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MY STORY D.FRAGILIS B.HOMINIS OTHER PARASITES CONSEQUENCES IBS
We have reviewed the records of 65 symptomatic patients with B hominis in their stool. We conclude that B hominis is a potential pathogen that may or may not require drug therapy depending on the overall clinical circumstances, the severity of symptoms, and the presence of other pathogenic organisms.
Blastocystis hominis--a potential intestinal pathogen.
R R Babb and S Wagener
West J Med. 1989 November; 151(5): 518-519.
The search for (Blastocystis hominis) should be a parasitological routine analysis since it is the cause of frequent intestinal disorders.
Ponce de Leon P, Svetaz MJ, Zdero M. Rev Latinoam Microbiol. 1991 Apr-Sep;33(2-3):159-64
The most usual complaint of Blastocystosis patients is of intense abdominal discomfort accompanied by pain. Diarrhoea is not standard, and constipation is common. The symptoms gleaned from the literature include abdominal pain, discomfort, anorexia, bloating, cramps, diarrhoea, constipation, alternating diarrhoea and constipation, watery diarrhoea, mucus diarrhoea, vomiting, dehyratation, sleeplessness, nausea, weight loss, inability to work, lassititude, dizziness, flatus, pruritis, and tenesmus. Blood in the stool as well as excessive mucus and leucocytes have been reported. Moderate to severe eosinophilia is not uncommon and was reported in 8 of 19 patients in one study.
Blastocystis hominis - Past and Future. Charles H. Zierdt. Clinical Micro. Reviews. Jan 1991, p. 61-79.
The clinician should be aware of B.hominis as a possible cause of diarrhoea and other symptoms, particularly when the parasite burden is high.
Clinical Relevance of Blastocystis hominis. Lancet June 2, 1984
B. hominis has been reported in patients with intestinal symptoms, intestinal obstruction due to carcinoma, in AIDS patients with diarrhoea, and in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Letter to the editor.
British Journal of Biomedical Science 2001; 58:129-130
Windsor, MacFarlane, Whiteside, Chalmers, Thomas & Joynson.
The clinician should be aware of B.hominis as a possible cause of diarrhoea and other symptoms, particularly when the parasite burden is high.
Clinical Relevance of Blastocystis hominis. Lancet June 2, 1984
We believe this case provides further evidence to support the pathogenicity of B. hominis.
Hemorrhagic Proctosigmoiditis and Blastocystis hominis infection
Annals of Internal Medicine.
Volume 124(2) Jan. 15, 1996. 278-279
Loose stools, diarrhea, stomach pain, and stomach cramping are the most common symptoms. Loss of weight and appetite, nausea, and fatigue also are common symptoms.
referenced from the Center for Disease Control website on D.fragilis
Blastocystis hominis is increasingly recognized to be a cause of human enteric disease, with symptoms often like those in giardiosis.
Lipid Peroxidation Level in Patients with Blastocystosis
Eser Kiliç*, Süleyman Yazar**, Recep Saraymen, Inönü Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Dergisi 10(1) 1-3 (2003)
Blastocystis hominis can cause terminal ileitis in patients, without any apparent predisposing factors.
Crohn's Disease and Infections: A Complex Relationship. Medscape/WebMD. 2005
Symptoms commonly attributed to infection with B. hominis
are nonspecific and include diarrhea; abdominal pain, cramps,
or discomfort; and nausea. Profuse,
watery diarrhea has been reported in acute cases, although this may be less pronounced in chronic cases. Fatigue, anorexia, flatulence, and other nonspecific gastrointestinal
effects also may be associated with B. hominis infection. Fever has been reported, particularly in acute cases, but has not been noted in other studies.
Other signs and symptoms sometimes reported include fecal leukocytes, rectal bleeding, eosinophilia, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly , cutaneous rashes, and itching. One report has indicated that joint pains
and swelling may result from infection of the synovial fluid by
B. hominis.
Blastocystis hominis Revisited
Stenzel & Boreham.
Clinical Micro. Reviews.
Oct. 1996, Vol. 9, No. 4. p. 563–584
Blastocystis hominis symptoms
I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true. The importance of the strength of our conviction is only to provide a proportionately strong incentive to find out if the hypothesis will stand up to critical examination. - Peter B. Medawar, zoologist and immunologist, Advice to a Young Scientist, 1979
"After having symptoms for about 5 years now I finally found a doctor that considered the possibility of intestinal parasites and have since been diagnosed with Blasto. by the Great Smokies Lab. It feels like I am dying a slow death..."
September 2005, USA
The GI who called me and insisted that this is non-pathogenic - the doctor works at a prominent University hospital and is a Harvard graduate. In fact she actually told me that they no longer test for this at her hospital. In other words, she works in the IBS division of this huge hospital (it can take up to 6 months just to get an appt with them - that's how back logged they are), where they diagnose and "treat" hundreds of IBS, but never test them for BH because she believes that unless you are elderly, an AIDS patient or an infant, BH cannot cause illness.
November 05, USA
(Click here to read similar examples of Medical Mismanagement)
The most common symptoms reported with B. hominis infection include diarrhoea, nausea, abdominal pain, cramps, discomfort and flatulence. Other less frequently reported symptoms include fever, constipation, vomiting, eosinophilia, anorexia, fatigue and non-specific gastrointestinal effects.
D. fragilis and B. hominis: neglected human protozoa. J. J. Windsor. The Biomedical Scientist. July 2007. Pages 524-27.
Click here to read symptoms described in medical literature.
Other symptoms reported to this site:
Cravings for sweets/starchy foods (see Diet);
Food sensitivites - particularly to high carb foods, fruit and sweets.
Thick white/grey tongue coating;
Undigested food particles in stool;
Nervous and sensory disorders including inability to concentrate, depression, panic attacks. brain fog, sleep disturbances, depression and feelings of doom.
Fatigue.
Hot and cold sweats.
I have been diagnosed through Great Smokies Diagnostic laboratory in the US with 'many' blastocystis hominis....my symptoms are extreme fatigue and brain fog "
L. 19 March 03
"I have been suffering from the following symptoms over a period of approximately 8 months: flatulence, loose stools, dizziness, hot and cold sweats, neckache, elevated heartbeat, lower back pain, bloating, weakness, shakes, loss of appetite, cravings for sweet foods, feelings of death, general feeling of unwellness. January 2003 I diagnosed with Blastocystis Hominis infection after asking to have a stool test. I requested this test because a friend of my wife's had been suffering with similar symptoms and was found to have Intestinal Parasites."
March 03