Millions of Americans Have a Parasite and Don’t Realize It June 25, 2024 – Posted in: Information, Parasite, Uncategorized

Americans often like to joke about the threat of Montezuma’s Revenge—otherwise known as traveler’s diarrhea—when they visit developing countries, but a significant number of people in the US actually already have parasites living inside them right now. Chances are you know one, or it’s you. Pinworms, giardia, head lice, and cyclospora hardly ever kill people in industrialized countries. You’d be correct, too, in thinking that most parasites—like intestinal worms—are more of a developing-country problem than a developed-country problem. But there…