The helminth therapy

Helminth therapy consists of using small intestinal worms, called helminths, to treat autoimmune diseases, asthma, allergies, food intolerance, eczema, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes  and many inflammatory diseases.

The starting point is that autoimmune diseases are mostly found in industrialized countries where intestinal worms have been eradicated. The idea is that these worms have co-evolved to modulate our immune system to avoid being rejected by our body.

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