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Online journals (blogs/vlogs) can be more revealing than discussion group posts, with bloggers more likely to 'tell all', but helminthic therapy blogs tend to be rather short-lived due to the high success rate of the treatment. Once a blogger starts to feel better, their attention refocuses away from the treatment and onto their lives, with which the therapy allows them to reengage more fully.

Worm-hosting bloggers typically begin posting enthusiastically and continue to record any early side effects, but then their posting slows while they wait to see results, which can take at least 3-5 months to appear and even be delayed for up to 2 years in a few cases.

Once benefits have begun to appear and been reported, or if there are none to record, that will probably be the end of blogging for that self-treater, except perhaps for an occasional update. Fortunately, a number of helminthic therapy blogs remain online.

Blogs

The most recent blogs are presented first. Older ones that had disappeared have, where possible, been resurrected in the form of an Internet Archive copy.

• Celiac disease blog -- Pete treating celiac disease and ulcerative colitis with NA.
• Let’s Heal IBD -- Kyla treating Crohn's disease and food intolerance with hookworms.
• Appalachian Animal Shelter: Providing refuge to heirloom companion animals. (Internet Archive copy here) -- Festus Haggen using HDC, NA and TTO, from 2014-2023, to treat CFS, arthritis and a mast cell disorder. Sadly, Festus died as a result of complications from an automobile accident, but he's left a remarkable blog for posterity.
• Old Friends -- Katie using NA and HDC to treat autoimmune encephalitis, long-term varicella-triggered PANS and other issues.
• Macolonie -- Vikou utilise NA pour traiter les allergies et les symptômes gastro-intestinaux. (French blog: Vikou using NA to treat allergies and gastrointestinal symptoms.)
• Notes of a Neuropsychiatry Amateur -- Ayahuasca using NA and HDC to treat Hashimoto's encephalitis.
• Doing the Worm -- EG using NA to treat plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and allergies.
• What you Sjo (Internet Archive copy) -- Luke using NA and HDC to treat Sjogren's syndrome.
• Helminthic Therapy Diary -- JP using NA to treat seasonal asthma and allergies related to mould and humidity.
• My Experiences with HT -- Amy treating Crohn's disease.
• Orin Twist -- Orin treating Crohn's disease.
• Right in the gut! Treating Mixed Connective Tissue Disease.
• Terapia Helmíntica (Portuguese blog) -- Adriano treating asthma and IBS. See page links in the sidebar.
• Conquering Crohns -- Rachel & her mum treating crohns with hookworms.
• Helminth Heroes -- Logan treating food intolerances and allergies.
• Eosinophile -- Thelma treating fibromyalgia/ POTS/ CFD/ narcolepsy.
• Colony of ME (Internet Archive copy) -- Melanie using hookworms to treat CFS/M.E., chronic migraines, deep muscle pain, brain fog and many other symptoms.
• As the Worm Turns -- Liz treating eosinophilic esophagitis, sinus and allergies.
• I've got worms and so can you! -- Natale treating Crohns with hookworms.
• Whipping Out Colitis -- JoAnn treating Ulcerative Colitis with human whipworms.
• Getting Healthier Now (Internet Archive copy here) -- Terry treating Ulcerative Colitis with whipworms and hookworms. Click on "helminthic therapy" in the list of tags.
• Helminthic Me -- Sandra treating immune dysfunction with hookworms and whipworms.
• Worm's Eye View -- Jenna treating Ulcerative Colitis with whipworms.
• The Worm And I -- John treating immune disorders with hookworms.
• Worms Are Forever -- Lynne treating various immune disorders with hookworms. Slow and steady improvement.
• The UC Chronicles -- Nancy treating Ulcerative Colitis with human whipworms.
• MY BLAHG -- J treating allergies with hookworms. Having many wins.
• Isaac and Crohns -- Isaac treating Crohn's with human whipworms & hookworms.
• Bubble Boy gets a Worm Farm (Internet Archive copy) -- Rob treating allergies and MCS with hookworms. Ups and downs losing worms and starting new colonies.
• Colon Comrades! (Internet Archive copy) -- Treating Ulcerative Colitis with human whipworms & hookworms. Mike says "A fabulous success".

See also

• Helminthic therapy personal stories. Presents over 900 accounts of success with more than 160 different medical conditions.

The reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to reconstitute a depleted biome to treat or prevent chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease and other immune-related disorders, including allergy.

The reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to reconstitute a depleted biome to treat or prevent chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease and other immune-related disorders, including allergy.

Someone who treats their own disease or condition without medical assistance.

Ulcerative colitis (Colitis ulcerosa, UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which specifically affects the large intestine, or colon, causing characteristic ulcers, or open sores. The main symptom of active disease is constant diarrhea mixed with blood, of gradual onset.

the human hookworm, Necator americanus

Also known as regional enteritis, this is an inflammatory disease of the intestines that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody if inflammation is severe), vomiting or weight loss, but may also cause complications outside the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis, inflammation of the eye, tiredness and lack of concentration.

A helminth that lives in the small intestine. Necator americanus (NA) is the only hookworm species used in helminthic therapy. Its microscopic larvae are applied periodically to the skin.

Hymenolepis diminuta cysticercoids (Hi-men-o-lep'is dim-a-nu-ta sis-ti-sur-koid) - the larval cysts of the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta

the ova (eggs) of the human whipworm, Trichuris trichiura

Irritable bowel syndrome is a widespread condition involving recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhoea or constipation. Wikipedia:Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A helminth with a tapering whiplike body that lives in the colon. In helminthic therapy, the microscopic eggs of either the human Trichuris trichiura (TTO) or pig Trichuris suis (TSO) are taken in a drink.