Rob: I am not sure that you know we live in Canada. Health Canada DOES NOT & HAS NOT put their stamp of approval on Ivermectin, Albiendazole, Mintezol, etc, etc. So therefore it is not available at any pharmacy. And yes the Dr did make an instant and CORRECT diagnosis, but if the meds to cure the problem is not available....well guess what happens......you suffer! And no, hubby DID NOT have additional infections, and NO he did not scratch, itch his feet. He was given a prescribed ointment that kept it under control for the itching. And YES I do know bodies contain lifeforms which we need. In all info we have been told by DOCTORS and reading "by-products" are referred to as coming from the hookworms themselves.....you know, POOP, PEE, SPIT, SCALES, etc. And YES, it can cause loss of limb when you donot have proper meds to bring it under control. And YES, you can lose your life if hookworms are ingested as the DOCTORS on the TV program I stated when it, for example, was not diagnosed properly and was allowed to progress. I have also read that in medical journals. Do you really think that my husband did not have blood tests thru this ordeal so that we did not know what was going on? He has an extremely well informed doctor, but once again when he tried twice to contact Health Canada for the dosage of meds that would have helped and there was no response we and he witnessed what was happening to hubby's feet. So please do not make light of something that was very, very, serious when it was no fault of my husbands. There was no "misleading facts", only what we know for a fact and have witnessed. When a Dr starts to show that he is very worried what the outcome may be without meds then it's time for the patient to also.

Also if some people can live with hookworms all their lives, although I assure you, I have never read this, nor was told by any doctors, then I guess all I can say is good on them.