“So I got a rental home in Glendale, AZ, and the first month me and my family were fine”, starts this reader in his submission regarding the long, thin, black worm-like critter pictured below. “Well, the second month being in this home, the city of Glendale decided to clean out the sewers. Ever since then it has only been me and my dog and I feel like we are the ones being infected by these things. I honestly think I have a few that I have in mind. I think it’s microflair or lymphatic filariasis, and the other two I think are a Guinea worm, which I contracted from my dog, and horsehair worms, AKA Gordian worms. So I see black and white thin-like parasites, but the black ones are a lot bigger and huger, I guess you can say. And then, when they, like, go over each other, they produce a greyish little one – well, that’s what it looks like to me. My husband and the people I live with honestly think I’m going crazy.”
Firstly, we want to assure our reader that we do not think he is crazy. Parasitic worms are a genuine concern to have, and they are especially prone to make themselves known during the summer, which is when people tend to have most problems with them. Secondly, we will unfortunately have to tell our reader that we will not be able to identify the worm pictured below, nor will we be able to confirm any of the identifications he provided. This is because, when a reader comes to us with concerns about parasites, we always have to treat it like it is a medical situation, because it is. Since we are not medical professionals, we are neither qualified nor legally able to identify such organisms. Besides, taking medical advice from someone who is not a medical professional usually does more harm than good. For that reason, we recommend that our reader consult a medical parasitologist.
A medical parasitologist is a physician who specializes in parasitic infections – they can diagnose and treat these problems better than a primary care doctor or ER doctor can, as they typically do not receive training in this field. What we can recommend is that our reader do one or more of the following:
1) Search for a medical parasitologist in his area using this directory of medical parasitology consultants: https://www.astmh.org/for-astmh-members/clinical-consultants-directory.
2) Search for a local parasitologist by doing a Google search for “medical parasitologist (name of the closest big city)” or “tropical medicine specialist (name of the closest big city)”.
3) Get in touch with Dr. Omar Amin at the Parasitology Center at https://www.parasitetesting.com.
Likewise, when our reader does consult a physician, we suggest that he give them all the same context he gave us, as it can greatly help them identify the problem, and that he also show them the same picture he sent us, as well as the video he mentions in his submission.
In conclusion, we cannot identify the organisms our reader is concerned about. We wish we could do more, but we hope nonetheless that the information we were able to provide is helpful to our reader. We hope he can find the help he needs soon, and we wish him the very best.
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Everything we had experienced over the last 3 years all fit. They crawl under the first layer of skin and they look like hair, their sores look like mine, they lay under the skin and the egg sacks come out in long strands.
A regular All About Worms reader named Heidi has, after extensive research, discovered both what are these parasites that look like hair that are infecting humans (or at least infecting her), and a cure to eradicate them! Now, before we go any further, we have to emphasize that we are not a medical website, and this is not medical advice. In fact we aren’t even a site dedicated to parasites in humans. But we have a lot of readers who are dealing with these issues and so we have become a place for readers to share support and information.
Heidi shared a great deal of information with us, and we have her permission to reprint her emails to us, which we do down below. She goes into awesome, great detail about her three-year search for an answer, how she discovered what was causing these hair-like invaders and what they are, and her coming across the way to eradicate them by pure luck. But first we’re going to cut to the chase, because we know that you want to know what the hell these things are that have been making your life a living hell, and maybe even doubting your own sanity (because everybody else was). Now again, we are just sharing what Heidi discovered for herself, in her own situation. Only you can determine whether you think it matches what you are dealing with, and only you can decide what to do with this information.
Just What Are These Human Parasites That Look Like Hair?
Heidi has determined that what has been causing these hairlike parasites, at least for her and based on her observations, are midge parasites. Heidi sent us two links, the information at which, taken together, steered her in the direction of discovering that what she was dealing with were midge parasites (while not directly saying “Hairlike parasites in humans”, in fact one is about midge parasites in birds, and the other is about parasitic infections in finger nails and toe nails, but the two taken together informed the rest of her research).
To clarify, these are parasites that are infecting the biting midges, and then being delivered to the parasite’s host via the midge’s bite, much like the malaria parasite is delivered by mosquitos. Some biting midges, by the way, look very similar to mosquitos unless you get up close with a magnifying lens.
What is the Cure that Heidi Found for These Hairlike Parasites in Humans?
The cure that Heidi found that has eradicated these midge parasites from her body and life is a product called ‘Droppen’. Now, Heidi is in Denmark, and Droppen is a Swedish cleaning product, but Heidi also very kindly sent us the Droppen product PDF from that company which lists the ingredients in Droppen at the third point (“PUNKT 3: Sammensætning af/oplysning om indholdsstoffer” on the PDF), and they are:
Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC)
Isopropyl alcohol
According to Wikipedia, “Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) is a quaternary ammonium compound used as antiseptic/disinfectant. It causes the disruption of intermolecular interactions and the dissociation of lipid bilayers. The bacteriostatic (prevent growth) or bactericide (kill microorganism) activity of DDAC depends on its concentration and the growth phase of the microbial population.[3] It is a broad spectrum biocidal against bacteria and fungi and can be used as disinfectant cleaner for linen, recommended for use in hospitals, hotels and industries. It is also used in gynaecology, surgery, ophthalmology, pediatrics, OT, and for the sterilization of surgical instruments, endoscopes and surface disinfection.”
Here is what Heidi has to say in her emails; we are omitting our response emails to Heidi because they were mostly asking for clarification, which she provided.
Email #1: What Heidi Discovered
“Hi, I’ve been following this page for about 3 yrs now because we have had the same problems many have in here, dealing with doctors that can’t/won’t find out what is plaguing us, telling me I’m having a psychosis etc etc, making me feel I actually AM insane. Well, after 3 years of digging and digging and digging, I’ve finally found out we have the parasite from a midge, it fits for all the people dealing with this, feeling worms are in the hair, they camouflage themselves, make weird fluff balls and make weird praying mantis out of themselves, etc etc etc; everything they’ve been through is because of the parasite from a midge. I’m writing to let everyone know who is dealing with this parasite that looks like hair, please read about the midge parasite, and I have found a product that kills them. I live in Denmark but all the issues problems and symptoms are exactly as these people on here, pictures, everything the same. The product I have found is called Droppen in Denmark, but it is a miracle worker. They come up out of the carpets, floors, everything when sprayed. You can dilute it or use it neat on things, but it says it’s a pH concentrate of 8 and that it contains 5% kationick (kationiske) in Danish, I don’t know it in English sorry. But this product works!! Please could you let everyone know as we’ve battled it for 3 years and I’ve been driven to the brink of literal insanity. I started questioning if I really was crazy. There’s help out there and products that finally can kill them off, and antihistamines for yourself, they work! I even put some of the product in shampoo, not much because it’s strong stuff, but wow. I can’t feel them anymore really. They die. I really want to help everyone who is dealing with this. I also lost my children because they deemed me unstable because they couldn’t see or feel what I could. I knew it was a parasite right from the get go and it was. Midge parasites. If you could let people know that they are not crazy and they are parasites from the Helminth family.”
Email #2: How Heidi Figured Out They Are Midge Parasites
“Well, I’ve been SLIGHTLY obsessed with finding out what it is over the last 3 years, so been documenting everything with pictures and Google checking, SO many things fit, but then again not, pieces of the puzzle were always missing or misaligned. Then on round 3 or 4, I’ve lost count, that we are on now, I googled a photo of something weird, and I was looking through the suggestions, then I came across a photo from someone asking what it was to Reddit or Tumblr or something like that, and it was JUST like something I have photos of, oddly not anything like the pic I was searching for, so I clicked on the link to find out more, and THERE a person answered the lady with something I’ve not seen answered anywhere in the last 3 years, he says it was a midge. I then googled midges, and learned they carry parasites, I clicked on the parasite name and lo and behold, all the pieces fit and no bricks were missing. Everything we had experienced over the last 3 years all fit. They crawl under the first layer of skin and they look like hair, their sores look like mine, they lay under the skin and the egg sacks come out in long strands and when you pick it or pull it off the egg sacks of course snap off, but by doing that you just create more and more and more because the egg laying process is still going on under the skin. So all our photos of all stages fit. The things that look like hair, they carry the eggs. They are free living, web-like-spinning parasites. They live up to one year, then if reinfected the cycle continues, etc etc etc. But it was all down to the picture I wasn’t even looking for, that helped me figure it out. I just followed the yellow brick road, and everything fell into place. Nothing about it is slightly off, like many of the things that were a possibility of what it could be. This just encapsulates everything we’ve been dealing with. They lay in hibernation in the cold months and come out about spring. The parasite is unfortunately only humanised by pets like dogs”
Email #3: Heidi Also Puts It in The Toilet
“I forgot to mention something VERY important. The product also needs to be put in the toilet and in the cistern (the top of the toilet where the water collects to flush). The eggs and the parasite are water loving, and it collects in the toilet and spreads if you don’t kill it in there, and it works best with it in the cistern. It doesn’t need much but I’ve been so psychologically frustrated with this that I just dump it in, about half a cup or so, and in the toilet bowl. It can also be used to fill a pack of wet wipes {Ed. note: that you use for cleaning surfaces}, just a tablespoon or 2 and the wet wipes work for wiping down after toilet use or use on comb or whatever, food prep things can be washed in it but needs to be rinsed or washed with soap after.”
Heidi explains that discovering the Droppen (the active ingredients of which are Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) and isopropyl alcohol) was sheer chance, saying that “It was a fluke, really, we were looking for bleach on sale but there wasn’t any and saw this on the list of what else there was, and we’d never seen it before and read the info and gave it a shot and it was amazing so we bought some more, :)”
Why is the the genus and species of this midge parasite not listed?!?! This is ridiculous! This is not a cure. Are we supposed to drink the toxic chemicals?! List the genus and species!!
Is it Mansonella ozzaqrdi?! This is ridiculous! This is not a cure. Are we supposed to drink the toxic chemicals?! List the genus and species!!
Has anyone found help I’ve had it for 9 years they are strongyloides. They live in and on your entire body from hair to ears nose intestines lungs brain feet they cause tumors cysts meningitis mrsa it will kill us.
I’ve had it for four years now and I agree this is a killer i am doing all i can to fight it off but nothing gets rid of it altogether, it’s made me so poorly and thinking of you now at the 9yr mark i could cry… :(
Message me of you have these issues. Anyone is able to. 2166122687 I can help I am also being tortured by these monsters.
Hi, I was reaching out to see if you found any answers or diagnosis on what this might be. I’ve been very sick for almost 8 months now suffering from these things, and I’m desperate for help.
Hey K did you ever get any answers ?!
Yes please. Someone help… this is horrible.
Hi I also have the same mosterous thing I’ve been battling it for five years, I’m at the breaking point my dog died and now my cat is showing symptoms.