You’ve heard about the tapeworm diet, right? Besides allowing the host to lose weight, a few rogue scientists also believe that tapeworms may help with allergy symptoms and intestinal diseases. Unfortunately, the possible benefits of playing host to an intestinal parasite come at a very high cost and most doctors highly discourage it.
A man known only to the public as ‘the patient’ was faced with the stark reality that little could be done for his severe ulcerative colitis. There was one treatment left to try, but with only a 50 percent success rate and serious complications, the patient felt that there had to be other options. He began researching alternative therapies and came across a controversial idea about intestinal parasites eliminating colitis. According to CNN, U.S. doctors refused to entertain his wild idea and told him if he pursued it outside of the country than he would be on his own. After much deliberation, he went ahead and found a doctor in Thailand who was willing to help.
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