AHH Metrametrix Stool test says I haz parasites

who cares how long you've had them - JUST GET THEM VILE THINGS OUTA THERE !

hmm well my wife (who doesn't have UC) has been coughing up blood, has sore throat & congestion. Hope she isn't infected.

I have been coughing up phelm that chokes me on the way up, its hard and fairly large. I sure hope my little 4 month old doesn't have anything.

Whaaat!!? And you been battling with those enemas all this time...
Im gonna get one of the them metametrix stool tests done!

DanthaMan, I also had a Metametrix stool test (complete G.I profile).

Mine showed: mild - medium yeast/fungi overgrowth (taxonomy unavailable), parasites (taxonomy unavailabe), helicobacter pylori, medium pH, low lactoferrin, very low elastase, medium cholesterol.

What sort of symptoms are you having currently DanthaMan?

Since the stool test (in March 2013), I've tried so many things: Nystatin (anti-candida drug), Mutaflor, anti-h.pylori treatment (amoxicilin + clarithromycin + PPI), several digestive enzymes, herbal treatments (including oregano oil), chinese accupunture, chinese herbs, 5-HTPs... nothing has helped (the antibiotics looked like they were helping very slightly but the benefit didn't last long).

I tried Cymbalta today but am having violent diarrhea (almost like I am having a c-scope bowel prep) so I am not touching that again. I feel relaxed though haha. I ordered a bottle of Nexbiotics (Benebiotics) and plan to try that when it arrives. Other than that, I plan to try different combinations with my many many herbs (slippery elm, psyllium seed powder, l-glutamine etc.). I use imodium when I really need to be mobile. I might try Diflucan if I can get my GP to prescribe it.

I am sure i dont have it. No upper GI symptoms and Ive done a urea breath test + an independent h.pylori antigen stool test, all negative. I also treated even the slightest h.pylori (if there was any) with a week of 2 antibiotics + PPI.

"I hope you're easier to treat than mom's pony..."

what a great line !

how is the pony btw ?

ya t6, i know ponies ! grrrrrrr!

and has there ever been such a thing as a young pony ? the ones i've been around have been as old as dirt - like you and me

They found plenty other things in danthaman's sample... and they report on other things besides the parasites. They give you a complete profile of your predominant bacteria. Some things you cannot for sure type from ova, ie Necator americanus and Ancylostoma Duodenale. So you can see an ova, but not know which one. Fungus will show up as a parasite present taxonomy unknown if it isnt candida because there are THOUSANDS of fungi and pseudofungi.

All I know is that metametrix caught my mycoplasma 3 years ago, but I was told by a naturopath and my by GI it wasnt anything to worry about. Since I didnt know anything about stealth pathogens then, I believed him. I didnt even put that together until I was looking through a bunch of old tests a month ago. Now Im PISSED that nobody was paying attention and I had to get so critical and go to a Rheumy before someone figured it out and then confirmed it via a simple blood test through labcorp. My mycoplasma titers were INSANE by the time I got treatment.

Post Edited (PathogenKiller) : 6/22/2013 1:23:11 PM (GMT-6)

Maxmillian what did they list as the predominant bacteria of your gut? Some NDs are worthless at reading the results unless they are bolded and red. I also don't understand how you've tried so many Things when you have only had the results for less then 3 months. 14 days of abx and then 1 in 5 need a second course of 14 days. Nystatin alone should be 30 days. And the other negative test were done before you did abx? Why do the abx then?

Post Edited (PathogenKiller) : 6/22/2013 9:10:45 PM (GMT-6)

Diflucan, not nystatin, is the one that is hard on the liver. Nystatin is not absorbed unless your intestines are shot to hell (which they could be with uc..but even then there are no cases noted of hepatotoxicity) Nystatin is one of the safest drugs we have and it is active against a wide variety of yeasts, not just candida. livertox.nlm.nih.gov/Nystatin.htm

Mycoplasma is bad news bears.. what's your doc say about that one? As someone battling mycoplasma pneumonia and possibly other strains I can attest to how hard it is to kill. Treating my Lyme has been a walk in the park compared to mycoplasma. Those abx you took would have just pissed it off. It most certainly effects the gut.

You should really look into it and you will see that mycoplasma is NEVER a normal inhabitant of the human gut and it should always be addressed. It causes many autoimmune illnesses.


Also, you should think of watching dr amy yaskos videos on h pylori. Youll see the difficulty on catching it on testing and how it will often continue to pop up. Dont believe me if you want, I have nothing to lose by you staying sick.. you are the one that has to live with it. These pathogens are really hard to kill. They arent impossible by any means by they require the right treatment and when they are chronic that treatment is very different then standard operating procedure for most MDs. You say you have no symptoms of h pylori, yet you list ulcers, cecum inflammation. etc in your list. Surprise, h pylori doesnt just cause heartburn. What do your endoscopes say? Your colonoscopy was clear.. but what about the upper intestine?

Don't they diagnose and then treat? Isn't in their best interest to find something??