Helminthic therapy and psoriasis

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Psoriasis is a long-lasting, noncontagious autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin.

The anecdotal evidence[edit | edit source]

The images and comment below were posted to the Facebook Helminthic Therapy Support group in April 2015.

Over the last 20 years I have tried everything the NHS has offered me - methotrexate, cyclosporin, fumaric acid esters, UV treatments, dithranol - among other things - but I've never seen results anything like this.

The only treatment I have had in the last year is 90 hookworms (NA). Four doses, three months apart: 5 in March 2014, 25 in June, 25 in September, and 35 in December.

Nothing much happened for six months or more, although my psoriasis didn't get much worse (which was an improvement in itself!). Then I had some gradual improvement, but most of the improvement has only been in the last 2-3 months.

At about 9 months in, most of my torso cleared up in the space of a couple of weeks. Then about a month ago my legs cleared up almost overnight. So I seem to have had little spurts of healing, rather than a constant improvement. I did wonder if this was to do with each new dose of worms settling in.

Only my scalp has not really started to clear yet... although it's quite hard for me to tell if that's improving or not! It has almost entirely gone from the rest of my body... and still getting better!

I have continued to use dovobet ointment most days throughout the hookworm treatment, just because I find it prevents my plaques from building up and becoming cracked and painful. But I've been doing that for about fifteen years anyway, so I'm confident that the worms are the reason for this big change!

Looking back at the old photos I realise I'd forgotten how painful the plaques on my torso were - the constant stretching and cracking on the small of my back, the painful patches where my bra rubbed. You can't even see in these pics the big plaque I had in my cleavage which was constantly sore. And my fingernails never grew properly because I had psoriasis all round my nails. But not any more!

To get these results without side-effects, without daily trips to hospital or monthly blood-tests and blood-pressure monitoring, without risking melanoma or chemical burns, without killing my immune system and suffering repeated infections... it just seems too good to be true. I really couldn't be happier with the results!

(Edited from several posts in this thread and elsewhere.)

The first report and video below are more detailed than the quotes that follow them.

Hook me up! Treating autoimmune disease with hookworms (re. guttate psoriasis)

An adaptive trial for psoriasis using hookworm

“The psoriasis i used to get has also completely gone.” (Link expired)

The following two reports are from the same person, four months apart.
- "I have 25 hookworms so far and my psoriasis is almost gone.. I have had it all over my head for my whole life and have had it on my face before as well as my arms... I got the worms because I have M.S. and I have had no more symptoms so far. I got them around 5 months ago…" (Link expired)
- “Well my psoriasis is 90 present gone but sometimes I get a little then it goes away again . These are very good results seeing as I have had it my whole life.” (Link expired)

“Over the last 20 years I have tried everything the NHS has offered me - methotrexate, cyclosporin, fumaric acid esters, UV treatments, dithranol - among other things - but I've *never* seen results anything like this. The only treatment I have had in the last year is hookworms. At about 9 months in, most of my torso cleared up in the space of a couple of weeks. Then about a month ago my legs cleared up almost overnight. So I seem to have had little spurts of healing, rather than a constant improvement. I have continued to use dovobet ointment most days throughout the hookworm treatment, just because I find it prevents my plaques from building up and becoming cracked and painful. But I've been doing that for about fifteen years anyway, so I'm confident that the worms are the reason for this big change! I don't have psoriatic arthritis, but I did have a lot of muscle pain in my joints due to hypermobility, and that has improved a great deal as well. To get these results without side-effects, without daily trips to hospital or monthly blood-tests and blood-pressure monitoring, without risking melanoma or chemical burns, without killing my immune system and suffering repeated infections... it just seems too good to be true. I really couldn't be happier with the results!” (Edited from several posts.) Read more, and see the before and after pictures - [1] [2] [3]

☹️ “I've tried helminths treatment for my psoriasis (105 NA worms in doses of 35) almost 2 years in with absolutely no results... very discouraging... I still suffer like a bastard with psoriasis. In fact it has only progressed.” [4]

“I've had huge success with my psoriasis taking only a single inoculation of 25 NA larvae. From a PSA score of at my worst nearly 9 to now only just on the scale.” [5]

“At about 7 months (with NA)... all I had left was a gluten allergy and the psoriasis that was remaining in hair (body had cleared)... At a year and a half my psoriasis is gone...” [6]

☹️ “I started the worms (HDC) to help with my psoriasis and thyroid, (but) they never changed anything concerning those two things.” [7]

"Prior to treating myself with NA, I suffered from very bad seborrhoeic dermatitis or psoriasis on my scalp and sometimes on other parts of my body for more than 10 years. I didn't have a proper diagnosis so I couldn't confirm exactly which one it was. I started noticing some good improvements after having my third NA dose. It's been 3 years now and my skin is still completely clear. All I have to do is inoculate myself with 10 NAs once every few months." [8]

"My Brother does NA and TTO and that helps with psor /PSA. One species was an intermittent relief for him and the second stabilized the benefit to be persistent." [9]