So why didn't anyone find this?
There is a test. It's called an Ova & Parasite Exam.
You give a stool sample and a lab looks at it under a microscope.
Almost nobody gets it.
Not because it's expensive. Because nobody thinks to order it.
In adults with ongoing bloating, parasites are near the bottom of the list.
Stress comes first. Then IBS. Then diet. Then age.
You have to ask for it by name. Most people don't know it exists.
And when it does get ordered, it's usually ordered wrong.
Parasites don't shed every day. They come out in waves. Some days there's something to find. Most days there isn't.
So one sample isn't enough. The actual standard is three samples, collected every other day, over ten days.
- One sample — finds it about 60% of the time
- Three samples — finds it more than 95% of the time
With one sample, three to five out of every ten infected people get told they're fine.
Nobody collects three samples over ten days. Not you. Not anyone.
So one of two things happened to you.
Either nobody ever looked. Or somebody looked once, on one day, and found nothing.
Neither one means nothing is there.
Which brings you to the obvious next step. Do a cleanse.
Except that's where almost everyone loses. And it has nothing to do with the herbs.