Re: Article about allergies - relates to colitis and crohn's

March 12, 2010

Yes, this is interesting. The cleanliness theory of allergies and autoimmune is

one explanation for why the immune system revs up when it has nothing to attack.

However, I'm not sure I'm ready for worms yet

PJ

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> I found this after looking at one someone else posted. This bit was

interesting, as was the whole article:

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18624951.900-filthy-friends-and-the-rise-o\

f-allergies.html?full=true

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> Even harmless microscopic worms may be important. In 2003, a multinational

team headed by parasitologist Nutman of the US " National Institutes of

Health reported a study of more than 2800 schoolchildren in Ecuador. It showed

that allergies were less prevalent among the children infected with worms than

among those who were parasite-free. Last year, researchers in the Netherlands

reported a study from Gabon in which allergy rates rose among a group of

children who were given worm-killing medication.

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> Many scientists are now convinced that better treatments for immune-related

diseases lie just around the corner. In London, Rook's group has already

developed a vaccine from dead M. vaccae for treating eczema and asthma. The

vaccine is now showing encouraging results in clinical trials. Other researchers

are studying the effects of using live lactobacilli to treat children with

eczema, allergic rhinitis, food allergies and inflammatory bowel diseases. There

is even growing interest in using the eggs of worms such as the pig whipworm

Trichuris suis - which cannot survive in humans as adult worms - to treat

patients with colitis, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis. In January,

Weinstock and his team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City reported that

drinking a sports drink containing 2500 T. suis eggs once every three weeks for

24 weeks resulted in the disappearance of symptoms in 21 of 29 patients with

Crohn's disease. "

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> Kat

> 27

> UC since June 09

> SCD since Feb 10

> Prednisone, rhodiola rosea, DHEA, iron and other suppliments

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March 12, 2010

I'm ready for them if they will help I'd eat a night crawler if it meant a cure Even if I had to eat one 3 times a week. hehe.Here's a post from healingwell about someone who was trying the whipworms. I've been following it for a long time, but there hasn't been any activity for a while now.http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38 & m=1511315 & p=1-UC - 1+ yearsSCD - 7 months 100% strict and 4 months restricted diet.Asacol - 5 pills a dayTo: BTVC-SCD From: smdsmom2008@...Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:44 +0000Subject: Re: Article about allergies - relates to colitis and crohn's

Yes, this is interesting. The cleanliness theory of allergies and autoimmune is one explanation for why the immune system revs up when it has nothing to attack.

However, I'm not sure I'm ready for worms yet

PJ

>

> I found this after looking at one someone else posted. This bit was interesting, as was the whole article:

>

> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18624951.900-filthy-friends-and-the-rise-of-allergies.html?full=true

>

> Even harmless microscopic worms may be important. In 2003, a multinational team headed by parasitologist Nutman of the US "National Institutes of Health reported a study of more than 2800 schoolchildren in Ecuador. It showed that allergies were less prevalent among the children infected with worms than among those who were parasite-free. Last year, researchers in the Netherlands reported a study from Gabon in which allergy rates rose among a group of children who were given worm-killing medication.

>

> Many scientists are now convinced that better treatments for immune-related diseases lie just around the corner. In London, Rook's group has already developed a vaccine from dead M. vaccae for treating eczema and asthma. The vaccine is now showing encouraging results in clinical trials. Other researchers are studying the effects of using live lactobacilli to treat children with eczema, allergic rhinitis, food allergies and inflammatory bowel diseases. There is even growing interest in using the eggs of worms such as the pig whipworm Trichuris suis - which cannot survive in humans as adult worms - to treat patients with colitis, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis. In January, Weinstock and his team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City reported that drinking a sports drink containing 2500 T. suis eggs once every three weeks for 24 weeks resulted in the disappearance of symptoms in 21 of 29 patients with Crohn's disease."

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> Kat

> 27

> UC since June 09

> SCD since Feb 10

> Prednisone, rhodiola rosea, DHEA, iron and other suppliments

>

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March 13, 2010

Wow. I'm amazed. I read the beginning and then skipped to the end. Looks like

most symptoms are gone...however the person is still taking meds...but still.

What improvement. The idea of the co-evolution of people with parasites is

interesting, and makes sense, just like our co-evolution with bacteria, and with

infections that we learn to fight. The idea of taking these things out of the

equation is like saying, ok, lets take this organism (that is not complete unto

itself, but is one gear in a giant lifeform called Earth, or Solar System, or

whatever, and isolate it. Will it thrive? Probably not. Parasites could be seen

as " good " if they perform functions that benefits the host, right? Just like

bacteria, or non-colonizing yeasts, even candida. Hm...food for thought.

Kat

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