helminths

Do you mean that a certain amount of helminths is beneficial for our health?

Very much disagree with the implication that helminths will help very much for these conditions.

From wikipedia: > Ivermectin and its related drugs act by interfering with the nerve and muscle functions of helminths and insects.

Maybe helminths shouldn't be called parasites then, since they somehow bring benefits to us?

Th1 are specialized for inter cellular pathogens (bacteria and virus), Th2 broadly speaking are specialized for intra cellular pathogens (helminths and parasites).

Cahill was critical of procedures like colonoscopies for detecting protozoa or small helminths.

As helminths can alter a person’s immune response, some people believe that helminthic therapy may, one day, help doctors treat some autoimmune and allergic diseases.

Note that the most important of these are intestinal worms, helminths.

Pathogens that have been around for a while like bacteria, virus, helminths, and parasites have evolved to push back against immune systems to varying degrees.

Soil-transmitted helminths are among the most common human parasites globally.

Pogonophoran tube worms, some anaerobic sponges, a few parasitic helminths).

In fact it explicitly says that helminths can be dangerous.

Even the much dreaded "parasitic worms" (helminths) have a great potential for immunotherapy [4].

Much better would be improving "gene drive" tech to the point that we wipe out helminths completely.

During millennia of parasite-host coevolution helminths evolved mechanisms suppressing the host immune responses, which may mitigate vaccine efficacy and increase severity of other infectious diseases." It seems strange that the referenced study did not consider the possible confounding factor of parasitic infection.

Copied from the site, as I had no idea what it was either: “ Helminthic therapy is the reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, safe, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to treat and prevent disease.

Helminths are parasitic worms such as hookworms, whipworms, and threadworms that have evolved to live within a host organism on which they rely for nutrients.

Helminths did not work for me the several times I tried it and have not worked for anyone that I have personally known that has tried it which to date is around ~10pp.