Parasites — The Organisms
Thirty-five profile pages covering protozoa, worms, and amoebae — each with lifecycle, symptoms, testing, and an honest review of treatments including the popular anti-parasitic protocols. Browse the full hub at Parasites.
- Pinworm — The nighttime-itch worm of school-age children
- Giardia — The untreated-water protozoan behind backpacker's diarrhea
- Toxoplasma — The cat-borne parasite a third of humanity carries
- Tapeworm — Beef and pork tapeworms, from undercooked meat
- Hookworm — The barefoot-soil worm that drains iron
- Ascaris — The giant intestinal roundworm, most common worm on Earth
- Whipworm — Trichuris: the colon-dwelling soil-transmitted worm
- Strongyloides — The self-reinfecting threadworm
- Trichinella — The undercooked-pork muscle worm
- Toxocara — The dog and cat roundworm that migrates in humans
- Anisakis — The raw-fish worm sushi lovers should know
- Fish Tapeworm — The B12-stealing tapeworm from freshwater fish
- Cryptosporidium — The chlorine-resistant pool parasite
- Cyclospora — The imported-produce outbreak parasite (2026 lettuce outbreak covered)
- Entamoeba — Amoebic dysentery and liver abscess
- Blastocystis — The common gut protozoan science still argues about
- Dientamoeba fragilis — An IBS-mimicking gut protozoan
- Trichomonas vaginalis — The most common curable STI
- Malaria (Plasmodium) — The mosquito-borne red-cell parasite
- Babesia — The tick-borne "American malaria"
- Leishmania — The sandfly parasite of skin and organs
- Trypanosoma — Sleeping sickness and Chagas disease
- Naegleria fowleri — The warm-lake "brain-eating amoeba"
- Acanthamoeba — The contact-lens keratitis amoeba
- Schistosoma — The freshwater blood fluke
- Fasciola — The liver fluke of sheep country and wild watercress
- Clonorchis sinensis — The Asian liver fluke from raw freshwater fish
- Paragonimus westermani — The lung fluke from undercooked crab
- Echinococcus — The dog tapeworm that grows silent cysts for years
- Onchocerca — River blindness, and the ivermectin Nobel story
- Loa loa — The African eye worm
- Wuchereria bancrofti — The lymphatic worm behind elephantiasis
- Guinea Worm — Nearly eradicated, one water filter at a time
- Gnathostoma — Migrating larvae from raw fish and eels
- Angiostrongylus — The rat lungworm from slugs and snails
Connections
- Infections — The section hub with all sub-pages
- Diseases — The full conditions library, organized by medical specialty
- Bacteria Hub — All 36 bacterial pathogen profiles
- Parasites Hub — All 35 parasite profiles
- Infectious Disease Index — The A–Z illness listing
- Gut Health — The friendly side of the bacterial world
- Herbs — Including the antimicrobial and immune-supporting herbs
- Biology — All 137 interactive animations
- Lab Tests — The tests used to diagnose infection
- Health News — Including outbreak coverage