Warning: This may be disturbing!

“…there are more parasitic infections acquired in this country than in Africa.”
Dr. Frank Nova, Chief of the Laboratory for Parasitic Diseases of the National Institute of Health.

According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), food is the catalyst behind 80% of the pathogenic (parasite) outbreaks in the U.S.A. In the U.S. diarrhea caused by parasites is the third leading cause of illness.

Got Parasites? Everyone Does!

Is someone at your house picking their nose? Common signs of parasite infection include;

• picking the nose or ears frequently
• forgetfulness
• bed wetting
• pain in the thigh, shoulders or back
• male sexual dysfunction
• lethargy
• gas or bloating
• loss of appetite
• burning sensation in the stomach
• pain in the navel
• eating more than normal but still feeling hungry
• grinding teeth while sleeping
• constipation or frequent diarrhea.

Parasites suck the nutrients from your food, leaving you the leftovers… and their waste. The following photo gallery shows some of the most common parasites…

Roundworm
Roundworm infection comes from ingesting roundworm eggs via contamminated foods. Once in the small intestine the larvae are liberated and can even migrate through the intestinal wall to the lungs.

About 10 days after ingesting the eggs, the larvae pass into the digestive tract and mature into egg-producing worms, which grow to 15-40 cm (6-16 inches) long. Adult roundworms are able to migrate into other parts of the body, where they produce abcesses and toxic manifestations.

Tapeworm
Fish tapeworm, beef tapeworm and pork tapeworm are obtained from eating raw or undercooked, infected meat. Adult worms can reach a length of more than 15 feet.

Pork tapeworms can enter the brain and cause seizures. Fish tapeworms can produce over one million eggs per day.

Pinworms
About 30 to 40 million people in the US are believed to be infected with pinworms. Most prevalent in children, eighty percent of children between 2-10 years of age will contract pinworms.

Female worms crawl out of the anus to lay their eggs around the anal region at night. One female can deposit over 15,000 eggs that become infective immediately or within hours.

The crawling of the female worm on the skin around the anal area often causes intense itching causing a person to scratch, getting eggs on their hands. If unwashed hands touch the mouth or food, the eggs are swallowed and hatch in the lower colon where the worms mate, and the cycle continues.

Hookworms
25% of the world’s population has hookworms, and one expert thinks that 50% of Americans have them.

Hookworm infection takes place by skin penetration, usually from walking with bare feet on contaminated soil. The larvae enter the blood stream, from where they are carried to the lungs.

Once in the lungs, they burrow into the air spaces, migrate upwards and are then swallowed. Once swallowed they pass into the intestine and bury themselves in the intestinal wall, maturing over the next four weeks to become egg-laying adults that suck blood from your intestinal wall.

Whipworms
Whipworms are named for their whip-like appearance, and are transmitted through the ingestion of larvae and eggs on infected foods like fruits and vegetables.

After infection, a mucus will be passed from the anus due to the increased mucoidal secretions produced by the injured intestine. An infestation will also most likely cause diahrrea. Whipworms are known to cause amenia and diahrrea. In addition, children with large infestations have been noted to suffer mental retardation.

White worms
They come in all sizes from tiny pinworms to those that look like spaghetti or angel hair pasta.

Red worms
These look just like earthworms. They exude from the colon wrapped in balls. They reach up to 6 inches in length.

Inch worms
These are thick (pencil size), black and bumpy and about 2 inches long.

Black worms
These are 1 – 12 inches in length and leave the colon wrapped in “yellow acid water” mixed together. They nest deep, impacted in the colon wall.

“Little Fish”
About 1/2″ long, these are fish-type parasites with heads and tails. They swim out of the colon in “schools”.

Threadworms
Cream-colored parasites as thin as a thread. They often come out by the hundreds.

“Fuzz Balls”
Round parasites with fur-like growth on them. About 1/4 – 3/4″ in diameter, yellow in color.

“Spiders”
Look like a spider and are colored brown, often 1″ long.

“Stickpin worms”
One inch long and a head like a pea, perfectly round. Small ones are white, adults are black.

If anyone in your house has the symptoms, do check out our parasite formula.