by Simon Yu, MD | Dec 21, 2020 | Case Stories, Chronic Disease, Parasites/Fungi
Is it possible to reverse engineer unsuspected mental illness? Several years ago, I saw a 59-year-old nurse from North Carolina with chief complaint of parasites coming out of her oral cavity through her teeth and gums. Nobody believed that she had parasites. Her...
by Simon Yu, MD | Sep 15, 2010 | Parasites/Fungi
I attended the 12th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA) Conference in the summer of 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The main theme of the conference was “Understanding the Global Impact of Parasites: from genomes to function and disease.” Over 1700 scientists...
by Simon Yu, MD | Jan 5, 2006 | Parasites/Fungi
Parasites have many definitions and different ways of affecting people. In previous articles, I have discussed parasites and their relationships to allergies, cancer and mental illness. So, what are parasites? Medical text books define parasites as plants or animals...
by Simon Yu, MD | Dec 4, 2005 | Parasites/Fungi
Are you one of those people constantly worrying about parasite infestation? You are not alone. There are millions of people suffering from the “delusion” of parasites invading their body, crawling under their skin, nibbling their flesh and taking away all the...
