by Simon Yu, MD | Mar 28, 2023 | Chronic Disease, Parasites/Fungi
Igor, a 60-year-old, noncompliant patient returned to my clinic recently. He was having abdominal pain and rectal bleeding with bowel movement. He had been evaluated by another physician and told his CT scan was consistent with liver problems, and fatty liver. He was...
by Simon Yu, MD | Nov 2, 2021 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Medical Acupuncture, Parasites/Fungi
Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic worms, known as Schistosoma liver flukes. It is considered one of the most neglected tropical diseases and is not found in the US, according to the CDC. Over 250 million people are infected...
by Simon Yu, MD | Aug 3, 2020 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Cancer, Case Stories, History of Medicine, Medical Acupuncture
Medical dogma held that stress and lifestyle factors were the major causes of peptic ulcer disease. Australian Dr. Barry Marshall and pathologist Robin Warren rebutted this theory through self-experimentation – Marshall drank an H. pylori cocktail to cause the...
by Simon Yu, MD | Apr 19, 2017 | Acupuncture Meridian Assessment, Case Stories, Chronic Disease, Dental, Parasites/Fungi
About 25 years ago, during my early exploration of alternative, complementary medicine, occasionally, my front desk staff would ask me, rolling their eyes, what happened to the last patient I saw. She stormed out of the clinic crying, telling them that she will never...
by Simon Yu, MD | Mar 13, 2017 | Military Learning, Parasites/Fungi
In February 2017, I saw a 69 year old Vietnam veteran from Asheville, North Carolina with a high suspicion for parasite infection. He was told by his doctor that he has Blastocystis hominis and other undefined and unidentifiable parasites based on stool testing. The...
