Dr. Peter Hotez - 1 in 20 Americans Has This Parasite and Doesn't Know It!

The parasites most Americans think of as a tropical problem are already here; showing up as fatigue, asthma, and gut issues that standard tests keep calling "normal." An estimated 1 in 20 people may carry one and never know it.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Peter Hotez, a tropical-medicine physician and vaccine scientist, to discuss:

Why toxocariasis, a worm shed by household dogs and cats, may affect 5–6% of the U.S. population, with larvae migrating through the lungs and brain
Why standard PCR panels come back negative and which specific tests (antibody, fecal, eosinophil count) to ask for
How to lower your risk at home, from deworming pets on a vet schedule to knowing which symptoms warrant a targeted test
Why the popular "worm therapy for autoimmune disease" idea has the relationship backwards, worms are a leading driver of IBD and asthma, not a cure

Whether you've been told your labs are fine but still feel off, this conversation gives you a clear, evidence-based framework for what to test for and how to protect your family from infections hiding in plain sight.

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Website: https://peterhotez.org/
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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction: trust in science and nutrition

04:11 - Anti-parasitic drugs sold as snake oil

06:43 - How misinformation gets weaponized

18:23 - The turbo cancer claim debunked

24:41 - Finding experts you can trust

30:52 - Hepatitis B vaccine and how babies get infected

31:56 - The 75 vaccine myth: eight diseases to seventeen

35:42 - Why the COVID vaccine wasn't rushed

40:18 - Toxocariasis: the worm in stray dogs and cats

43:50 - Why parasite tests come back negative

45:57 - Hookworm in rural Alabama

48:05 - Eosinophils and how to test

50:21 - Worm therapy for autoimmune is backwards

54:19 - Deworming pets and family transmission

57:19 - Liver fluke and bile duct cancer

1:01:11 - Climate change and parasites in the US

1:03:16 - Lyme, ticks, and genomic surveillance

1:08:00 - Flu and COVID as cardiovascular threats

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