“Are there instances where a worm can be big enough for you to feel them traveling through your body?” this reader asks in relation to a medical issue he has been suffering from. After discovering “several lumps all over [his] back”, our reader is concerned that he is experiencing an “infestation” and asks that we help him.
To start off with, we must state that we will help in any way that we can, but we cannot provide any direct advice as to how to treat these lumps, nor can we confirm if this is an infestation or not. This is because this type of information can only be provided by a qualified, medical professional. Our reader mentions that he did receive medical attention from paramedics, but they “concluded that it was either an allergic reaction to something or possibly bed bug bites”. However, this answer did not “add up” for our reader as he has never had bed bugs. Similarly, our reader thought at first that this might be “back acne”, but rules that out as well after poking and prodding at the lumps. “Upon applying pressure,” our reader felt like “they were literally scattering inside” of him. Following this, he “immediately felt pressure from [his] arms to [his] toes” and his breathing became more labored.
Now, instead of consulting paramedics or his GP, we instead suggest that our reader consult an infectious disease physician, as they specialize in infestations of the body by organisms, fungi or bacteria. 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. In conclusion, we are unfortunately not qualified to say whether or not the lumps on our reader’s back are a sign of infestation or not. We urge that our reader consult an infectious disease physician if he is not happy with the advice given by the paramedics. In that case, we hope the resources listed above come to use and that our reader gets the answers he is looking for soon enough!
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I feel that there are a number of reasons people are experiencing these parasite infections that are un heard of until now.
Insecticides, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics and steroids. All kinds, everywhere. Resistance. Tolerance, autoimmune, do I make any sense? Oh and very important, proton pump inhibitors. I think that is a doozy. We have shut off our major defense that kills the creepy crawlers we couldn’t see.