# The effects of hookworm on asthma **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [April 15, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-hookworm-on-asthma/578553 "2011-04-15T23:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![James\_Lockwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@James\_Lockwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Lockwood)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-hookworm-on-asthma/578553/21 "2011-04-23T19:50:39Z")
> [@sabine\_katze](#): > > It varies though…I know of another person who tried, and it didn’t help. I have Ulcerative colitis, first tried this about five years ago, via a German company called Ovamed that provides sterilized whipworms. It didn’t cure me, but I stabilized where it’s more manageable (I was really really sick before, where I was wasting and unable to digest anything, now I’m fairly stable if I stick to a very limited diet). > > The process takes a few months; every two weeks I took a vial of worm eggs, for like three months. And yes, it was thousands of dollars, but to me it was worth it. > > It also seemed to cure food allergies/sensitivities I had, to red wine and eggs. > > At this point, they just don’t have enough data to judge effectiveness. Yes, results do vary. People will react differently, and at this time there isn’t any way to predict who will be helped. All people can do is to cite averages, and with hookworms the overall results are about 80% for many autoimmune disorders. Ulcerative colitis is an exception to this rule; hookworms don’t seem to be very effective for this condition. So whipworm is likely a far better organism to try in this situation. Fibromyalgia is another example of a condition that doesn’t seem to be helped by hookworms, no doubt there are more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-hookworm-on-asthma/578553.md?page=1)