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Here we discuss the health and care of your helminths and thus how to protect the investment in your health.

Caring for human helminths

NA (Necator Americanus hookworms)
TTO (Trichuris Trichiura whipworms).

• Human helminth care manual

Caring for non-human helminths

TSO (Trichuris suis pig whipworms)

• Avoid when possible (Scroll down the page to locate this section.)

HDC (Hymenolepis diminuta rat tapeworms)

• Caring for HDC

An intestinal worm which grows large enough to be seen with the naked eye when mature but which is microscopic when administered in helminthic therapy. Wikipedia:Helminths

the human hookworm, Necator americanus

A helminth that lives in the small intestine. Necator americanus (NA) is the only hookworm species used in helminthic therapy. Its microscopic larvae are applied periodically to the skin.

the ova (eggs) of the human whipworm, Trichuris trichiura

A helminth with a tapering whiplike body that lives in the colon. In helminthic therapy, the microscopic eggs of either the human Trichuris trichiura (TTO) or pig Trichuris suis (TSO) are taken in a drink.

the ova (eggs) of the porcine (pig) whipworm, Trichuris suis

The porcine (pig) whipworm used in helminthic therapy and taken as microscopic eggs (TSO) in a drink every two weeks.

Hymenolepis diminuta cysticercoids (Hi-men-o-lep'is dim-a-nu-ta sis-ti-sur-koid) - the larval cysts of the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta

A murine (rat) tapeworm used in helminthic therapy that generally does not mature in humans and is taken as cysticerci (HDC) in a drink every 2 or 3 weeks.

A helminth with a flat, ribbon-like, segmented body. Only the murine (rat) tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, is used in helminthic therapy and this generally does not reach adulthood in humans so requires regular dosing of HDC.