by John Brisson | Jun 16, 2015 | Digestive Health, Parasites
Schizophrenia might be caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. I wrote about Toxoplasma gondii years ago in Fix Your Gut. “Piperidine is used in both the treatment of parasites and worms in animals and the treatment of schizophrenia, in humans. Researchers...
by John Brisson | Jan 9, 2015 | Digestive Health, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Parasites
Entamoeba histolytica is an opportunistic protozoan. Infection of the parasite occurs from ingestion of contaminated food and water. The parasite usually remains in the colon and cecum but can cause invasive infections in immunocompromised individuals. Histolytica can...
by John Brisson | Jan 2, 2015 | Digestive Health, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Parasites
There are some parasites that spread in more ways then ingestion of contaminated food and water. If you swim on a regular basis, you might have contracted Cryptosporidium, even if you swim in chlorinated pools. Cryptosporidium is a genus of apicomplexan protozoans...
by John Brisson | Dec 15, 2014 | Digestive Health, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Parasites
Blastocystis is a genus of single-celled protozoan, which its colonization in most cases is asymptomatic. The intestinal colonization of hominis is somewhat common because of the low host specificity of the protozoan.1 Colonization rates differ between developed...
by John Brisson | Nov 12, 2014 | Biofilm, MAP, Opportunistic Microorganisms
Mycobacteria is a genus of Actinobacteria that causes serious diseases in mammals (tuberculosis and leprosy are examples of Mycobacterial diseases). A species of Mycobacteria named Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) is a pathogenic bacteria found in the gut of...
by John Brisson | Sep 19, 2014 | Digestive Health, GERD, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Parasites, Reflux, SIBO
Even in the United States, it is still easy to become infected with parasites through contaminated water, 1 ingesting meat that isn’t cooked completely, 2 domesticated animals, 3 walking barefoot in dirt, 4 swimming in improperly treated water, 5 and even eating...
