Booger,
Nothing is being censored, her posts are all still on the board as you can read for yourself. I am not discounting her story at all, but I am countering her false statements. I may not be a doctor, but a quick google search shows that the drug her doctor recommended, Ivermectin, which is a broad-spectrum antiparasitic avermectin medicine is available from pharmacies in Canada under the name Stromectol. It can be even be purchased online with the proper prescription at:
http://www.rxmedscanada.com/stromectol-ivermectin.php
The following site requests Canadian patients taking Stromectol to "In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345."
http://www.rxlist.com/stromectol-sid...rug-center.htm
Two Canadians, Dana1 and PattyK both state they received treatment for hookworm while in Canada. With all the above mentioned facts, it would seem that Cprgirl's statement "Health Canada DOES NOT & HAS NOT put their stamp of approval on Ivermectin" is incorrect.
The truth about hookworm can easily be found on the internet as well. The US National Institute of Health (the NIH) states that "Complications (from hookworm are) Iron deficiency anemia caused by loss of blood, Nutritional deficiencies, Severe protein loss with fluid buildup in the abdomen (ascites)".
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001653/
The World Health Organization (WHO) states "In children, chronic hookworm infection has been shown to impair physical and intellectual development, reduce school performance and attendance, and adversely affect future productivity and wage-earning potential."
http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/...en/index2.html
The US CDC (Center of Disease Control) states "Most people infected with hookworms have no symptoms. Some have gastrointestinal symptoms, especially persons who are infected for the first time. The most serious effects of hookworm infection are blood loss leading to anemia, in addition to protein loss. Hookworm infections are treatable with medication prescribed by your health care provider."
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/hookworm/disease.html
None of these respected health sources make any mention of "life or limb being lost", so that would seem to point out the fact the Cprgirl's assertion is also incorrect.
In my earlier posts, I made mention that there seemed to be other factors at play in this problem, including infections possibly picked up from the hospital or by scratching. Interestingly enough the CDC states "Scratching at the lines can cause a bacterial infection. Your doctor may decide to treat you to control the symptoms and prevent a bacterial infection."
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/zoonoti...m/disease.html
So it is clear that doctors prescribe treatments to prevent scratching that can cause infections.
Cprgirl stated that "There is a severe amount of pain associated with this as well as painful itching as you can well imagine". She also stated that " He had to be taken to the hospital to have needles put into the pockets of infection to have them drained."
So while there is no mention in any of the CDC, NIH or WHO documentation about hookworm causing infections, Cprgirl's husband's was "prescribed ointment that kept it (scratching) under control for the itching" and he had infections that needed to be drained. So it would seem that "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" actually points to the much more likely assertion that he did have additional infections caused by scratching which is why the doctor prescribed the anti-itch medication.
There are an estimated 700-800 million people with hookworms worldwide:
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/hookworm-infection
According to the World Health Organization, there were 11 deaths total caused by hookworm in a total of 7 countries worldwide - Jamaica NOT being one of them.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mo...kworm-diseases
That works out to be a percentage of .0000146% - or slightly over a one hundred thousandth of 1 percent. More people die in elevators and escalator accidents in the USA per year than die of hookworm worldwide.
Negril.com let Cprgirl make her post about her husband's experience with hookworm. We always welcome truthful, accurate and helpful information to be posted as it benefits everyone. But as with rumor and speculation, presenting any kind of misleading or misinformed information benefits no one. I understand that Cprgirl is extremely emotional about the issue, but misrepresenting the facts of hookworm is not helpful to anyone.
