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I have a family member with colitis. In the US, there are treatments available that use hookworms and are regulated, and hopefully safer than the option described above. So before you going tramping off to some African open-air latrine (assuming you don't live in Africa already), I would ask a doctor specifically about helminthic therapy and see what s/he can do for you.

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Well, thanks for the advice -- but everyone says, "see a doctor!"

I just want the cheap, infect-yourself-with-worms,see-what-happens,-no-drs-required method.

(Haven't found previous visits to allergy doctors to be helpful. I'm sure there are helpful doctors out there, but how do you find them?)

Find a poor e-mail buddy in a country with endemic hookworm and ask them for some poo. Then, grow the larvae out like the guy said in his story.

I would put in a call to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. They are often on the bleeding edge of treatments, and might be able to refer you to someone in your own hood who can help you out.

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