Parasitic Occupation & Mental Illness

The most common sources of parasite and invading organism transmission is food and water and making the exposure constant. Tap water, plant and animal foods carry parasites, where cleaning and cooking often does not often destroy them before ingestion. Food is the catalyst for 80 percent of the pathogenic outbreaks, especially in restaurants and deli settings.

Animals are major carriers of harmful organisms, and most physicians, let alone the general public, are seemingly unaware of this fact. All these factors lead to necessity of parasite cleanses an essential part of an effective health maintenance program for both people and animals alike.

Symptoms of parasitic infection are:

• Abdominal pain

• Diarrhea

• Nausea or vomiting

• Gas or bloating

• Dysentery (loose stools containing blood and mucus)

• Rash or itching around the rectum or vulva

• Stomach pain or tenderness

• Weight loss

• Passing a worm in your stool

• Increased appetite

• Muscle aches

• Fever

• Chills

• Problems sleeping

• Fatigue

• Weakness

• Skin rash

Further to the obvious symptoms, parasitic infections can be a cause of mental illness through biological pathways. Inflammation caused by parasite infections affects the Central Nervous System via the blood brain barrier, activation of the vagus nerve and immune system; in which some genes are linked with an increased risk of mental illness. However, this not to dismiss the influence of social and environmental factors such as trauma, social inequality, stigma, deprivation and poor nutrition that also play an important role in the development of mental illnesses. If you have the 4 or more of the above symptoms concurrent with mental illness a naturopathic parasitic cleanse is an important phase in you healing journey.