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“4 years ago I went to buy a green juice….my life has been hell: I can not sleep because of a heat feeling on my shoulder area and all over my body, colitis, leaky gut, blooded, feeling suicidal, restless, fog like feeling, etc. Before this I had a normal life worked out 4 to five times a week but now I'm miserable.
   –J in California

“Our main symptoms have been complete loss of appetite, feeling very unwell (stomach feels full and heavy) after eating anything, subsequent weight loss and low levels of energy, fatigued etc, some nausea. (no real pain, very little diarrhea, no vomiting)…. Chronic fatigue, confusion, breathing difficulty, joint pain, mushy stools, abdominal pain (especially after eating a high carb meal), rash in the groin creases that won't respond to conventional treatments and depression. Three or 4 years ago I was also having spells of very low pulse (less than 40 bpm) and several near fainting spells that could not be explained by the doctors at the hospitals. Heart palpitations. Chest pain, Joint pain, particularly elbows and shoulders, Bilateral arm weakness and numbness – particularly the biceps. Changed from principally constipation to principally diarrhea. Upper abdominal pain as well, Extreme fatigue, inability to get up for longer periods that 10 minutes. Sweats Tremor/ shaking hands. I did not realized the new rash on my torso was associated.”
   - B in California

“My daughter and I have since developed the same symptoms (and I have tested positive as I have stated) for about 4 weeks. We developed symptoms the same day experiencing shortness of breath and wheezing and chest pain - approximately 10 weeks ago. At the same time or shortly thereafter began having diffuse abdominal discomfort - tender to touch. Began to feel jetlagged and was waking up even earlier than usual with extreme waves of nausea that sometimes led to vomiting. Stomach gurgled constantly. Nausea lasts all day, became anorexic, lost weight at an alarming rate - to present date have lost 14 pounds. Began to have headaches and sore muscles in the neck area. Upon waking explosive diarrhea x 3-4 and during the day soft stool a couple of times. Overwhelming fatigue - worse than I have ever experienced. I am not able to function at all, general malaise and fall asleep in the middle of a sentence"
   – L in Arizona

  “Twice in the past 3 months I have gone to urgent care or the ER for abdominal pain and was diagnosed with the sort of mortifying diagnosis of Constipation" The last GI MD ordered an MRI of abdomen and pelvis and all is well inside, thank heavens. And then, as I told you, my stool samples were positive for Blastocystis”
   -J in Oregon age 53