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Do Hookworms Really Cure Allergies?

Jasper Lawrence, a California man who suffered from crippling allergies decided to treat himself with hookworms. He went on then to sell the lava of his own hookworm to people with allergies and like Crohn's disease. The FDA shut it down because- Of course. Co-infections can lead to severe complications. We don't want to put other people on the environment risk. If you give yourself too many, you can get sick. They can cause serious anemia. For a successful pharmaceutical trial, you would need to test a lot of people. And I don't wants to give 10,000 people hookworms.

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