If the author is reading this, and hasn't looked into it yet, there is a reasonable probability that he has a parasite infection. My family lived in rural Mala

If the author is reading this, and hasn't looked into it yet, there is a reasonable probability that he has a parasite infection. My family lived in rural Malaysia for some time and some of us had similar symptoms for years before it was determined that parasites were at fault. Once they were killed, recovery was fairly quick.