Hello Everybody, my delightfull wife has been very rundown as of late,about 6 months, and we have been trying to figure out why. The dr. has checked her for lupus and thyroid,negative. I have wondered about parasites because we have pigs,chickens,pygmy goats,dog,hogs and children. What does the test consist of and does this make sense to anyone. TTFN (ta ta for now) thanks Tom

-- tom calloway (Calfarm@msn.com), March 05, 2000

Answers

You didn't give us arm chair MD's much to go on. "Run down" is fairly obscure. Most people (if not all) have some form of parasites in thier systems. Go to the health food store and ask what they sugest for parasites.

-- Peggy (adkinsonthefarm@hotmail.com), March 05, 2000.

Hey Tom: Got me thinking about the 5 yrs in my life that I was run down with parasites. Noticed you added children to your list. GOT TEENAGERS???? Just kidding. Couldn't resist. Kirk

-- Kirk Davis (kirkyay@yahoo.com), March 05, 2000.

How about some other blood work ? Is lime disease an option in your area ?Low blood sugar ?Low iron? The list can go on and on .I too often feel run down , I have 4 children ,a farm , hockey and skating practice , a husband who works full time and goes to school 3 nights a week .I had strep for 30 days yes 30 ! # rounds of antibiotics yuck! I cant even count how many colds this winter! She should take a good multi vitamin then add to it , maybe iron,vit c , e, b's. Do a web search on how to boost your imune system, and talk to your dr. again.

-- Patty Gamble (fodfarms@slic.com), March 06, 2000.

Tom: My friend's daughter was run down and after 6 months and a lot of tests later they found lime disease. Some of the ticks are the size of sesame seeds. Possible? Kirk

-- Kirk Davis (kirkay@yahoo.com), March 07, 2000.

Tom, There are many parasites as well as diseases that can be ZOONOTIC or transmissable from animals to humans. Always instruct the doc of the potential when you have farm critters. Some parasites are intestinal and can be screened for with a simple fecal examination. Others may be airborne-certain bacteria and fungal infections. There is no real way to screen for everything with just a couple of tests.

I also have a farm, 2 at home teens, grands, and a full time job. That can be enough to wear somebody down quick. I did find out that I wasn't suffering from parasitism, but winter depression! When the days get shorter, my attention span and will to do-just don't. Possibly messed up seratonin uptake, who knows. I have found great relief in something so simple as a mild anti-depressant. Works for me and I feel like working a little more. Sorry I couldn't give you a straight answer, but felt good yapping anyway. Take care and good luck.

-- CT (DRAGGINBOTTOMFARM@HOTMAIL.COM), March 09, 2000.

Hello,

I am not a doctor or such.

I have felt run down for going on 20 years. The doctors were no help at all, well not by much.Most doctors do not take women serously. Though in time I found I had a heart valve that does not work quite right, and I am on the boarder line for low blood sugar. The blood work also found that my body is very low on calcuim. Also in my blood work, they found high levels of Pesitsides. All the adds up,, to make me very run down. I now have to budget my energy..... and it takes awhile to get use to it.

10 years ago,, I went all organic,, I get lots of rest,, I HAVE to take naps during the day. So I am doing a little better.

I have had this problem before we got all our farm animals,though I have always had a horse,, butthe animals have always been on a worming schedule. Most worms that live in Animals can not live in Humans, in the rare cases that they might,, they do not live very long.

They only one I can think of in my family, I had an Uncle that liked to eat rare pork. He got a Tapeworm from that. But he lost alot of weight to the point he was walking bones. Took awhile for the doctors to get rid of it.

Also,, like my son,, we found out he was run down,,,, because of natural gas levels so low the Gas detectors would not be registered. We got rid of the natural gas heat, with in two weeks he was back to normal.

Sorry I could not be of more help. Good luck.

Mrs Nees

-- Mrs Nees (autumnhaus@aol.com), March 09, 2000.

Fatigue is a symptom for a lot of things. First thing might be a physical from an MD, after that maybe a Naturapath. My wife had fatigue and mental confusion for over 5 years. After going to many doctors, specialists etc. we read about the problems with Silver Amalgam fillings(over 50% mercury). We found a dentist who specialized in removing and replacing these fillings. After the second session of removing the fillings she began to improve, and now is energetic with fewer allergies and the mental confusion is gone.

-- Chris Engle (engle_c@yahoo.com), March 11, 2000.