Parasites help heal stomach disorders

Inflammatory bowel disease causes abdominal pain, bleeding and diarrhea and its prevalence is increasing in the Western world. Crohn's disease is a severe form of inflammatory bowel disease. The condition is believed to be caused by the excessively hygienic conditions we live in. This causes bowels to become overactive as there are no parasites to act against. Researchers have found that consuming 2,500 pig whipworm eggs every three week for six months can alleviate the condition. The whip worm has a very short life span so can't cause any long term problems.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Deutsche Welle - World

Related Disease Topics:

• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Crohn's disease
• Parasites
• Parasitic infection

Related Symptom Topics:

• Abdominal pain
• Bleeding
• Diarrhea

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About: Parasites help heal stomach disorders

Date: 14 December 2004

Source: Deutsche Welle - World

URL: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1427370,00.html

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Research
• Research and inflammatory bowel disease
• Research and Crohn's disease
• Research and parasites
• Research and parasitic infection
• Research and abdominal pain
• Research and bleeding
• Research and diarrhea
• Medication
• Medication and inflammatory bowel disease
• Medication and Crohn's disease

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