Colostrum effective against parasitic infections
About parasites
Parasites are organisms living at the expense of their host and are physiologically and metabolically dependent upon the host and damaging to it by their presence.
Parasites and our health
Intestinal parasites live in the digestive system. They are spread in humans by poor hygiene related to faeces, contact with animals or badly cooked food containing parasites. The main group of parasites contain crypto-sporodium, microsporodia, isospora and parasitic worms. They mainly attack people with weakened immune systems, like HIV.
Symptoms of a parasitic infection
Some parasites do not cause any symptoms, or symptoms are very mild and disappear very quickly. The most common complaints and signs are coughing, cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, flatulence and diarrhoea. With some serious infections symptoms like skin-itching, fever, nausea, vomiting, or bloody stools may occur. Parasites can also cause low red blood cell count and some travel from the lungs to intestines or to the other parts of the body.
How holvita™ colostrum can help with parasitic infections
Parasites can grow uncontrollably in individuals with weakened immune systems, where the intestinal flora is out of balance. They rob the body of nutrients and add to our the already weakened immune system the burden of the secreted toxic waste they produce. Colostrum can help to build up the health of the intestinal tract and strengthen immune defences. It it does not attack parasites directly, but it can improve the health of the digestive system and in that way prevent parasitic infection.
One of the most common parasitic infections is caused by a parasite called Cryptosporidium. For more about Cryptosporidium click here.
Our holvita™ colostrum contains immune factors that can support the immune system function and growth factors that repair and regenerate intestinal cells damaged by infection. The healing of the intestinal wall results in an increased uptake of nutrients resulting in an increase level in energy and rresistance of the intestinal wall to infection.