Man finds extreme healing eating parasitic worms – CNN.com.

The reason I am including this article is not for the ick factor – it’s because what I find interesting is that things that are considered radical today were probably more common place long ago and may have some basis in truth.  Now don’t go out and eat parasites if you are suffering from stomach problems or any other problems — open your mind to alternative ways to treat it. Like nutrition — Just something to consider…

Worms are damaging the patient’s gut, researchers say, triggering a healing effect in areas affected by ulcerative colitis.STORY HIGHLIGHTS Man’s experience treating himself with parasitic worms published in a medical journal Experimental treatment for ulcerative colitis condemned by some as irresponsible Researcher: Conclusion is that worms “were able to restore mucus production in his gut” “Sometimes you really do have to take matters into your own hands,” patient saysRELATED TOPICS Gastrointestinal Disorders Internal Medicine Parasitic InfectionsCNN — One day in 2004, a 29-year-old man with a terrible stomach problem stepped off a plane from the United States in Thailand. He wasn’t there for the sights, or the food, or the beaches. He had traveled thousands of miles for worms — parasitic worms whose eggs he intended to swallow by the thousands.His doctor back home had told him his idea was crazy, that infesting himself with parasitic worms wouldn’t do anything to help his ulcerative colitis, and in fact could make him very sick. The gastroenterologist had told the man if he pursued this course of treatment, he would refuse to be his doctor anymore.