocystis. Having no allies, we

find it much more amenable to being killed and eliminated.

With the rising incident of Epstein-Barr, cytomeglio

virus, candida albicans, infections, digestive

disturbances, and immune difficulty in this country,

we may find more and more that Blastocystis will be

implicated as a health problem. We have found that

this new approach and the new discoveries we've made

regarding Blastocystis are definitely the best solution

we have found yet.

Dr. Biamonte holds a Doctorate of Nutripathy, a

Degree in Natural Healing, and a Master's in Clinical

Nutrition. He is affiliated with the International

Academy of Clinical Nutritionists and the International

Academy of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine. He is

listed in " The Directory of Distinguished Americans " for

his research in Nutrition and Physiology.

For an appointment contact our office at:

139 Fulton Street

Suite 507

New York,NY 10038

Biamonte, D.N. is now accepting new patients.

c. 1994 by C. Biamonte, C.C.N.