Parasites

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, also called “rat lungworm,” was first discovered in southern China in the mid-1930s. It’s a foodborne potentially-fatal parasite that can invade human brains. Uuggh! It has spread relentlessly and today it inhabits tropical islands and warm, humid areas of five continents, including right here in the USA. Although rats are the parasite’s definitive […] The post Rat Lungworm Disease In Humans (Oh Yes!) appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Here’s One More Reason Why I Won’t Eat A Raw Food Diet!! A 20-year-old man, who lives in New Delhi, went to the emergency room after experiencing abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting for a day, according to the report, published Saturday (Nov. 21, 2020) in The New England Journal of Medicine.1 The man had previously […] The post This Will Make Your Skin Crawl appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Karen Wetterhahn (KW) was a chemistry professor who researched toxic metal exposure. She had an influential career at a prestigious . institution and there were few- maybe none- in the world who knew mercury toxicity better than her. And yet… She accidentally spilled 2 drops of dimethyl mercury on her gloved hand… and subsequently died […] The post Just How Deadly Is Mercury? Make Up Your Own Mind After Reading This Appalling Story. appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

I say yes because I know what a tricky little predator this is. It makes cats behave stupidly and skip-hop under the wheels of motor cars; it makes rats and mice curl up in front of cats and ask to be killed and eaten (that’s how the parasite goes to its next step in reproduction). Now orthodox doctors are asking the same question…. And coming up with the same answer. The parasite in question is Toxoplasmosis (toxo for short) and is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Toxo could well cause behavior disturbance in humans and be a menacing cause of unforeseen suicide. Humans can become chronically infected by eating undercooked meat or unwashed vegetables or by handling cat litter, as the parasite is known to multiply in the gut of infected cats. Even just messing around with your infected cat puts you in danger. NEVER let kids cuddle and slurp with cats or dogs. Some studies have linked the parasite to a higher chance of developing schizophrenia, and researchers believe because the T. gondii parasite lives in the brain, it could have an effect on emotions and behavior. It could trigger suicidal thoughts. It does in cats and rats!!

I say yes because I know what a tricky little predator this is. It makes cats behave stupidly and skip-hop under the wheels of motor cars; it makes rats and mice curl up in front of cats and ask to be killed and eaten (that’s how the parasite goes to its next step in reproduction). Now orthodox doctors are asking the same question…. And coming up with the same answer. The parasite in question is Toxoplasmosis (toxo for short) and is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Toxo could well cause behavior disturbance in humans and be a menacing cause of unforeseen suicide. Humans can become chronically infected by eating undercooked meat or unwashed vegetables or by handling cat litter, as the parasite is known to multiply in the gut of infected cats. Even just messing around with your infected cat puts you in danger. NEVER let kids cuddle and slurp with cats or dogs. Some studies have linked the parasite to a higher chance of developing schizophrenia, and researchers believe because the T. gondii parasite lives in the brain, it could have an effect on emotions and behavior. It could trigger suicidal thoughts. It does in cats and rats!!

Those of you wise enough to buy my Parasites Handbook (a must-have in this day and age of the “world village”) will know I wrote about a new menace heading north in the Americas. It’s carried by so-called “kissing bugs”, which bite you round the mouth while you sleep and infects you with the Chagas disease creepy parasite: the American trypanosome. More than 8 million people have been infected by potentially fatal Chagas disease, most of them in Latin and Central America. But more than 300,000 live in the United States. An editorial, published the Public Library of Science’s Neglected Tropical Diseases journal, said the spread of the disease is reminiscent of the early years of HIV.

Those of you wise enough to buy my Parasites Handbook (a must-have in this day and age of the “world village”) will know I wrote about a new menace heading north in the Americas. It’s carried by so-called “kissing bugs”, which bite you round the mouth while you sleep and infects you with the Chagas disease creepy parasite: the American trypanosome. More than 8 million people have been infected by potentially fatal Chagas disease, most of them in Latin and Central America. But more than 300,000 live in the United States. An editorial, published the Public Library of Science’s Neglected Tropical Diseases journal, said the spread of the disease is reminiscent of the early years of HIV.

In their award-winning television documentary program, The Body Snatchers, National Geographic reported, “Parasites have killed more humans than all the wars in history”. [Season 1, episode 17] Parasites are probably the most diverse of all biological forms and yet, by definition, they remain implacably hostile to humans. Of the 7.8 billion acres of potential arable land on Earth, only 3.4 billion acres can be farmed; most of the rest cannot be developed because of parasites (malaria, trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis). That’s more than half the farmable land of our planet unavailable to us, because of these critters, at a time when humans need food resources like never before. In Africa alone, an area the size of the USA cannot be farmed because of trypanosomes and many millions in South America have never had a healthy day in their lives because of this fiendish parasite. But are parasites a curse of the undeveloped Third World? Not a bit of it… Dr. Frank Nova, Chief of the Laboratory for Parasitic Diseases at the National Institute of Health, states, “In terms of numbers, there are more parasitic infections acquired in the US than in Africa.”

In their award-winning television documentary program, The Body Snatchers, National Geographic reported, “Parasites have killed more humans than all the wars in history”. [Season 1, episode 17] Parasites are probably the most diverse of all biological forms and yet, by definition, they remain implacably hostile to humans. Of the 7.8 billion acres of potential arable land on Earth, only 3.4 billion acres can be farmed; most of the rest cannot be developed because of parasites (malaria, trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis). That’s more than half the farmable land of our planet unavailable to us, because of these critters, at a time when humans need food resources like never before. In Africa alone, an area the size of the USA cannot be farmed because of trypanosomes and many millions in South America have never had a healthy day in their lives because of this fiendish parasite. But are parasites a curse of the undeveloped Third World? Not a bit of it… Dr. Frank Nova, Chief of the Laboratory for Parasitic Diseases at the National Institute of Health, states, “In terms of numbers, there are more parasitic infections acquired in the US than in Africa.”

My wife just LOVES deer. Me, I’m not so sure. They are gentle and lovely. But deer also carry ticks, which are a big problem. You probably thought I meant Lyme disease there, didn’tcha? Well no, I mean something far deadlier. Deer ticks also carry babesiosis. It’s one of the parasites diseases I covered in […]

My wife just LOVES deer. Me, I’m not so sure. They are gentle and lovely. But deer also carry ticks, which are a big problem. You probably thought I meant Lyme disease there, didn’tcha? Well no, I mean something far deadlier. Deer ticks also carry babesiosis. It’s one of the parasites diseases I covered in […] The post Ticks babesiosis appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.