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So maybe we should start to coin the word "parasitOME" as microbiome? I guess the interaction between [ human host <-> parasiitOME (parasites population) <-> pa

So maybe we should start to coin the word "parasitOME" as microbiome? I guess the interaction between [ human host <-> parasiitOME (parasites population) <-> parasites' microbiome <-> microbiome ] through immune responses would be the next frontier to be explored > Two years’ worth of hookworms cost $2,500. But at the same time I think that whole home-brew therapeutic parasites thing is kind of an overshoot (or scam?) Maybe just live in a third-world country for 2 weeks or 2 months, eating local street food, raw fruits, drinking local water would be easier and more effective to acquire 'necessary' parasites (along with parasites' cultivation conditions) to subdue such immune system 'imbalance'? Also I don't believe those those home-brew parasites incubators discard or disinfect their extra batch of larvae / embryos or utensils by autoclave or other means - more likely it's just dumped in the toilets and circle to public sewage system. I would not be surprised to see some parasites outbreak in the near future if this is going to be a trend and some home-brew parasites incubators just happen to live near some water treatment plants or upstream some major dams.

mmagin 10y ago
In much of the developed world, sewage treatment is operated with the assumption that people are regularly putting pathogens in the sewage via their feces.
- jerryhuang100 10y ago
  u will be surprised how often large outbreak of parasites infections there are in "developed world's" public water supply: Sweden [1], US [2]. CDC even has a web page set up for Drinking Water-associated Disease Surveillance. [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966397/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966397/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water_supply&section=25#Outbreaks_of_diseases_due_to_contaminated_water_supply https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water_supply&sect...
jacobolus 10y ago
> Maybe just live in a third-world country for 2 weeks or 2 months, eating local street food, raw fruits, drinking local water would be easier and more effective to acquire 'necessary' parasites (along with parasites' cultivation conditions) to subdue such immune system 'imbalance'? This is also a good way to make yourself really really sick. You can end up with hepatitis A, amoebic dysentery, cholera, typhoid, etc. Or even if it’s just giardia and cryptosporidium (I assume these are among the “necessary parasites”?) folks who are immune-comporomised can end up in real danger.
- jerryhuang100 10y ago
  autoimmune diseases and immunodeficiency are two pretty different things. also the infections you listed here pretty much could be prevented or with specific treatments available. MS & celiac disease don't.
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mmagin 10y ago

In much of the developed world, sewage treatment is operated with the assumption that people are regularly putting pathogens in the sewage via their feces.

jerryhuang100 10y ago
u will be surprised how often large outbreak of parasites infections there are in "developed world's" public water supply: Sweden [1], US [2]. CDC even has a web page set up for Drinking Water-associated Disease Surveillance. [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966397/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966397/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water_supply&section=25#Outbreaks_of_diseases_due_to_contaminated_water_supply https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water_supply&sect...

jacobolus 10y ago

> Maybe just live in a third-world country for 2 weeks or 2 months, eating local street food, raw fruits, drinking local water would be easier and more effective to acquire 'necessary' parasites (along with parasites' cultivation conditions) to subdue such immune system 'imbalance'? This is also a good way to make yourself really really sick. You can end up with hepatitis A, amoebic dysentery, cholera, typhoid, etc. Or even if it’s just giardia and cryptosporidium (I assume these are among the “necessary parasites”?) folks who are immune-comporomised can end up in real danger.

jerryhuang100 10y ago
autoimmune diseases and immunodeficiency are two pretty different things. also the infections you listed here pretty much could be prevented or with specific treatments available. MS & celiac disease don't.
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