SYLMAR, Calif. — A 10 year old boy suffered a seizure after a tapeworm got into his brain. The boy was in critical condition Friday night at Children’s hospital in Los Angeles, where he was breathing with help from a ventilator.

The worms are ingested as eggs, which enter the bloodstream through the intestines before attacking other organs. People get the illness either by eating pork that has not been cooked adequately or through contact with faecal bacteria…
(Times Union, Albany, New York, Aug/97)

This story may shock you. I was shocked. Horrified. It won’t take but a few minutes to read. What you learn will last a lifetime. It all started when I stumbled across an ABC News cast, dated April 11/2001. It read;

“What sounds like science fiction was all too real for Dawn Becerra, who found a parasitic worm lodged in her brain”…(ABC/April 11/2001)

The article said she had to be awake during surgery. Horrified, I went looking to find out if this was true. I found news photos of Ms. Becerra after surgery. News coverage. Interviews. It was real. What’s worse, I discovered more. Much, much more.

• McALLEN - Doctors in South Texas say they’re seeing more cases of a parasite that burrows into the human brain, sometimes resulting in seizures or even death. Health officials say the increase is probably due to failure of food handlers to wash their hands after going to the bathroom. (Associated Press, Oct. 25, 1999)
• SAN FRANCISCO - A type of parasite never before seen by doctors was responsible for the death of a Bay Area AIDS patient, say doctors at Stanford University Medical Center and Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center. Although the man died two years ago, it has taken doctors this long to understand the nature of the parasite. The still-unnamed parasite, a distant relative of the tapeworm, formed a large growth in the patient’s abdomen and destroyed three-fourths of his liver.
• WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 1,400 Americans may have been sickened with the parasite cyclospora so far this year, most from outbreaks linked to fresh raspberries, lettuce and possibly basil, the government said…(Associated Press; July 23, 1997)
• ABC World News, May/97, parasites in the water make 400,000 people sick.
• Associated Press; Potentially lethal tapeworms increasing along border…Monday, October 25, 1999

I couldn’t get my mind off the little boy. Can you imagine the fear when he started having seizures? Who would think of a parasite? Or Ms. Becerra, wide awake while doctors operated on her brain. Can you say FEAR?

According to the Center for Disease Control, every parasite known to man has been found in the United States.

• You can get parasites from eating undercooked meat or fish.
• Or shaking hands with an infected person.
• You can get them from eating raw vegetables on which microscopic eggs were laid.
• You can even get them from your kids, who picked them up when a friend passed them a pencil or a ball at school.

Parasite infections are more easily passed around than venereal diseases. Think it doesn’t affect you? Think again.

• Physicians and surgeons from the Royal Society of Medicine said that 95% of health challenges result from a toxic buildup in the colon. They also discovered that a colon with a build up of fecal matter is a perfect breeding ground for parasites to thrive and reproduce.
• Dr. Regan Golob, DC, says that about 60% of people have parasites. Other sources claim the number is over 80%.

Is someone at your house picking their nose? Common signs of parasite infection include;

• Picking the nose or ears frequently
• Forgetfulness
• Bed wetting
• Pain in the thigh, shoulders or back
• Male sexual dysfunction
• Lethargy
• Gas or bloating
• Loss of appetite
• Frequent tummy ache or burning sensation in the stomach
• Pain in the navel
• Eating more than normal but still feeling hungry
• Grinding teeth while sleeping
• Constipation or frequent diarrhea

If anyone in your house has the symptoms, do check out our parasite formula.