Moderate success with hookworms/helminthic therapy after 2.5 yrs
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 15 years
- Published
- Dec 2017
Summary
After 15 years of severe ME/CFS/FM (about 85% housebound, severe PEM, chronic muscle pain, borderline POTS, brain fog), tried hookworm therapy, titrating from 5 up to 25 worms before settling on a maintenance dose of 10. Over 2.5 years reports reduced inflammation, better mental alertness and less brain fog, some pain reduction, and enough capacity for 3-4 hours of computer work daily plus occasional short walks with a stick. Still largely bed/housebound overall; had a temporary relapse after a viral infection before restarting the worms, so the gains read as real but partial and maintenance-dependent.
What they credit
Credits POTS medication, Other prescription drugs, Helminth and hookworm therapy.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Brain fog, POTS & dysautonomia, Pain & fibromyalgia, Post-exertional malaise.
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