Disclaimer: This parasite has not been studied in humans yet. This Horsehair in Humans site is documenting my experience. The information on this site is my situation and personal experience. I am not saying every person will have any, or all, of these symptoms. Until further study of this parasite is done in humans, I am documenting and will do my best to include anything that may be related.
I was diagnosed with "Horsehair Nematomorpha" in 2015. It isn't a known human parasite. It is a type of Gordian worm and was believed to only infect hard shelled insects.
There have only been a handful of diagnosed human cases, and most are in Asia. I believe it is more common than thought, but since there is not a test for it, it is going undiagnosed. I will post my symptoms, testing, diagnosis, and treatments we tried, along with anything else I can find about this parasite in humans.
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I have a YouTube channel, "thesecretisgratitude" where I have documented my story. Here is a link to my parasite playlist on that channel. I also have a blog: thesecretisgratitude.com where you can type "parasites" into the search box at the bottom of the home page to view the many posts about my journey.
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I will try to make this page as factual and easy to follow as possible. Hopefully, I will list all the symptoms as they appeared, in order, so that people, Dr.'s, and Scientists, can find all the information in one place.
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Between this page, and my other pages, I hope there is enough information for people to start getting diagnosed with the parasite symptom / symptoms in humans. Once people are getting diagnosed, Scientists and Doctors can study and document how this organism is affecting humans, and together we can find a cure for this nightmare. I have dubbed it, "The Kraken" parasite. This parasite usually gets its host to commit suicide by water, thus, killing its host in water, as does the legendary Kraken.
