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I always have insanely high eosinophils, feelfit (something else we have in common?).
My doctor explained that it could mean a few different things, but most likely a heavy parasitic infection or an allergic reaction to something in your environment or that you've eaten.
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Thanks (LL). How have you been feeling?
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I had high levels for yrs. I agree with LL, it can definitely be from heavy parasitic infection. Not ONE doctor that i saw picked up on this.
FF,
Have you attempted doing any antiparasitics?
Gael
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I have it in cycles depending on when I've treated for parasites. It went down to normal after I was on a hefty prescription anti-parasitic treatment but within a few months it was back up there along with colon inflammation.
Now we cycle parasitic treatment and that seems to work well at keeping it down. I plan to go on humaworm as soon as we de-mold our house.
If you have pets, be sure to treat them at the same time as you treat yourself. I plan to treat the whole family at the same time with humaworm.
We're having lots of fun in this house!!
I also have allergies. What lyme patient doesn't except those who are newly infected? I did think it might be the allergies but when it started to cycle with the parasitic treatment I knew it had to be parasites.
Some of the methylation cycle blocks will make getting rid of parasites harder because the infections tend to be worse.
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Ok, what do we use for parasitic infections? I have not tried Humaworm yet....what are the rx choices?
They have a ton of info and forums on different parasite protocols. Whatever you decide it has to be persistent over many months/yrs.
There are prescription antiparasitics like ivermectin, albendazole, but not all the prescription meds kill the adults and larva and eggs. Allergys are also a parasite symptom.
Also check out Hulda Clark and Humaworm. You can also do a search on here for parasites and lyme,
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Thank you Gael.
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Yep, I have this too Feelfit. Docs say allergies..nothing more. They laugh about parasites.
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My doctors decided to start with Ivermectin for my parasitic infections. It's relatively mild, not many side effects at all.
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That is what Dr.K at Clongen labs suggested as well, Ivermectin. He also said little side effects.
How are you doing on it? Or have you started yet?
I remember Micul posted his pictures on here and said that he used Ivermectin and succeeded in killing the organism.
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I'm delighted to report that Ivermectin has been the ONLY drug that I've ever been able to take full term. I finished the whole prescription. I was so proud! My track record is usually 10 days before I end up in the ER. Just last month I finished a whole month's worth of Ivermectin.
I'm not sure if it helped any of my symptoms, but in recent blood work my eosinophils were normal!
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I tried Ivermectin but it didn't do anything for me. I tried biltricide and it just about killed me. I was sooooo sick on it. About the sickest I've ever been.
Albenza has been the best treatment for me so far. I did a LOT of cleanses with Hulda Clark's recommendations and that didn't help much with parasites but helped with other things.
I think opening the methylation cycle for those of us who have certain mutations can be very helpful in getting rid of parasites.
Terry I'm not a doctor
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And then there is salt/c which I have had great success with along with antiparasitic herbs.
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Some abx & other meds can cause this, such as Minocycline.
I took Mino @ 200 mg/day for 1 month & ended up in the ER with a serious allergic reaction. Hate that med...
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Hi eosinophils can also be related to a condition called KPU, which may be present in up to 80% of people with chronic Lyme. Parasites and allergies are what people think of, but look into KPU as well.
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Is coconut oil beneficial for parasite and yeast problems?
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Coconut oil is a very good antifungal and antioparasitic. However you would need other antiparasitics such as herbs or salt/c to be effective. It is a very good protocol and I do a lot of coconut oil.
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I believe Marnie was touting the virtues of coconut oil a while back...
I got some...haven't added it into my regimen yet though...
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