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Posted 7/22/2022 5:21 PM (GMT -5)
I have been diagnosed with two protozoa parasites (microscopic) and one blood fluke through energetic testing. These all live in the blood.

I’m looking for laboratory testing to confirm but from my understanding laboratory testing has been really bad at finding parasites.

Has anyone had any experience dark field microscopy? It seems like it would be great for detecting these types of parasites that live off the blood but I’m finding very limited information on this type of test.

Thanks
Posted 7/22/2022 5:35 PM (GMT -5)
there is some darkfield users on microscopy thread here and on lymenet flash mostly blood smears but not many are willing to do a non frozen fecal matter analysis...what would i be looking at/for?, w/o some college pathology books it would be a crapshoot- pun intended...so i use a local dom who sends his to an african university fresh however there is these guys in az who do some testing

https://www.parasitetesting.com/test
Posted 7/22/2022 5:44 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks.

I received from feedback from a doctor and he indicated that the two parasites I have are microscopic protozoa (trypanosomes) are found in the blood so a stool analysis wouldn't be useful.

I know the blood fluke is larger but it's also in the blood. Not sure if a stool analysis would be useful for this one either.

It would need to be some type of blood analysis.
Posted 7/22/2022 6:24 PM (GMT -5)
i have done a fair bit of microscopy

blood and stool

i would say that for blood borne parasites including trypanosomes the standard test would be thin blood smears with a simple stain - typically Giemsa - any lab with a microscope can do that. or you can do it for yourself with a little patience and learning ( i did ) - i have seen slides of these prepared as per above in textbooks and they look very clear and easy to spot

blood fluke might be trickier as i do not know if they are distributed in the blood like trypanosomes - could well be holed up in the liver for example and so may not be seen in a peripheral blood sample.

i think you are wise to look for confirmation of the diagnosis by "energetic testing"
Posted 7/25/2022 11:15 AM (GMT -5)
Garzie, which labs in particular will do this type of testing and do I need make a special request? I'm having a hard time finding anything.
Posted 7/25/2022 11:43 AM (GMT -5)
testing was sent to his guy in africa , this guy will try and sell some botanicals may take two or more rounds , that how they get you....

https://www.drglennwilcox.com/?r_done=1

id do brendas herbal cleanse followed by jay davidsons protocol if i had to again. dr k says go biggest to smallest to avoid russain nesting doll syndrome of reinfection
Posted 7/25/2022 12:03 PM (GMT -5)
sorry for the late reply - i just noticed the question

i did a lot of digging into the various parasite tests a couple of years ago

the labs had variable reputations, different technologies, and pro's and cons

i was particularly interested in single celled parasites - like blastocystis and amoeba

the conclusion i came to that the standard parasitology labs via microscopy for worms and eggs / cysts were very much hit and miss

in the end i selected a test called GI-MAP
it tested for all the parasites i was interested in via PCR which really should be the most sensitive method as it should be able to detect minute amounts of parasite dna in the stool - even if there are no whole organism present that would be visible by microscope

also the test measures other useful markers - like gut inflammation - antimicrobial resistance and and general balance of the microbiome ( another can of worms...so to speak )

https://www.diagnosticsolutionslab.com/tests/gi-map
Posted 7/25/2022 12:37 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks, I'll look into that
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