LC or not LC? Frustrated with "up in the air" GI d

[JamesEcuador]

And yes, the immune system's primary defense mechanism for dealing with both Giardiasis and/or amoebiasis, appears to be increased T cell infiltration into the epithelium of the intestine. So obviously such infections can easily trigger an MC episode (or be mistaken for an MC episode).

Tex

This has always been in my mind as I'm sure whatever symptoms I have are caused or made worse by constant parasitic infections and amoebiasis (feces tests show I normally have both but luckily not H.Pylori which is rife here) or maybe the medicines prescribed to treat them which are brutally strong and always mess up my insides. In Galapagos for example, we are recommended to "de-parasite" every 3 months with metronidazole for the giardia and then another drug which I can't remember the name of for the amoebiasis.

When I was in England my BMs were normal but I still had fatigue, stomach pain/stress and sensitive reactions to dairy, gluten (two accidental glutenings) and red wine of all things.

[Zizzle]

James,
My mother treated her h.pylori and amoebas for what seemed like years. She was diagnosed with gastritis, barrett's esophagus, you name it. The problem with amoebas is you have to kill them when they have hatched, and they are always in different stages of the life cycle, so erradication is really difficult. Unfortunately, all the irritation these infections have caused probably led to permeable intestines, and thus your gluten and other food reactions. Now that those immune responses to foods have been triggered, they may be for life, even if you erradicate the infections.

[tex]

and red wine of all things.

That would likely be a reaction to either sulfite or histamine

Tex