Skin Parasites that Cause Itchy Disruptive Skin
Posted: Friday, May 18, 2007
by Richard Kuhns
Stress Management Institute
It's 3:00 am, your sleep has been interrupted by something crawling on your
face, legs, private parts-and you don't know what to do. First you wonder if
it's your imagination, but then the crawling feelings are accompanied by a
biting, stinging sensation--sometimes it seems to be from under your skin.
You get out of bed, turn on a light and take a look to see what's causing
the problem. You see nothing. Hoping for relief you scratch it. Moments
later, the biting returns and it's relentless. The next day you may find a rash
developing or what appears like bites on your skin.
sandy like substance-black specs-in your bedding or some strange fibers
developing on your skin or or tiny sparkly specs of light reflecting sunlight on
your arms.
In some cases, it looks like a mosquito bite or the beginnings of a zit but it
never goes away. In fact it multiplies in a short period of time.
What's causing the biting, rashes, lesions, and what do you do about it? First
you try some over the counter remedy such as Benadryl or Gold Bond
medicated powder and there's no benefit. Then you go to your doctor
expecting a prescription for a skin cream to quickly eliminate the problem.
Your doctor examines you and can't find anything wrong except that he
accuses you of scratching your skin causing it to inflame. You might convince
him to prescribe something like Quill or Elimite and it works for a few days
and then it's back to the hell of itching and biting. Eventually your doctor
may take a biopsy (plug sample) and you're looking forward to finally
identifying the causative agent. The test comes back negative and
eventually your doctor suggests to you that it's stress, in your imagination,
anxiety, general nervousness, Rosacea's Red Face, or worse yet that you
have acrophobia.
Actually, you've may have been invaded by one of several strains of skin
parasites. While most skin parasites are harmless, there are some skin
parasites such as Morgellons (of unknown origin), unknown to most doctors,
that can make life a living hell.
Job, of the Old Testament in the Holy Bible, may very well have been the
first human on record who suffered from these skin parasites which are in
the form of skin mites, nematodes, collembola and or skin fungus.
Some species of parasites that usually live outdoor on plants and animals can
adapt to living both in human skin and bring protozoan, bacterium, and fungi
organisms that live systemically (in the blood). Without guidance in an
effective treatment the parasites can reside in one's skin for years and make
scabies (a form of mite) look like the common cold.
To further complicate life, this skin problem can be easily transmitted from
animal or human to human by simple contact, i.e., beauty parlor, lying down
on an infested couch or rug, trying on new clothing in a store that was tried
on by someone who was infested....
My hell started from a cloud of dust that descended upon me after I pulled a
strangulating vine from a tree in my back yard so the medical specialist I
consulted couldn't pull that acrophobia stuff on me. Early on I experimented
with garlic. I tried other things like curry, but garlic was the ticket. I started
with 30,000 mg. of garlic per day and ended up at around 240,000 mg. per
day before I freed myself of the parasitic itchy bity symptoms. For me, garlic
completely tamed down the symptoms of the itchy parasites to where I
could be human. Of course I tried many different medications during this
time and each time I went off garlic to see if the medication or remedy was
working, it would flare up again because none were working. Eventually
garlic lost its magic and it was back to itching hell.
Fortunately shortly thereafter, I discovered the value of the diet which is
called the Parasite-Lyme DietSM. In fact I'm convinced that no treatment will
work without getting on the eating diet and staying on it. There are foods
such as fruits and many carbohydrates that feed the parasites and foods that
starve them. I started it as an elimination diet--ate only eggs initially and
within a few days I was itch and bite free--it worked that fast for me. It took
over ten years to discover all the nuances of the diet so I could enjoy foods
like shrimp scampi, chicken in butter sauce...
It's a three stage diet, the first of which is very strict. As stage I is
successful, one can often advance to Stage II within a week or so and eat
more leniently. It didn't take long to think I was cured, but every time I
went off the diet for a week or so, the itching and biting returned. In time
with certain medications, I could advance to Stage III of the diet and enjoy
limited types of fruit, honey, chocolate cake...
I wrote an e-book entitled Soothing the Itch Within and the Diet to Control
It which provides medical, bathing, and disinfection protocols which got me
and dozens of other sufferers symptom free.
Additionally the e-book and the diet is valuable for and addresses the
complications of Lyme and Protozoan infection that often accompany
parasitic infection.
Richard Kuhns B.S.Ch.E.is author of Soothing the Itch Within and the Diet to Control It e-book for dealilng with skin parasites at http://www.SkinParasitesEbook.com. Over 50 self help programs to manage stress at http://www.DStressdoc.com and http://www.PanicBusters.com for overcoming anxiety panic attack.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Interesting, I have had a skin itch that wakes me at 3 am also. I never would dream a diet elimination would help. My itch started when I was bitten by an insect in my house. We harbored a stray cat from the shelter behind my house. We could never figure out what was causing me to itch. I went to several dermatologists, wrong diagnosis. This is an interstesting because I have seasonal, environmental, and asthma. The immune system definately plays a part of fighting off these parasites. When someone would come in contact with me they would itch and sneeze. I have 27 years experience in medicine as a CMA-clinical. The doctors I have consulted wrote me off as crazy. I am not crazy and refuse to accept this diagnosis. Also the skin is very sensitive to anything that touches it. Hope you continue your research for future cures without use of psychotrophic medicines. MJ Bowser
its not fleas bed bugs scabies its an uncurable like cancer you just got lucky like me very lameHave you experienced anything like what he's describing? I have and I've tried more remedies than I can remember, so I'm ready to try something else that worked for somebody who has had this.
Hi, believe it or not, even though people and doctors say that you can't contract any disease from a toilet, that is exactly what happened to me. I concur with everything this writer is saying because I, like him, have wasted money on dermatologists/doctors who just write me off as being stressed or "allergic" (which after 37 years, I am not allergic to anything in my environment in terms of soap, laundry detergent, clothes - knock on wood)...but never the real cause: a skin parasite. What happened is that I used a public toilet at Disneyworld and when I stood up some of the toilet water clung to my thigh so I wiped/rubbed it off (or so I thought!). Later that night, my legs started itching and it stemmed from where my thigh was in contact with the toilet water. Then, when I went to the hotel, I felt something moving underneath my skin (wiggling and squirming is the only definition I could think of). I took a bath and it only made things worse by spreading the skin parasites through the bath water. After that, I took a shower and it seemed to also spread the itchy and wiggling sensation underneath the skin. I thought, this is just like the Old Testament patriarch, Job, who had worm-like parasitic infections in his skin and was tormented by it also. I read that selenium sulfide (Selsun Blue) could help and so I washed my hair and body with it and it seems to be helping but, at the same time, now the parasites are also in my environnment (the car seats and clothes I sat on) so now I have to steam clean/iron those fabrics I sat on and wash all my clothes in hot water. I also read that aloe vera gel is also anti parasitic, anti fungal, anti bacterial, etc. so I will give that a try. I read that consumption of sugar causes parasites/ bacteria, etc. to grow so I am trying to stay away from sugary soda drinks as well as deserts.What you describe is most likely Collembola (spring tails). They can be highly contageous on any surface where skin contact was made for about ten or fifteen minutes. They can live on a surface for years if not disinfected.The best approach is the diet which although a low glycemic diet. It follows no theory as things like rosemary or licorice (just to name two of the many offenders that follow no theory) feed this parasite. Medically, ORAP (even though it's known mainly as an antipsychotic drug) it's the most powerful anti parasitic drug known--but doctors don't know this even though they are the only ones who can prescribe it. And since the parasite brings along bacteria such as Lyme disease, boosting immune functioning is important. We use a glutathione accelerator proven to work to do just that. The e-book and the update provide all the specifics to fight the parasites. The best topical cream is 999 cream--nothing else works as good as it does. Selsun blue is a band aid in comparison. For more information please go to SkinParasitesEbook dot com If it's a new infection, you can totally get rid of it in a few weeks, if you've been fighting it for a long time, then you can get your life back to some normalcy in comparision to what its been.Thank you so much, Richard. I did buy your e-book and it's very helpful.The e-book has a lot of good info...I just wish this wasn't a problem in my life or anyone's! I'm a single mother with a 1-year-old who also has it now too. I work so hard, and now, this makes it seem near hopeless. Life is not even enjoyable many days.
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