This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Change the system so that we can easily get access to anti-parasitic medicine.
British residents only have access to mebendazole, which is inadequate for strongyloides & hookworm (which can be fatal). According to experts, medicine should be prescribed on the basis of travel history & symptoms, but British doctors are refusing to give medicine without a clinical test result.
More details
https://jcp.bmj.com/content/jclinpath/39/4/366.full.pdf
Strongyloides stercoralis can be fatal to the non-immunosuppressed (see pdf). NHS only prescribe medicine if patient has HIV etc.
Dr CF Figueira (Brazil) says low stomach acid causes fatal cases. Doctors in UK don't test stomach acid.
Dr Paul Pottinger (University of Washington US) says the serology test is unreliable. British doctors think it's 100% reliable.
S S is spread via skin contact, textiles & shower rooms (Prof Hilary Hurd).
This petition was rejected
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