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VPEAR - I want add that I’m NOT saying the the things in the last image you posted were not Fasciola hepatica or some other “fluke” or trematode or helminth parasite. They actually looked like fasciola hepatica to me. I just wanted to say I could not tell for sure. For instance, the first pictures that @inthedark posted looked to me VERY MUCH like the first flukes/parasites I vomited up for hours on end from my stomach and throat and lungs after I took my first anti-parasitic drug of any kind (Praziquantel), which seemed to get rid of chunk of large ones, but did not cure me of them. My experience has been very similar to what @inthedark has described, including have trouble getting medical professionals to treat you, often because they’re not familiar with this. It’s hard to get treated, and it’s hard to get a definitive diagnosis, to get labs to perform an antibody test (to see if you have antibodies against a specific parasite, or to see if a sample of the parasite reacts to an anti-parasite antibody), or to perform a ‘PCR’ test, to see if there is DNA from a specific parasite in a sample. To get good treatment, you need a definitive diagnosis. But an individual can’t get the CDC or Mayo Clinic Labs to give you a test (even offering to pay any sum necessary) without being referred by a state health agency. And some state health agencies (such Missouri, where I live) no longer perform parasite/worm identification. It’s a like a chicken/egg conundrum without an easy entry point. I’m working on cracking this riddle, to find an entry point to get a definitive diagnosis, and ultimately good treatment. Not just for myself, but so I can add information about how to do this to this discussion. ☺ Because with the right drugs, there is honestly a way out of this. If the parasite you I or any of the other members of this discussion are afflicted with is Fasciola hepatica, then ridiculously, two treatments of a drug called triclabendazole 12 hours apart can work wonders for a cost of like...$4 a dose. It’s ridiculous. And the drug isn’t dangerous or addictive or anything. It’s just hard to get your hands on in the US, because the condition is rare here. But have hope, because there is a cure out there.

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Oh my God, I hope and pray you are right. I’ve had such a horrible day. Eyes bothering my so much w blepharitis. I’ve been “throwing up” parasites for hours. Skin is crawling/itching. I can’t believe humans can suffer this indefinitely! We have to find help! Someone out there must know how to relieve this???!!!! I’m in my 15th month, waiting for a call from a specialist at Stanford who may never call.

Hi so I've not replied to anybody specifically and mentally and pretty fogged and it's kind of hard for me to stand task and or even learn new things at this point so trying to even come on here and find out how to update my information without actually directly replying to a comment I can't figure it out and I used to be pretty sharp but anyways so I'd like to speak with you some more in regards to this actually it is very prominent here in the US you know I've paid for a couple of papers that in doing the research on this and you would be astonished that this liver fluke has long been here since way before our time and in fact where I live in California it's so prominent that it's not even tested for on the farms in the AG industry because it's a given that the herds will already have them and based off of what I have found that they are transmittable by water not just by vegetables I've got some pretty in-depth information but I was diagnosed actually as having a nematode larvae infection in June by the parasitology center in Arizona but they still haven't traded me astonishingly I can't stand here cuz I have stuff I got to do I'm getting ready to leave but I really want to talk to you I'd like to talk to you on the phone actually but I'll hit you back later