I'm married to a Crohn's Disease sufferer, one of the conditions people talk about hookworms as a treatment for. It's one of those squidgy conditions that doct

I'm married to a Crohn's Disease sufferer, one of the conditions people talk about hookworms as a treatment for. It's one of those squidgy conditions that doctors don't understand that well and can have a hard time treating. The remedies might have unpleasant side effects (steroids - weight gain, methotrexate - cancer). The Discover article is typical crap science writing, but if you've got a condition that puts you on the toilet with diarrhea four times a day, getting infected with some little worms can start to sound like an appealing alternative. To stop a little bout of hay fever? Not so much.