Parasites don't attack healthy immune systems easily. They attack suppressed ones. Which means the real question isn't whether you've been exposed. It's whether anything in your body is making it easy for them to stay.
Key Takeaway
Heavy metals, candida, chronic bacterial infections, mold toxicity, and viral infections don't just coexist with parasites. They create the suppressed immune environment that allows parasites to establish and persist. This is why treating a parasitic infection without addressing the underlying terrain that enabled it almost always leads to reinfection or incomplete clearing.
If you have heavy metals, candida, bacteria, mold, and viral infections, you may have a parasitic infection. When the immune system is suppressed with these pathogens and toxins, it makes you more susceptible to a parasitic infection.
(1) What are Heavy Metals?
According to a 2014 study, heavy metals are "naturally occurring elements that have a high atomic weight and a density at least 5 times greater than that of water." Heavy metals weaken the immune system and cause cells to lose their vitality. If an individual has a heavy metal toxicity, parasites can easily attack as this toxicity makes humans more susceptible to parasitic infections.
Because of their high degree of toxicity, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury rank among the priority metals that are of public health significance. These metallic elements are considered systemic toxicants that are known to induce multiple organ damage, even at lower levels of exposure.
Symptoms of a Heavy Metal Toxicity:
- Brain Fog
- Poor Gut Health / Multiple Gut Infections
- Neurodegenerative Diseases / Neuropathy / Pins and Needles
- Anxiety / Depression / Mental Disorders
- Hair Loss
- Behavioral Disorders / Autism (especially in children)
- Frequent Headaches / Migraines
- Joint / Muscle Aches
- Overall Fatigue / Weakness
(2) What is Candida?
Candida is a fungal opportunistic pathogen. It usually resides as a commensal in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts. However, it causes infection when the host becomes debilitated or immunocompromised. Candida overgrowth and parasitic infections are often found together!
Symptoms of a Candida Overgrowth:
- Gastrointestinal Problems (IBS, constipation, abdominal pain, bloating)
- Poor Sleep
- Vaginal Irritation / Chronic Vaginal Infections / UTIs
- Itching
- Sinus Infections
- Skin / Nail Infections
(3) What is Bacteria?
The invasion of pathogenic bacterial overgrowth such as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease), Escherichia coli (E. coli), Clostridium difficile (C. diff), etc. can create an environment where parasites can thrive within the body.
(4) What is Mold?
Mold is a type of fungus that grows in places where moisture exists. Mold toxicities can prohibit the immune system from properly functioning, making you vulnerable to parasitic infections.
(5) What are Viral Infections?
Viral infections such as Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), and others can suppress the immune system and make you more susceptible to parasitic infections.