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Do you think intestinal parasites?

The reason I wanted to contact you is because I’m a in a bit of stump medically speaking and I hope you would give me some advise. I would be really grateful. I have been developing a very bad stomach and it is very bothersome. It started when I went to Honduras and I’m very convinced it happened after I ate wild raspberries in a farm there, there could have been something else I ate that might have caused it I’m not entirely sure. But I think it had something to do with the raspberries. After about a couple of days, I woke up one night with terrible diarrhea, I felt terrible the rest of the day going to the bathroom 4-5 times and in the evening I got a fever I took some Advil and it finally slowed down and I fell asleep. I woke up the next day only to be racked with body pain and fever once again. A doctor was visiting someone in the house staff and my mother decided to have him check me. He said he thought I either had a bacterial or parasitic infection. He told me to rest and see if I get better. The day after I felt better but still had a stomach ache. I got constipated for about a week. And since I was not terribly ill I just lived with it for a month and a half I just thought I had gotten a regular stomach bug. I Stared alternating from having lots of constipation to very loose stool that had a lot of white things covering it which later I was told was mucous. I would have constant stomach pain especially in the left side of my stomach. Colic, fatigue and gases. I would also have horrible flatulence which I never had before that smelled strange. After two months the pain became worse and decided to go a doctor that was a friend of my fathers. He thought I was suffering from a parasitic infection which is very common in Central America. He decided to do a blood test to see if I had some indication it came back fine but he said the symptoms where clear and he believed I had a parasitic of sorts most probably Giardia. So he gave me a dose of Albendazole 400 mg once and another dose of secindazole 2 grams once. I hate medicine a lot but I was very ill at this point and decided to do what he said to get better and took the albendazole and the next day the secindazole I only took 1.5 because my stomach hurt a lot. I felt better for about a week and stopped having flatulence and had a lot less mucous on my stool had hope I would get cured. I became very constipated but generally better but about 10 days later felt worse than before, I felt like I had a ulcer, my stomach acids churned like crazy. My stomach felt like it was going to burst I felt like vomiting all the time the doctor told me to take another 2 grams of secindole that because I had not taken the full dose some of the organism was still left. After that dose my stomach felt worse and had horrible constipation. I moved to the US 10 days later, and went to see a General practioner, he was convinced I had picked up either a parasite or H. pylori in the third world, he said by hearing my stomach that I was developing a ulcer. He ordered a blood test, and 2 stool tests. The blood test said I had something wrong with my white blood count I can’t remember what. I was very constipated and took a long time to do the stool sample which came back normal. He gave me an anti acid and said I had to do a conloscopy. I did not want to do something so extreme so I went to a gastroenterologist who also did a 2 stool test and breathe test for H. Pylori, which came back clean. He said that the stool test might be off because my stool was constipated and formed. Gave me some laxatives to stabilize and he thought I was recovering from an infection. I just felt worse and worse for about a month till he ordered a CT scan without contrast to see if I had abnormalities in my stomach. My left side hurt this whole period of time mostly the lower part. He found that I had a lot of stool in my colon and some in my appendix and said to eat more fiber in my diet, exercise and take a laxative. I was felling too bad to excerisise much but, put tried the effort. My left side pain just grew worse and took different form and got very bloated just on my left side till my muscles contracted in the back and near the rib cage the doctor got worried and order a ultra sound and x- ray which showed no kidney stones. And did another blood test which everything came back normal. He gave me a stool softener and told me to take twice a day which I have started taking which works sometimes. I asked him if it was possible if I still have bacteria or parasite and he said he thinks I have recovered from it and usually parasites come associated with direaha, although I have read otherwise He said I could do a colonoscopy if the pain keeps getting worse. Do you think I could have a parasite such as a worm of some sort im terrfied of something like this. The only abnormality found was in one of the blood tests that showed elvated lymphs at 49 and low neutrophils and 1.7 this was when I first cam

im always feeling hungry?im eating well but quickly digest within one hour and again hungry..

Eventhough a little less than before.. I want to know for how many days i have to take the tablet for complete cure. will there be any side effect if i take more than one tablet.

how come we never see them, and how often should an adult take doses?

Recently, I've been under treatment for high eosinophilia (28-36%), all other blood count are within range. Also, I been suffering from abdominal pains at various locations. Plus nauseous feelings whenever I take in food. I've taken Mebendazole & Metronidazole but neither improve the situation. My doc ran a few more blood tests and found out my Immunogloguline E (IGE) was high and thus ran some allegry test for me. The nurse screw up my stool test and I have to wait another 3 weeks for the results. In the mean while, my doc gave me albendazole (400mg single dose) to try. It made me feel much better but only lasted for a day. I'm tempted to get additional albendazole dose for the relieve, but I'm not sure if worms is really my case. Too painful and uncomfortable to think straight. Would like to seek some professional advice here. Thanks in advance. Have been on methylphenidate hydrochloride (concerta) for the past 2 years, vitamin suppliments and melatonin. All of which I've stopped taking for the past 2 months. Blood pressure is normal. No other symptoms has surfaced yet.

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