Blastocystis Hominis

[Colleen]

I have a 6 year old boy who for the past two months has had sometimes visable blood in the stool foul smelling stool and gas, loss of appitite some vomiting and weight loss he has a ced rate of 22 he also has a past history of polyps which were removed with a colonoscpy one was 4.by 2.5 (large) less than a year ago . After many blood and stool tests they have come up with Blastocystis Hominis and are treating him with flagyl which is making him sick and after being on this for three days the symptoms have seemed to worsen( thru the entire sickness he has had occult blood in the stool) this 6 year old now weighs 48lbs and has dark circles under his eyes and his lower eye lid is red rimmed he also is very pale and feels exxxtremley weak after small bowel movements in which the stool is formed but upon touching ( for stool samples) falls apart. The stool is sometimes black and pudding like and smells terribly ---- Now doctors have taken him off the flagyl and want to wait a week then test the stool again to see if blood still exists ( only one lab came back with b hominis and it was sent to several) if it does they would like to do another colonoscpy . But doctor tells me very unlikly anything becase he had a full colonoscpy less than a year ago . PLEASE help i am watching this little boy get sicker and sicker he has gained a pound and a half because of ice cream and instant breakfast so he will eat but I am scared I also have 3 other children who present no symptoms HELP.

[Colleen]

After another complete colonoscy it was discovered my son did not have bh he in fact had 5 more juvenile polyps that were bleeding which were removed. then 10 days later he was sick again after 1 week of testing another colonoscpy was done and more polyps were found this 6 year old is growing polyps out of control  can some one please help with information?

[marie]

I have been sick almost 4 years...had previous stool sample for guardia, but was negative.  Also was diagnosed with bladder cancer and had that removed.  Ditropan for bladder spasms did help the intestinal cramping some, but only for a short while.  The diarrhea, abdominal cramping and weight loss continued.  I always get nausea right before the abdominal cramping and had severe pain in the upper, mid stomach region.  After many test I was diagnosed with small intestinal strictures and inflammation of the esophagus and small bowel, with lesions...which have been biopsied (results not back yet).  One week ago I was put on Prevacid for the inflammation.  This time the stool samples came back positive for Blastocystis h.  My doctor advised that this can stay in the body for days, weeks, months or years and is very difficult to get rid of.  Upon my own research, I found that Flagyl is the drug of usual treatment, but that Metronidazole or iodoquinol are much more effective.  Several years ago the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia "reclassified this organism as a dangerous disease-producing organism, as opposed to just a harmless organism.  It is also classified as a pathogen from the Protozoan.  Also, my research found that most patients cannot tolerate grain products as this organism especially likes grain products.  It hides itself in the intestinal mucus, sticks and holds on to the intestinal membranes.  It is known as an organism waiting for a disease, as it attacks more when the immune system is down.  I am currently waiting on my next doctors appointment to know what is my next step.  I can truly understand anyone with this problem and I wish each and everyone of you the very best...just don't give up!

[Thomas]

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www.health-truth.com/articles/Parasites/Parasite4.htm

[Mary Gye]

Thank you so much for all your posts.  Such a relief to know that I am not a 'hyperchondriac'.  It took me two years to convince my
GP in the UK that I was not suffering from depression and do not need 'anger management therapy'- although it helped!  The Hospital for Tropical Disease diagnosed me with BH after several stool samples from other hospitals came back negative.  I have tried elimination diets, anti-candida diets, colonics, urine therapy, wormwood, new wormwood, pricly ash bark, bismuth salts and antibiotics, anti-inflammatories - to no avail.  My symptoms are bloating, mood swings, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel, to name a few.  I think antibiotics were most affective for a week or so then symptoms returned.  Colonics with my own urine took away the bloating but the pain around my illeocal valve of my intenstine was unbearable.  I could feel them swilling around in there.  

There have been points where I have just felt like ending it all, the depressions can get real bad.  Thank you for the info on grains.  Explains why I have a compulsive addiction to chicken fried rice!  Have been told that it can be found in sausages and to avoid unpeeled fruits and salads.

Would love to hear from people who have cured themselves in some way.  

Many, many thanks.  Where there is hope there is a way.

[Manuel Vigil]

My answer is to :
Comment By: colleen on Wednesday, May 24, 2000

I can imagine your worrying by your son, as i have tho children also.

I live in Lima, Peru and we have the luck of having here a herb called "cat

[vigilm]

Coleen :

First at all, please do not forget that while there is life there is hope.

I can imagine your worrying by your son, as i have tho children also.

I live in Lima, Peru and we have the luck of having here a herb called "cat