"Thanks for the excellent email and links” Dr H. (USA)

"I have found your website the most helpful and precise of any existing literature”.
E. (US physician)

" I just wanted to say thank-you for an amazing site. I find it incredible that you had to go through so much to get medical specialists to read the research that was being thrust under their noses, and I am deeply disappointed that they could be so closed-minded. I've been reading your site for the past few hours, and the symptoms you describe seem to match those of a friend who has been very ill. I have also been unwell but am now wondering if my problem could be parasitic despite negative initial (unfixed) stool tests.
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou"

"I really can't thank you enough....you are a Godsend.  Without you, I would still be struggling to find an answer as to why my symptoms came on out of nowhere.  Like you, I was also told I probably had IBS, Crohn's, Colitis, Anxiety, Depression....and the list goes on and on, and none of those reasons made any sense to me. You have truly helped so many people....."

".. thank you for your prompt attention and wonderful commitment. I will let you know how I go. THANK YOU for making me so aware of something the Dr's try to put in the way toooo hard bin of IBS - yeah right! Have a great day and weekend Many, Many Blessing to you" (Australia. March 2007)

"Thank you for maintaining badbugs.org.  It's an excellent resource. Most on-line parasite information either follows mainstream medical wisdom (and is extremely narrow in scope), or is authored by the lunatic fringe. ;-). Your website successfully avoids both extremes, and cites an impressive mix of personal anecdotes and published research."
(Aug. 2006)

"Thanks a million for your excellent website and the compassion and great support that you give to soooooo many people.  I know you are a life saver for hundreds if not thousands of people."

"Gosh, thank you! That was the most interesting writing I read in yonks! Really thank you, an extraordinary reply, thank you for your time, energy, and concern across oceans. At least someone who's clued in, in the southern hemisphere. Had almost given up hope!"

"About a thousand reasons for me to be thankful for your site. Americans say God bless, I'll just say Thank You ever so much. You do a terrific job."

“Sometimes you run across people in your life who really make a difference with their experience and support and kindness. Thankyou for being one of those people”

“If it hadn’t been for your site my suffering from Blasto. would have lasted longer than the 10 yrs I suffered from this horrible bug”

"Thanks for all your help, the website is fantastic. It has really changed our direction of health recovery".

“Thanks very much for your detailed response to my email, it's very much appreciated.”

“I am amazed at your resiliency – you’ve been through one devil of an ordeal and I can’t tell you how impressed I am at what you have accomplished in educating
and helping folks.”

"I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the time you have taken addressing my problem”

“I wish you all the best Jacky...
Thank you for everything!! Really, thank you!”

“You provide an invaluable resource”

“I have been singing your praises since I found this site. You are an angel.”

“You’re a saint! Thanks so much for the great website and information”.

“I have tested positive to Blasto. and have failed a couple of Flagyl treatments I have found your site and advice to be a Godsend.”

“Thanks for your site - makes me feel a lot better, I think it is absolutely
brilliant what you have done”

“I really admire what you are doing. Well done!”

“Many thanks for your site and the two emails with technical details”

Thankyou for your wonderful website. It’s the first time I have read about someone who calls this a chronic illness”

Keep up the good advice for those who have suffered, as you know only too well”

“Thank you so much for your help - without your advice I would never have found out I have Blasto. hominis”

“I appreciate your time and your amazing website”.

“The website is incredibly good. Keep it up.”

“I must thank you as you are what ultimately led me to discover, that I have bowel cancer!!!”

“Thank you ever so much for your support and your countless replies to my emails”.

“Great website. Many thanks” Dr M. (Australia)

“Thanks for your wonderful guidance! It’s great to have someone as knowledgeable as you available and willing to offer support“

“THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP!”

"Let me start by extending a large thank you and congratulations on the site you have created. It has undoubtedly provided a great
service to many who have suffer from infections with these parasites”

"Thanks for your continued support and help I am really indebted to you in many ways”.

“Thanks for caring , you never had to but you did”

“WOW. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for your kind and thorough response. Boy am I glad to find someone with a solid grasp on the subject!”

“Many thanks Jackie for your thoughtful and informative reply”.

“I was so relieved when I found your website”.

Contact/help page

"Badbugs possesses the most definitive and comprehensive information on BH treatment in the world."
David from the US recovered from a three year Blasto. infection with a tailored drug treatment. He was advised by a number of specialist gastroenterologists that Blasto. does not cause symptoms. (August 2007).

"Thanks for the info Jackie.  You and your website have been a beacon of light in a dark storm."
Blasto. sufferer. USA. Nov '07.

"I felt so alone and isolated it was such a relief to make contact with you and your wisdom. I think I may have considered taking my life if it had gone on much longer. The fact that I have my life back is in large part to you and the information you have supplied, the inspiration of your story and your encouragement. So all I can say is THANK YOU! " From S. in the Uk who was cured of B.hominis with a specialised treatment. (UK 2005)

Similar comments here

TREATING B. HOMINIS AND D. FRAGILIS:

Four years after I started BadBugs (1997) this site sparked the interest of Prof. Tom Borody at the The Centre for Digestive Diseases,

Prof. Borody decided to try and find a cure for B.hominis and D.fragilis.

Eventually this led to the formulation of the current triple therapy which cures more than 80% of B.hominis and D.fragilis infections. A cure is determined by resolution or significant reduction in symptoms as well as a negative result three negative samples (in fixative) tested four weeks post treatment.

Please contact the clinic for details of their current. If you need further information or support please contact me. Please be patient because I receive many emails, and answering the many questions people often have about testing and treatments takes a lot of my time. I'm working on creating a more comprehensive and better organised site with more detailed info. Hopefully it will be ready by the end of April.

CURING THE 'INCURABLE':
(please check back end of April 2011 to read more correspondence from recovered Blasto. sufferers).

Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:03:15 +0000 (GMT)
From: Lxxxx
To: Jackie

Dear Jacky,
forgive my English, beacouse I'm traslaiting from Italian as I can. In the January of 2007 I've been in Recife, Brazil and since that time I had abdominal pain and water diarrhoea and I lost 15 kg. Two colonscopies demonstrated inflammation of the colon descendent and two stool test proved presence of blastocystis hominis. Following my doctors basic and specialist I took three times Flagyl with antibiotics (ciprofloxacin & humatin) with any result. After taking prednisone I felt better for abdominal pain, but water diarrhoea persisted, damaging my every day life for bad incontinence. Persistent was the presence of blastocystis hominis in the stool test. After your therapy (september 2007) I had a immediate recovery and I felt well without any other medicine.Thank you again for your suggestions. I'm 76 years old now and I worked 39 years as general surgeon in the hospital of XXX (Italy)
Greetings!

Ciao! L.

From the mother of a 15 year old boy with long term Blasto:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: blasblastocystis hominis
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:07:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: R.
To: Jackie Delaney <badbugs@idx.com.au>

Hi Jackie, Thanks for your wonderful site, taken your advice and made a appointment with Dr you recomended in Melbourne who prescribed the 3 med treatment.

(My son) felt unwell on tablets, but no worse than normal.xxx has been unwell for most of his life, the amount of doctor's and specialist's he has seen, with no results. Have been told he was, looking for attention, putting it on, didn't want to go to school, I was a bad mother, feeding him wrong food, and don't waste any more of the doctor's time. No more referrals just prescribed anti depressants which of course we ripped the script up.

(My son) has just turned 15 and is a elite swimmer who represented Victoria and won many awards and medals and competed at national level, coming in the top 4. His specialist even said that we we pushy parents and he was faking so he didn't have to swim. He has suffered from stomach pain, headaches, bloating, reflux, brain fog, rapid heart beats, consipaton, diarrhoa' fatigue and feeling unwell most of the time. He had to stop training and has missed half this year of school.

Finished the tablets last night and was determined to train this morning, (we tried to talk him out of it and want a week) he lasted 1.5 hrs, but he had a go thanks to you and said he felt OK but was tired. Coming home he said "that this is a turning point in his life, and now he feels like he can achieve anything he wants to, because of your website, at least people believed in him, and he still had his whole set of marbles and not going nuts.

Just knowing someone believed in him gave Brad hope. Thank you again and again, what can we say, words don't seem enough.
Regards R.

-------- Original Message --------

Subject: Re: daughter with autism
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:22:39 +1000
From: A.
To: Jackie Delaney <badbugs@idx.com.au>

Hi Jackie.

You asked me to get back to you with our "testimony".

My daughter - aged 39, has an intellectual disabiltiy and autism, she also has had Blastocystus Homminis for about 4 years....one initial bout about 4 years ago, which made her really ill and then she "seemed" to "recover". However, about 18 mths ago, she exhibited many of the symptoms described on your website. Trips to and treatment by the local GP were unfruitful - resulting in no change in her condition whatsoever. Tests determined that the bug was still there. I undertook much research and thank God, I discovered your website. We had a consultation with the gastro. you suggested, who looked at the Pathology results and assessed my daughter (weight loss quite significant) and prescribed the "triple treatment" for her.

I had been quite rigid with my daughter's diet after reading about how the Blasto "feeds" on grains etc and we stuck to this during treatment. Her diet was devoid of all carbohydrates (with some vegetables as the exception),no grains, no fruit - until such time as we had a clear Pathology reading. Praise the Lord....each of the 3 tests - all clear of Blasto.!!!!

Thank you so much for your diligence in ensuring that through your website, others have the opportunity to avail themselves of this treatment. My daughter is still experiencing some mild symptoms, but these are being treated with probiotics and intestine repair products. As mentioned on your website, one of the side effects of this bug is iron deficiency, which my also affected my daughter, (this was discovered by hair analysis, rather than blood tests) so she now undergoing natural treatment to bring this back to normal .

Thank you once again, for your valuable assistance - keep it up....
God bless
A. (Melbourne)

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Fwd: A bit of background on my condition
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:57:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: B.
To: Jackie Delaney <badbugs@idx.com.au>

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
..................................

Jackie,

...just to let you know that the Blasto remedy worked! It's been five weeks since the end of the treatment. The tests came back negative. And, I knew beforehand it was gone because the symptoms disappeared. There's some thought that there might have been something else complicating my condition. But, we'll never know because the treatment cleared everything up.

My doctors here in the 'States thought that I was jumping off into la la land when I told them about the treatment. It's hard to describe how wonderful it is to be able to eat pretty much anything again. Cheese, raw vegetables... I've given up my chocolate habit, though, and that's probably helped. Also, I haven't had a drink in a few months - a number of the medications restricted alcohol and I just kept going with it. It took about a month to get my stomach back after the treatment. I finished up with the Aptiva yogurt (digestive enzymes added) product for 12 days following the treatment. This helped to rebuild the stomach and digestive system. Also, I started a physical exercise regimen that I hadn't been able to do during the illness. I had my condition for six months and it was really getting to the exasperating point. We tried three different drug therapies.

Imagine the people on your site and elsewhere who have gone years without effective treatment! No wonder they're near the breaking point. I'm willing to bet this is one of the highest undiagnosed problems in this country. The GI who I saw said I was one of the few - if not THE ONLY case he had seen where Blasto was symptomatic(!) I have my energy back - enthusiasm, and appreciation for the basic things in life. It's a life altering benefit! Thanks, again.

B.

Despite seven months of doctors appointments and an array of medical tests G., from Sydney, was no closer to finding out what was causing her to feel so wretched. The tests included a colonoscopy, two endoscopies, "many" scans including a radioactive liver scan and a number of blood tests:

"Every test has come back as normal and doctors have made me feel like a neurotic hypochondriac on the verge of mental breakdown. I was determined not to give up and in spite of this, I searched for solutions on the internet and came across your website. I have every symptom that you list on your website and feel as though I have been robbed of my life."

I forwarded G. information about specialised testing and Histopath Labs, the first Sydney pathology lab to routinely test 3 fixed samples and D.fragilis was diagnosed.

G. recontacted for treatment info. because "I want to get rid of these monster parasites so that I can get my life back."

A couple of months later I received this good news:

"Dear Jackie,

It is now 8 weeks since I did the treatment protocol. The stool tests are negative. I feel like a new person and am back to normal.

Thankyou so much for the treatment protocol and for your amazing website which allowed me to get diagnosed.

All the very best. G. "

- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Blastocystis Treatment /USA/
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:55:35 -0400
From: C.
To: Jackie Delaney <badbugs@idx.com.au>

Hi Jackie. I eliminated Blastocystis after taking the triple therapy you recommended in late 2006. I started thank you letters to you before but never finished them. I decided I should finally just send some feedback to you!

Thank you for helping me wake from the nightmare!

Carl

B., from Canada, was advised by a number of doctors that Blasto. "doesn't cause any problems".

After finding BadBugs B. felt more hopeful that eliminating Blasto. might cure his symptoms but he was concerned the treatment might be worse than the cure. After a few weeks deliberation he took the plunge and wrote this:

"After the treatment, during the first 2 months, my stools were radicallly different from before the treatment since instead of being soft & sticky, they were amazingly long & well-formed. I have no longer pain in the digestive system!!! I have not experienced the symptoms that prompted me to take the medication since the treatment 4 months ago."

On April 4th 2008 B. wrote recontacted to tell me about his latest stool test results:

"Hi Jackie,

Gooood News!!!

I had the results of my stool test this morning. They didn't detect any parasites!!! No more Blastocystis Hominis!! It is gone!!! I am now free and feeling just fine.

For those that are not getting effective help from their local medical community, your web site and the proposed treatment is an extremely appreciated help. I also would like to add the following:  it was very helpful to exchange emails with you and to get some email addresses of past B.H. patients who have successfully taken the drugs in my country. Those emails and also a subsequent phone call with one of these persons allowed me to build the necessary confidence to take the drugs myself. So the way you proceed is far more superior than just posting the treatment on an impersonal web site.

I hope that you can continue to do your excellent work.

Best regards!

B.



A. contacted in September 07, two years after being diagnosed with Giardia. A week on Flagyl failed to help:

"Alcohol intolerance (I got a rash every time I drank wine)
Horrible gas constantly
Depression
Lack of energy (I was a very active person)
Alternating constipation and diarrhoea
Very upset stomach
Blood in my stool"

"I would leave for work and by lunch time I was exhausted and just wanted to go to bed. My fiance called me lazy. It was really hard for me to deal with because I use to work full time, go to the gym every day, and bar tend on the weekends."

B.hominis was diagnosed after Flagyl. Her partner, who also had symptoms, also tested positive.

Both B. and her partner both took the triple therapy:

"I just received my first test results and they were NEGATIVE. I finished the regimen on Dec. 1 2007. I still have two more tests to do over the next two months. I feel Great! I have not had this much energy in two years. I no longer have a reaction to wine and have eaten some garlic without any problems. I still have a scheduled colonoscopy in February; my doctors want to make sure I do not have any inflammation or damage from having the parasites for so long.

I don’t know how to thank you for helping us. I feel as though YOU helped give me back my life. In the past I was always concerned about my body image and how I looked. This experience has made me SOOOO grateful for my health and a new perspective on how I look at life. People like you are true angels.

Jackie I can’t thank you enough for sharing your experiences and helping people in places that don’t know what to do about Blasto yet. I truly believe without you I would have been living with Blasto for many more years."

Sincerely, A.

Three weeks later:

"I am well. I feel much better. It took a couple of months to fully recover ...I have just started back to the gym. My colonoscopy is FEB 11, The upper GI x ray came back normal. But now I truly feel better. I believe without your help I (we) would have lived with this awful bug for many more years. I am grateful to have found you. Now I can concentrate on planning my wedding. My fiance's doctor did not believe he had a problem so he has since switched to my doctor. He needs to make an appointment to check his stool and will request a colonoscopy as well. But he feels great and notices a big difference.

Sincerely, A. United States (Feb 2008)



Steve, an Australian, wrote to me in November 2007 about his Blasto. infection.

During a trip to Thailand he had become so unwell he decided to return home early to seek medical help in Australia. On his way home he ended up in Singapore General Hospital with:

"Abdo swelling , sweats, and a feeling like my stomach was ripping inside".

After 24 hours on a drip and close observation he was sent on his way.

His Australian GP referred him to a local hospital to undergo various tests including a single unfixed stool sample, blood tests and a CT scan with dye. The tests failed to shed a light on his symptoms and Steve continued to "feel faint" and look "sick, pale and unwell".

His doctor ordered another (unfixed) stool sample, but that too was negative for infection.

Back to the hospital for more tests. An ultrasound which was normal and a third stool test - which diagnosed B.hominis cysts.

Despite two week long courses of Flagyl, Combantrin (for worms), Salazopyrin (anti-inflammatory), Somac (for reflux) Steve still felt "like shit evey day" and that his symptoms were now controlling his life.

When a colonoscopy failed to reveal any abnormalities he was diagnosed with IBS.

At that point Steve wrote: "I really need your help and just want to get back to having a normal life again as I am sick of going to the Doctors and fed- up with feeling nauses and sick...."

Steve convinced his dr to attempt parasite eradication using the triple therapy:

Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:30:32 +1000
From: Steve xxxxxx
To: Jackie Delaney

G'day Jackie,

Remember Me!

I contacted you in November of last year, since then I have had the colonoscopy and all is well with no signs of anything abnormal found. I did wait until after the colonoscopy to start the triple meds that you recommended after having a good bowel flush out. I lasted nine out of the ten days as on the ninth day I started to feel very sick and started dry-reaching, got a whole lot better a few days later. I started sleeping and eating better and also started to gain weight back again. I sent off three stool samples with fixative to the Histo Lab last week and saw my GP today for the results. "No faecal Parasites were found" Hows that!
Which I am very very happy about, my stomach is still a bit sensitive to what I eat, and from now on I really do think about what I put in my mouth, especially when I travel for work.

Just like to say thanks Jackie for all your help, without you and your website I would still be very sick and searching for a cure.

Regards, Steve.
(Australia)

Ten years after a holiday in Mexico K., an Australian, tested positive to Blasto.

By the time K. found BadBugs she had suffered two decades symptoms which are fairly common in people with symptomatic Blasto.: "Anxiety, exhaustion, sleeplessness, difficulty concentrating, weight loss and general loss of appetite with periods of intense cravings for sweet foods".

Immediately after her trip to Mexico she was prescribed Flagyl in case of suspected Giardia. When that failed to help her symptoms were diagnosed as IBS.

When Blasto. was diagnosed a decade later she was medically advised that B.hominis does not cause symptoms.

K. went on the triple therapy and finished the treatment in time to enjoy a pre-planned trip to her homeland of Switzerland:

---- Original Message -----
From: K.
To: Jackie Delaney
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Life is wonderful...

"I am feeling just great! When i was o/seas i ate and ate and ate all the foods that i grew up on and cant get here, it was just wonderful. I actually gained a couple of kilos and i felt and still feel fantastic around food, i cant believe i can actually eat anything and everything, and FEEL like eating, that is sooo god. I am sooooo grateful that i feel this way, i can tell you, and you will forever hold a special place in my heart, Jackie!! Best of luck with your work, you are a real TREASURE!!" (September '07)

J., from Canada, returned from a holiday in Jamaica ill and weak with "Bad headaches on the right side of my head that felt as if I was having a stroke.  I am only 27 years old andfeel like I am 80.  I'm weak, light headed, I had a low grade fever, terrible stomach cramps, lost my appetite, cannot sleep, I'm losing weight, feel dizzy and light-headed". Within a few weeks he lost 20lbs (approx 10 kilos) in weight and eventually lost 50lbs (22 kilos).

After Ciproflaxin failed to help his symptoms. Flagyl helped for a few weeks until the depleted parasite population grew back. As is common, the second Flagyl treatment had less effect because the surviving parasites had morphed into a hardier, more treatment resistant form.

At this point that J. discovered BadBugs. I forwarded J. information about specialised testing which J. asked his dr to arrange and this led to a diagnosis of B.hominis.

J. was relucant to take his dr's prescription of Iodoquinol (3x650mg daily), Flagyl (4x500mg daily) and Septrin Forte for 10 days all combined of 10 days and opted to try a few weeks of herbs. When that failed to help J. tried the treatment but relapsed a few weeks later. A positive stool test result after the treatment elicited this response from his dr:

"(My doctor advised) he is no longer going to be treating this condition as Blasto but rather he wanted to look other causes since he thought that Blasto. could not have lasted through this treatment and could not give me symptoms for so long.  He has spoken to the Infectious / Tropical Disease department here in Calgary as well as with the Travel Medical Clinic and they agree with his desicion.  They all feel that I must have IBS or Colitis since this has been going for four months now.  I am very upset about this but I do not know what else to do.  They want me to go for a colonoscopy in the next couple weeks to see what is going on inside of me as well they want me to do for even more blood, urine & stool tests."

A colonoscopy failed to reveal any abnormalities.

Eventually E. purchased his meds on the internet and two years later forwarded this:

Hi Jackie, I don't know if you remember me or not but I am from Calgary, Alberta, Canada and I spoke to you a couple years ago about my Blasto.

Well , all that I can say is that at this point in time I am feeling amazing. Still doing 100% and have had no signs of the parasite since June of 2005. I am also still having trouble digesting nuts but everything else is back to normal. I'm sure that having the parasite for almost a year did a lot damage but for the most part things are normal. I can honestly say that I have never felt so healthy in my life. I am 30 years old but feel like I am 21. The parasite may have been a blessing because now I live a super healthy life and I appreciate everyday that I have.

Anyways, I just wanted to write you with another update as you had helped me out so much and I appreciate all of your advice.

Take Care, J.
(July 2007)


A 23 year old student from California, A., became unwell after a school excursion to India.  A dr in that country presccribed Ciprofloaxin because of "diahrrea, fatigue, stinky gas and fatigue and crazy (food) cravings".

Back home in the US she was diagnosed with Blasto. and prescribed Flagyl. Eight weeks later her symptoms returned. Tinidazole was tried. Stool tests revealed Blasto. had survived.

"I'm 23 and my worst problem is fatigue.  I can't do much,  I have mood swings and food cravings.  My doctors don't understand much about this.  They just say 'it's very difficult to eradicate' so HELP!"

Four weeks after finishing the triple therapy A. recontacted:

Subject: man, did they work or what!

Hi Jackie I wanna start off by thanking you for taking a stand for humanity and the quality of life and health available to people.  I just finished the medication and I'm a different person with a different future in front of me than was before this medication.  My symptoms are gone. I'm not huffing and puffing any more, I'm not depressed or confused.  I have been being present,  healthy and I actually ran yesterday for the first time without even thinking about it,  I just did.  I got my life back thanks to you and that clinical study.  You have made a profound contribution to my life.  And its real,  its powerful.  Before taking the medication I was praying to God that I be one of those people on your website who shares their experience of recovery.    From the bottom of my heart I want to thank you and recognize you for the stand you took for a bunch of people whom you didnt even know but whom you shared something with.  If there is anything and I mean anything that you need from me,  anywhere from time and research,  or a place to stay in California you can count on me.  I dont even know you but you saved my life.  I appreciate you so much. yours, A.



The trple therapy also cured Bill, from Melbourne in Australia, after years of chronic health problems :

1st email afrer treatment:

Thanks Jackie for the extra info , intially after treatment i felt shocking
for about two or three weeks but then noticed a gradual improvement there
after. I didnt take the second round of medication so the first lot did the
job . I guess i felt so bad after the treatment that i just assumed that the
drugs didnt fix the problem but i have since discovered that i didnt have
any good bacteria left which has caused some problems but each day i am
getting a little better. I am hoping that in 6 months time the good bacteria
will build up to sufficient levels again , i'm sure they will if i stick to
a good diet.

Thanks Jackie your a saviour.

Follow up email:

Hi Jackie , just wanted to let you know that after almost 3 months since
treatment by your recommended medication for Blasto i have tested negative "
TWICE " !!!!!!!!  It's gone after suffering for almost 8 years , gone too
are the shitty symptoms that come with it.

I wish that i had visited your site immediately after being diagnosed so
that i would not have spent years being prescribed FLAGYL by the doctors who
quite obviously don't know anything about this bug.

Thank you so much.

Bill
(Australia. May 2007)



L, from the US, first contacted in August 2005 about 'fatigue, low energy levels, soft stool, poor memory/mental fogginess" since a trip to Thailand four months earlier. One stool sample was positive for high numbers of Blastocystis hominis.

His GP, on the advice of two specialist gastroenterologists, advised that B.hominis is harmless and therefore does not need treating.

In case of undiagnosed Giardia L. was prescribed 750mg of Flagyl 3 x daily for seven days. Nausea and vomiting forced him to stop the treatment. Tinidazole was tried for a month starting with 2 x 250mg pill for 4 days then reducing to 125mg twice daily. The symptoms improved but L. relapsed a few weeks after finishing the treatment.

A stool sample showed Blasto. had survived.

Desperate for relief L. tried a range of natural therapies, including:

"A 7 days water fast, a 7 day herbal cleansing fast with enemas; Parasitin (herbal parasite cleanse) for one month and Paragone (herbal parasite cleanse); oil of oregano and colonics".

Blasto. persisted in a stool sample.

Finally, in November 2006, L. took the triple therapy. Three months later I received this email:

"It has been almost 3 months since I took the 3 meds for blasto. I waited 8 weeks before getting retested and 3 samples to a local lab, as well as 3 to Genova diagnostics lab(Great Smokies) have all come back negative for parasites. I got the results from the latter today. I did however have high amounts of bad bacteria (citrobacter freundii, enterobacter cloacae, and klebsiella pneumoniae). I'll be taking probiotics to help with that.

In any event, my symptoms are about 80% improved. As others on your site have said, I feel like I have my life back again. I am so grateful for your help. For almost 2 years I suffered a great deal from the parasite... I can't say that it wasn't without meaning because I now try to think of my life as an opportunity to be of service to others. That was made possible because of your kind service to me. Thank you so much for all of your help. The work you do is so kind."
(US, April 2007)



After eighteen months of feeling dizzy and sick, constipation alternating with brief bouts of diarrhoea D., from the US, was diagnosed with high levels of Blasto. by the specialist lab Genova.

After finding BadBugs D. began to wonder if Blasto. was causing her symptoms, a possibility she had discounted on the advice of a number of physicians and naturopaths who told her that Blasto. is harmless. Her symptoms were diagnosed as Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

After some searching she finally convinced a doctor to treat the parasite, although apparently it did take some convincing. After twenty days of Iodoquinol she was still sick and tested positive to Blasto. The treatment was repeated and she again tested positive.

Eventually she was prescribed the triple therapy"

Hi Jackie,

I am better, I don't have the dizziness anymore, no spasms to bother me, I actually eat anything I feel like , chocolate, cheese, bread, I take the acidophilous, I can sleep much better without waking up with tummy problems or spasm...I have no more constipation. I was able to drink beer and red wine during my holiday without having problems...so my life is (I hope) back to normal or very close to normal.

I am so glad I found your website, as here all the doctors I saw (maybe around 12 including naturopaths) they told me I have IBS or I am depressed (if you would know me and here the doctors saying that I am depressed you will be shocked) and thank you for sharing your experience and the treatment you did. I am thinking writting them a letter and telling them how bad that parazite is because they all said the parazite shoudn't give me so much problems....and that is not the cause!!! I am very disappointed with the Canadian system - it is worse than in my country Romania.

Anyway I hope you have a great day and thank you again for sharing your "secret" with other people!
Cheers, D.
(September 06)

E., from Mexico, was diagnosed with B.hominis. He suffered with mushy stools, fatigue, dizzy and sick and generally feeling unwell, and had lost weight.

He was still positive for Blasto. after taking Flagyl; Cyprofloxacin; Chloranfenicol; Oxitetracicline; Rifaximin alone (400mg 3x daily) followed by Rifaximin combined with Nitazoxanide (500mg twice daily) for 15 days.

After a gastroenterologist suggested that the infection was not the cause of his symptoms E. decided to search the internet for answers and found BadBugs which he described as "a marvellous site".

He went on the three drug treatment with this result:

" I have just received my second and I hope the last laboratory results for the Blasto, they are negative completely . For the moment almost all symptoms have disappeared, except some amount of gases, but I hope everthing come to normal in just a while. Once more I want to thank you for coming back my life again, without you maybe I would be still sick and with a very bad health." (Feb. 07)

I asked him D. to keep me posted about his progress and two months later received this:

"Dear Jackie, At the moment I am writting this lines I am perfectly well. I have recovered almost all of the weight I originally lost (almost 7 kg). I have almost no gas, my digestion is almost perfect. I am another guy - my mind, my body and my attitude is from another man and this is mainly because of you. How I can not be grateful with you for ever.

My best regards to you as always Jackie, Sincerely yours,  E."
(April 07)

Norman from Tasmania, Australia, was fortunate to be under the care of a GP who "wants to learn about treating Blasto. as he feels it may benefit other patients with similar symptoms."

Because Norman tested positive after 10 days of Flagyl and Bactrim (combined) his dr agreed to prescribe the triple therapy:

"It is now 9 months since I took the recommended drugs for the blasto and thanks to you and your good work bringing this problem to the public via this web site I am now clear of this awful bug that has been plaguing my life for five years and slowly but surely wearing me down.

I feel alive again and am rid of the uncomfortable symptoms that accompany this pest.

The drugs were quite a blast to the system and as others had described I was well and truly flushed out and as a result got a bit of thrush and some other funny symptoms for a couple of months. I took pro biotic to replace the good bacteria and that seemed to help.

My doctor was very interested and has taken the treatment on board for other possible sufferers. He is a great doctor but it took me four different doctors to finally find him as an open and helpful person.".
(September 06)

(Read more about Norman's experience here)



The same treatment relieved Cathy of her long term Blasto. infection which had survived Ciproflaxin (twice); a five day course of Tinidazole; a week of Flagyl and 28 days of Nitazoxanide (500mg twice daily).

Here are her comments about the Nitazoxanide treatment:

"Well, I finished the 28-day course of Nitaz a week ago. During the first week of the treatment, my symptoms were unchanged and I was very unwell. For the second week, I was well, able to eat and gaining a little weight although I still had diarrhoea.

During the third week, the symptoms returned but with less force, and I lost the weight I'd gained the previous week. During the fourth week, I was completely well,  my bowel returned to normal, and again I put on a kilo. "Hooray!", I thought "I'm better at last!" BUT - on day 27 the symptoms returned, the diarrhoea started again, and I lost that precious kilo."

Post treatment testing revealed that Blasto. had survived. She was then prescribed the three drug treatment:

"This last week, I've felt about 90% well, have been eating, am able to think about and prepare food, and that hideous "brain-fog" (that many contributors to your site seem to suffer) has cleared. I still get mild, intermittent abdominal and chest pain, and I still have diarrhoea."

Cathy's follow-up email two months after the treatment:

"Hello Jackie,
I hope this finds you well. It's just a quick note to let you know that it's now 8 weeks post-treatment and I'm completely better. I feel well all the time, I'm eating properly, I've gained half of the weight I'd lost, and have even resumed gym and pilates. Every morning I wake up and revel in my good health - and good fortune in finding your website!

My heartfelt thanks for your support and advice through a time when no-one else seemed to be listening!

Warmest wishes,
Cathy"
(April '06)

In a follow up email a few months later Cathy said she was still well.


"I feel myself very lucky to have been in contact with both my doctor and Jackie." wrote Poppy from Melbourne, Australia. Poppy's long term health problems are now firmly in the past, thanks to the triple therapy:

"I am still completely amazed at how rapidly I have returned to a state of health and happiness, and I have no doubt that the blastocystis was a major - if not the only - cause of my ill-health for so long. The change in the way I feel has been so marked that it's almost too good to be true. I really am so happy to have been in contact with you, Jackie. Thank you."

Read Poppy's full story here.
(August '06)



A., from Montreal in Canada, is HIV positive and positive for B.hominis. For ten months he suffered with abdominal pain, cramps, bloating, belching, occasional nausea, mushy stools, constipation, gas, restlessness, fatigue and impaired concentration.

Stool tests revealed Blasto. had survived 10 days of Flagyl (750mg 3 x daily), and a combination of Iodoquinol and doxycline.

Because of these drug failures he was advised by his doctors that nothing more could be done to alleviate his chronic and debilitating symptoms.

A. wrote to me for details of the triple therapy:

"Even though my cd4 is at 525 which is pretty good, my viral load is pretty high.  I am on a drug holiday since September 04 and will have to go back on a drug cocktail eventually.   I would greatly appreciate telling me how you got rid of BH.  I am on disability and do not have much money.  Sorry if I can't contribute a donation."

Seven weeks after taking the triple therapy A. wrote to say that he was symptom finally free of the symptoms which had plagued him for 10 months and he had tested negative:

"Hello Jackie, I can't thank you enough in helping me getting rid of Blastocystis Hominis. Below you will find a report I sent to my doctor.  This ordeal is finally over. I have obtained with the above treatment, complete remission of my symptoms and eradication of the parasites. As an immunocompromised patient, I firmly believe that Blastocystis Hominis is a pathogen and needs to be treated."
(May 2006, Canada)



A Sydney professor of medicine wrote to tell me about his recovery:

Dear Jackie,

You probably don't remember me, but I contacted you after I returned from Costa Rica with a Blastocystis infection in early 2002. I can still remember the night my problems began, back in March that year, when I returned home from a Sunday night out with friends with a strange ache across my lower back as though I'd been punched in the kidneys.

Over the next few months, I got sicker and sicker, which created problems for me on almost every front: work, mental health and close relationships. People, including most doctors, did not believe that I was genuinely ill.

The worst thing about Blastocystis was the fatigue it produced --- by Easter that year, I could not get through the day and remember returning home one afternoon from a simple walk absolutely exhausted.

Anyway, your help proved critical to my recovery. It's good to read that Blastocystis is now being taken seriously as a parasitic infection.

For the past few years, I've not thought much about 2002. But, now that I've recovered from that parasite, I wanted to write and say how much you helped me.

I really hope your own health is going well too.

In deep appreciation, thanks.
Prof. S (Sydney)
May 2006



S., from the UK, had been sick for 10 years with symptoms diagnosed as myalgic encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) when she was tested for parasites by the London Hospital for Tropical Diseases. Blasto. was diagnosed but the hospital doctor advised that Blasto. is harmless:

"My mum dealt with The Tropical Disease Hospital because at the time I was far too poorly to manage. She spoke to them on the phone a few times to see what they could suggest and they told her that they do not consider Blasto. to be a problem. She tried to explain all about my situation but they were quite dismissive and unhelpful."

She wanted a chance to eliminate Blasto. to see how much it was contributing to her myriad of symptoms. Understandably desperate she "begged" her GP to prescribe Flagyl. Her request was refused on the grounds that doctors don't prescribe drugs to treat "harmless parasites.".

Her doctor also had other concerns:

"My dr told me if I took that Metronidazole I would get colitis or indeed die! But I have been so ill for the last decade that it didn't seem much of a threat! So I had to change doctors just to try the Metronidazole that made me very ill and didn't actually work either!"

Eventually she found a GP to prescribe the triple therapy. Some months after her treatment I received this:

".. from the bottom of my heart (and now healthy gut!) THANK YOU. The help you give is wonderful and I really,really appreciate it. Thanks so much for helping me get rid of those nasty parasites it has enabled me to take a huge step forward and I am making big improvements with the M.E too because of it which is fantastic. I am improving really fast and feeling so much better and I am really hopeful that by the end of this year I will be all fixed up and ready to go. Again thank you so very much for helping me, I really appreciate it.
S. (UK) August 2006

Peter, from Brisbane Australia, wrote to tell me he was "walking around with a big smile" on his face because the three drug treatment had relieved him of forty years (!!) of "loose bowel motions, diarrhoea, mucus wind and bowel discomfort".

Before the triple therapy he had tested positive for B. hominis after taking Flagyl followed by 10 days of Flagyl and Septrin.

"I saw your site about a year ago. and because of it I had a feces test and Blasto was present. The doctor gave me Flagyl and as you described I had a period where things went really well, and the subsequent test came up negative but after a while I started to go downhill again. Since then I have had two courses of flagyll and septrin, the most recent being six weeks ago. The results this time were most noticeable. I started doing things that I had never done before. My life was completely changed. About a week ago symptoms have started to return - discomfort and mucus. My doctor doesnt seem to mind me having repeat doses of flagyll and septrin but that hardly seems appropriate."

Peter was prescribed the triple therapy with this result:

"Dear Jackie,

You asked me to let you know how I was going after the medication. As I told you I was a long term sufferer. It has now been about 3 months since I finished taking the course. While taking it I suffered some diahorrea and nausea. None of the nasty symptoms have returned and I am able to eat a wide variety of foods previously taboo to me. It appears to me that the bugs had been producing food intolerances which had resulted in my diet being very restrictive.

I am now feeling relaxed and confident which has given me a new outlook on life. I now walk around with a big smile on my face. As I mentoined before, too,I found my work as a teacher was very difficult because of the stress associated with the condition. I weighed myself this afternoon and found I had put on over a kilo.

So at this point Jackie I am very satisfied and am keeping my fingers crossed. Putting a Christian slant on on what has taken place, it has been a Resurrection experience after many Crucifixions.

In thinking of a title for your book, "The Power of One" immediately came to mind but maybe something like "Reclaiming Your Life" would be appropriate.

Many thanks and best wishes, Peter M.
April 2006

Another Australian also recovered from Blastocystis hominis after taking the triple therapy:

"I have your website to thank for finding this treatment. Without it I could still be taking the standard prescription, possibly without success. This is a valuable service that you provide, which has been of great value to me and probably many others. Thank you again."
(August 2004).



E. is a chemist who hails from Mexico. He too recovered his health with the triple therapy:

"After several weeks of feelling unwell, I thought that I was dealing with a normal stomach disease, but to my surprise none of the antibiotics I used could stop it. I tried Cyprofloxacine, Chloranfenicol, Oxitetracicline. I even tried with a normal doses of Rifaximine - two tablets of 200 mg/each at morning and at night."

It was at this stage E. decided to undergo stool testing, and discovered he had Blasto. Because his family doctor wasn't familiar with this common parasite E. consulted another dr who was a family friend. His friend assured him that Flagyl would return him to normal health. He took his friend's advice, and although he felt better for a short while, within a few weeks later he started feeling much worse.

He consulted a gastroenterologist who advised E. that B. hominis does not cause symptoms.

"Because of the terrible symptoms that day by day were increasing, I decided to go to internet for knowing the illness. There I found your marvellous (site)."

Before trying the triple therapy E. decided to try a 20 days of a higher than usual dose of Nitazoxamide (1,000 mg twice daily) combined with Rifaximin (600 mg daily) for 20 days. "After 15 days I stopped because I felt well, but seven days after that, symptoms began to come again, so I decided to return with treatment, however I am not convinced for good results."

Follow up stool samples were still Blasto. positive.

E. decided his next course of action had to be the triple therapy. Follow up stool samples - submitted 2 and 4 weeks after the treatment - were both negative and he E. is now free of symptoms :

"Both (labs) say I do not have any blastocystis H. at all ( not quistes or small eggs) or any other parasite, although I know I have to reconfirm this in one month. I do not how to thank you for all your help and assistance you have given to me, without this, maybe I would be in the terrible inferno, that all people who has the patogenic form of the parasite has lived with."



M., from Australia, contacted me about her elderly mother's chronic health problems.

For three months her mother had suffered distressing symptoms of frequent vomiting with alternating constipation and diarrhoea. The GP referred her mother to a GI specialist who diagnosed Irritable Bowel Syndrome and prescribed a high-roughage diet, laxatives and suppositories. This prescription failed to help, M. turned to the internet for answers and discovered BadBugs with its emphasis on testing a minimum of 3 fixed samples. I recommended Histopath Labs in Sydney, and her mother was diagnosed with both Dientamoeba fragilis and Blasto. hominis.

M. contacted to say that my site, and the triple, had cured her mother of her distressing symptoms:

"Thank you so much, you have been an absolute godsend to us, while we have been going through this! If it wasn't for your website, my mum would still be as sick as a dog and we would not have had any idea what was causing it! The work you are doing with the website is absolutely fabulous, and I am positive that I am not the only person who feels this way! Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart!"
(Jan 06)



In the same week I received another email similar to the above.

An elderly lady had suffered seventeen weeks of explosive bowel movements and diarrhoea which showed no signs of abating. Her symptoms were diagnosed as Irritable Bowel Sydrome (IBS). The woman's family wrote to me because they were understandably very concerned, and had no idea, until finding this site, that specialised stool testing was essential to diagnose D.fragilis and B.hominis. A specialist lab diagnosed both parasites.

Unfortunately the anti-protozoal Nitazoxanide, 500mgs twice daily, for 10 days, failed to help the symptoms and she was still positive for both parasites after the treatment.

Here is the result from the triple therapy:

"HELLO JACKIE I must report some very very good news the meds are working!! the triple dose caused a massive reaction on the last day - infact my mother felt quite ill but after that all her symptoms improved little by little ever day. She is now almost back to proper bowel movements and her stomach feels quite different. We cant thank you enough and we are keen to spread the word." S.
UK, July 2004



Another Australian, Margaret, is feeling "98% better" after taking the three drug combination for a Dientamoeba fragilis and Blastocystis hominis infection. She had been unwell for ten years.

"I am sincerely grateful for your help and committment - your suffering and ultimate success has definitely given me my life back and helped many others. Many thanks, Margaret.".

(Jan 2006).



M, also recovered from a D.fragilis infection with the triple therapy:

"Again, thank you so much for all of your information. I don't know what I would've done or where I would've been without it. You obviously know more than a lot of doctors out there and have taken a lot of time and effort to share your knowledge and understanding by creating your wonderful website. I am sure that there are many people out there that are grateful to you for helping regain their health and quality of life back (including me). My wish for you is that all of the caring and support that you have provided to others comes back to you tenfold!"
July 2005



S, who lives in the UK, had been so unwell for so long she felt hopeless and suicidal - until she found this site. She recovered with the three drug treatment:

"I felt so alone and isolated it was such a relief to make contact with you and your wisdom. I think I may have considered taking my life if it had gone on much longer. The fact that I have my life back is in large part to you and the information you have supplied, the inspiration of your story and your encouragement. So all I can say is THANK YOU! "

Read her full story here



D. was also treated for Blasto. with the triple therapy:
"I AM FEELING REALLY WELL - THANKS TO YOU !!!!!! you are totally responsible for my return to wellness!!!!! THANK YOU Jackie."
UK, 2005

I am updating this site soon, so please check back for more additions at the end of April 2001.

Nice comments by people who are happy to have found my site:

Dear Jackie,

I want to thank you for the incredibly valuable service that you provide to the public. I am a physician in Seattle , Washington. I see hundreds of patients with digestive problems, some of them caused by the parasites you've highlighted on your website.

As you know, the healthcare industry generally believes these parasites to be non-pathogenic, meaning that they are normal and do not cause digestive problems or other health problems. As you also know, this goes on in spite of the many research articles that demonstrate that these parasites can and do cause significant health problems.

I routinely test my patients for these parasites and treat them whenever found. And my patients invariably experience dramatic improvement in their health. Therefore I can attest to the reality of the health problems that these parasites can cause and I have seen first hand how they can dramatically interfere with someone's life.

Thanks again for all of your hard work. I'm sure that you have helped hundreds of people get the help that they need.

Sincerely,

Dr. S. (May 2007)

"Through the 4 months I had Blasto. you were my life line. I couldn't get anyone here to believe me or understand about Blastocyctis. Thank you Jackie for all you are doing to help the suffers of these parasites. It means we are no longer alone, living with a life changing illness that curtails daily activities. I wish you all the best and will be very interested to hear when your book is published! It is greatly needed."
USA, June 2007

"Thanks for the site, good to see someone pushing the awareness and correct diagnosis of parasitic related disorders." Australia, 2006



"Your webpage seems to be the most thorough examiniation of treatment for Blasto; I really appreciate it as most doctors seem to be totally ignorant or insensitive regarding this issue."
Canada. 2006



"I can't help reflecting on the fact that you are much more knowledgeable than 95% of the doctors I've come across over the past six years about the diagnosis and treatment of parasites."
USA, 2005



"Jackie, I am so glad to have stumbled across your web site. It has given me the strength to push on and to a point, be assertive with doctors to get them to "take action". Without reading your case histories, I doubt that I would have felt so determined about this. "
July 2005, USA



You are a wealth of information.  Thank you so much for taking the time to "input" into our situation.  It has been VERY frustrating for years, trying to understand what is causing my son's symptoms. Finally, I feel like I have found someone who understands and who is very knowledgeable.
Received from mother advised by an infectious diseases "expert" that her child's illness was not due to her D.fragilis and B.hominis infection. June 2005



"Thanks so much for your response.  While your web site clearly demonstrated a depth of understanding, I wanted to be sure you weren't selling a high-priced "cure all" before I made a donation (which I will make after writing this email).  It is also clear from your email that you provide serious medical information based on experience, knowledge and research, and I salute you for doing so. It is a real comfort to have someone with your depth of knowledge and experience available." received 9 April 2005



"Can I just say thanks again, I think what you do is absolutly brilliant. You are a godsend ."
B.hominis sufferer. August 2005



"I am very grateful for your website, though it is depressing to read of how hard this bug is to treat. At least through reading your stories I have enough conviction to stand my ground and insist that this bug is a real health issue."
NZ woman with B.hominis. October 2005



I want to thank you for you e-mail and the work you must put in maintaining your web site. Without your site me and my doc. would be lost.
C. Canada. October 2005