User talk:FQ1513
Helminthic therapy regards... I appreciate the message! Indeed cost is my big concern. I'm thinking maybe trying Ovamed for a bit, and if it helps much, then investing in AutoimmuneTherapies treatment since I'd figure I'd have strong chance of success with it. In the meantime I'll likely be scouring the USA in search of hookworm infections (LOL) Peoplesunionpro 19:58, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Citation
- I noticed your comment on Helminthic therapy asking for tips on making the citation process less tedious. This tool is something that I've found useful -- just select PubMed ID and type in the number, and you automatically get a properly formatted string. --Arcadian (talk) 14:47, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Rheumatoid arthritis
I noticed your addition to the
Thanks for the pointer on wiki protocol. Perhaps there is another way to insert the reference. Helminthic therapy modulates inflammation, RA is a disease of inflammation. If I had RA I would want to know about it. Given all that is there any way to insert a reference about HM into the RA page?FQ1513 (talk) 18:52, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- You seem to be promoting helminthic therapy in a lot of articles. It doesn't really matter if you personally think you would want to know about a potential therapy, or if the idea is theoretically sound. The standard for inclusion in an encyclopedia article is that something is verifiable and notable, not that the idea exists. So (to give a completely unrelated example) if you went to school with the current President of the United States, and you saw him dance down the hallway between classes, then it does not get included, even though it's true and some people might want to know that. However, if you can produce a reputable newspaper that says he danced in the hallway, and a good reason why this matters to the world, then it's possible to include it.
- You seem to be promoting helminthic therapy in a lot of articles. It doesn't really matter if you personally think you would want to know about a potential therapy, or if the idea is theoretically sound. The standard for inclusion in an encyclopedia article is that something is
- Effective treatments are normally considered notable, so your primary task is providing a good, reputable, independent source that says it actually works for a specific disease. When you have a source in hand, THEN you can add this information. Until then, you can pretty much expect your additions to get deleted. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:31, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
This paper cites RA as a candidate for helminthic therapy: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/497015_2. Is that sufficient? The articles I am linking the Helminthic therapy page too all have to do with inflammation and for colitis, asthma, allergies, crohns and ms there is science that supports those links. I also, when such a section exists, put the link in places like Alternative therapies, Therapies being studied or researched, etc. I am not making grand claims that this is a cure all. But, if one reads the research it moderates or eliminates, depending on the individual, chronic inflammation. Since RA is a diseases, as I understand it, of chronic inflammation, it seems that there would be a place and good reason to mention it there. FQ1513 (talk) 19:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- No. That study is not even close to good enough to justify inclusion in an RA article. First of all, it doesn't actually name RA as a candidate for this treatment. Here's the only mention of RA (page 2: I corrected your link): "Diseases associated with polarized Th1 responses include CD, multiple sclerosis, insulin-dependent diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis." The mere fact that RA gets mentioned in passing as an example of a disease involving this subclass of T cells is not reasonable proof that this is a potential treatment for RA.
- The article is a reasonably good source for helminthic therapy related to IBD, but it doesn't go any further than that. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
External links
I have answered your question about why I deleted the links to a Yahoo! online support group and the helminthic therapy clinic in Tijuana, Mexico on my talk page. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)