Intestinal Parasites in Humans

Intestinal parasites in humans can range from mild to hardly noticeable to serious and even life threatening, especially in a child. Worms are parasites that live and feed in the intestinal tract. Amoebas cause dysentery, acute unremitting diarrhea and is usually contacted from parasite infested water or food in third world countries. It is becoming more prevelant in the USA due to increased imported foods, vegetables, fish and meat and infected water.

Intestinal parasites in humans can range from single celled microscopic to multi celled worms. Other parasites seem to be able to move all over the body, including the brain, weakening the entire system. A strong immune system is the best defense for all kinds of parasites.

Common Symptoms for Intestinal Parasites

Roundworms: Fever and intestinal cramping. Hookworms: anemia, abdominal pain, diarrhea and lethargy. Blood flukes: Cause lesions on the lungs and hemorrhages under the skin - typical in AIDS cases.

Protozoa: (Amoebae) causes arthritis-like pain, leukemia-like symptoms, frequent and often uncontrollable running of the bowels, pain and dehydration. They can coat the inside lining of the small intestines and prevent absorption of nutrients and causing life-threatening malnutrition.

Tapeworms: Intestinal obstruction, gas and distress (even from a single worm). Tapeworm eggs in the liver have been mistaken for and treated with chemotherapy as if they were cancer.

Giardia Lamblia: Causes diarrhea, weakness, weight loss cramping, bloating and fever. Common causes are low immune defense, poor diet, poor hygiene, fungal and yeast overgrowth conditions, and poorly cooked or spoiled meat. Read more about giardia lamblia and parasites.

Grapefruit Seed Extract and Protozoan Infections

Louis Parish, M.D., investigator for the department of health and human services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, reported in his prospectus for the FDA that grapefruit seed extract is "...as effective as any other preparation now available, perhaps more effective ... it does not cause the side effects."

For intestinal problems, including dysentery he believes that grapefruit seed extract, "Gives more symptomatic relief than any other treatment."

Nearly 200 patients were treated for Entamoeba histolytica and giardia lamblia by Dr. Parish and his associates over a two month period. Dr. Parish went on to say "it (grapefruit seed extract) gives symptomatic relief more than any other product. It would be hard to overstate the value of grapefruit seed extract to my medical practice. It has no inherent toxicity.

Grapefruit seed extract is a multipurpose (broad spectrum) compound that is currently being used in humans and animals alike to safely fight many types of internal and external infections caused from parasites (single and multi-celled), viruses, bacteria and fungi.

Grapefruit seed extracts biggest benefit is due to it's multipurpose (broad spectrum) effect. It is effective even if the causes of the infections are known, unknown or misdiagnosed. By eliminating a wide range of dangerous pathogens grapefruit seed extract actually enhances the immune system!

Grapefruit seed extract is effective at very low concentrations. During 1989-90, an international research team (reported in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Volume 5, No. 3, USA, 1990) examined the effects of GSE and compared this with 30 effective antibiotics and 18 proven fungicides. GSE was found to perform as well as any and all of the tested agents.