Why You Might Want Parasitic Worms

Some doctors have actually found a connection between having parasitic worms and not having immune system problems like allergies or arthritis. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.livescience.com/54078-hygiene-hypothesis.html, https://www.wired.com/2012/11/whipworm-immune-regulation/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.03007.x/full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485755/ https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8091/3d8447f87dac4037e15249d723cf1e2e43d0.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marsha_Wills-Karp/publication/11458096_The_germless_theory_of_allergic_disease_revisiting_the_hygiene_hypothesis/links/0a85e53714540e4a6a000000.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16210901 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21255083 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21277637 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.21067/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pim.12175/full https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/189/5/892/2085835 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0072482/ ---------- Images: http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-3d-illustration-of-male-digestive-system/636685404/popup https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ascaris_lumbricoides_life_cycle.tif http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-young-girl-sitting-by-flower-and-blowing-her/497352857/popup?sq=allergy/f=CPIHVX/s=DynamicRank http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-illustration-a-set-of-helminths-roundworm-ascaris/689674094 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schistosoma_japonicum_(3)_histopathology.JPG http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-helminths-toxocara-canis-or-parasit/614449358/popup?sq=worms/f=CPIHVX/s=DynamicRank http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-raillietina-echinobothrida-is-a-parasitic/689609716/popup?sq=fluke%20worm/f=CPIHVX/s=DynamicRank http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-raillietina-echinobothrida-is-a-parasitic/689608990/popup?sq=M|Images%20similar%20to:%20689609716|689609716/f=CPIHVX/s=DynamicRank http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-raillietina-echinobothrida-is-a-parasitic/689608976/popup?sq=M%7CImages%20similar%20to:%20689609716%7C689609716/f=CPIHVX/s=DynamicRank http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-macrophage-binding-with-t-cell/629496694/popup