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* This post [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1062770903778864/] has good general advice on how to manage exposure to substances that can harm human helminths. | * This post [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1062770903778864/] has good general advice on how to manage exposure to substances that can harm human helminths. | ||
* NA and TT are robust organisms [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1036058496450105/] and only a few things will kill them, | * NA and TT are robust organisms [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1036058496450105/] and only a few things will kill them, e.g., '''anthelminthic drugs'''. | ||
* It is unlikely that anything other than '''nitrous oxide''' will harm NA before it attaches to the gut mucosa towards the end of the third week post inoculation, as it does not feed until this point. Beyond this, NA will always be vulnerable to anything that will stun it long enough for it to be carried away from its feeding area in the small intestine, or when the host has diarrhoea/diarrhea that is very severe. | * It is unlikely that anything other than '''nitrous oxide''' will harm NA before it attaches to the gut mucosa towards the end of the third week post inoculation, as it does not feed until this point. Beyond this, NA will always be vulnerable to anything that will stun it long enough for it to be carried away from its feeding area in the small intestine, or when the host has diarrhoea/diarrhea that is very severe. | ||