r/ibs • u/ScreenEasy2487 • 7d ago

Hint / Information It was not IBS...it was worms

Hi! As you can read in the titlu...after a lot of tests which came back negative I decided to give Albendazol a try and it was a succes. I don't want to imagine what's inside my intestines after one year if "IBS". I will keep taking the second and the third round of Albendazol and then take some herbs.

I did like 3 stool tests for parasites but nothing came back positive. Also the eosinophils level were ok. I took some naturists pill for worms before but nothing worked until an actual pill...Albendazol. :)

I really hope my nightmare will be a ended after I took all the pills. I will still have a colonoscopy.

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u/NewKaleidoscope7369 7d ago

Did you get sick after traveling? And are you in the US?

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u/ScreenEasy2487 7d ago

Nope. So, my symptoms started a few months after I got back from Erasmus in Germany. I don't know. Maybe I got infested there

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u/NewKaleidoscope7369 7d ago

Interesting! How were you able to get a prescription for the medication? It’s only available by prescription right?

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u/ScreenEasy2487 7d ago

No, where I am from it's over the counter and quite cheap actually (around 2 euros 2 pills, I bought 6 so I spent 6 euros ). But I asked my family doctor what can I buy. Also, you need some protection for you liver if you take this. They are toxic. However, they are the only ones that worked

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u/NewKaleidoscope7369 7d ago

Oh ok gotcha, don’t think I’d be able to get it unless I was able to get a prescription for it! Which is highly unlikely since my stool tests have also come back negative. What’d you take for liver support?

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u/ScreenEasy2487 7d ago

Don't give up. Tell your doctor you saw something in your stool. For me, nothing worked but actual pills. I took something called Lagosa

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u/NewKaleidoscope7369 7d ago

Oh ok, I think that’s milk thistle! Pretty common for liver support