The parasitic world inhabiting the human body is huge. Long, reaching several meters or, on the contrary, invisible to the eye pests are often not even noticed by people. At the same time, parasites in humans capture the body, making it their home. In it they live, eat and breed. Pests inhabit hair, skin, and damage internal organs. Only for some indirect symptoms, such as obesity, chronic fatigue, you can suspect the presence of parasites.
Why are parasites dangerous?
Science has more than 250 species of various worms that inhabit not only the human intestines, but also the liver and lungs. They can live even in the brain and heart. Medical statistics are shocking in numbers - more than 95% of the entire population is infected with parasites. In the course of research, scientists found that toxins released by pests become sources of infectious diseases and even cancer. About 15 million residents die each year, becoming victims of parasites. At the same time, people do not even suspect uninvited guests.
Parasites in humans tend to live long. They actively breed. Therefore, the diseases that they cause take on a chronic nature, with frequent relapses. The parasites living in humans deplete the body. Systems cease to function fully. As a result, immunity is significantly reduced. Such people become most vulnerable to various infections. An organism poisoned by toxins weakens.
These processes do not occur lightning fast. However, ignorance regarding the presence of pests and, accordingly, the absence of treatment for a long time lead to serious health problems.
Pest locations
What parasites live in a person? It is impossible to answer monosyllabic to this question. Indeed, more than 300 types of pests can live in the body. Starting from the smallest and ending with worms, up to several meters long.
It is believed that various types of human parasites find their refuge only in the colon. It is erroneous. After all, you can detect uninvited guests in any area of the body:
- in the muscles;
- lungs;
- liver
- joints
- the brain;
- the esophagus;
- blood
- eyes.
For example, cat fluke, giardia, echinococcus, hepatic trematode live in the liver and gall bladder, and intestinal mucous membranes, roundworms, bovine tapeworm, whipworms inhabit the intestines. Lungs are chosen as a place of refuge by the pulmonary fluke. Trichinella, filaria, toxocara, schistosomes populate muscles and other tissues. Helminths sometimes live in the body for decades. They fully adapt to all conditions. Therefore, it is quite difficult to identify the fact that such parasites are in the human body. Symptoms indicating their presence are a signal of the need to start a fight.
Common pests
As noted above, the parasites that inhabit the body are great. It is simply not possible to consider all types within the framework of this article. Therefore, we touch on the most common "guests."
So, the following types of human parasites are most often found:
- Roundworm . Large roundworms. The length of the females reaches 40 cm. Their transmission can occur from one person to another. Ascaris enter the body, as a rule, in a warm season with water and food. Quite often, larvae injure the intestinal wall. If it enters the vermiform appendix, acute appendicitis can provoke. Their movement into the bile ducts is fraught with jaundice, colic, inflammation of the bladder (purulent cholecystitis), abscesses (abscesses) of the liver, inflammation of the abdominal cavity (peritonitis). Getting into the lungs “rewards” the owner with a bloody cough, shortness of breath.
- Whispers . These parasites in a person are localized in the appendix, cecum, or colon. Symptoms are associated with the gastrointestinal tract. As a rule, this is a decrease in appetite, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea or constipation, pain, flatulence.
- Pinworms . Small roundworms. Their size is from 3 to 10 cm. A characteristic symptom indicating infection is severe itching in the anus. Very often, when combing, parasite eggs fall under the nails. This often leads to reinfection.
- Trichinella . Sources of infection are wild animals, domestic pigs, dogs, cats, rodents. These pests enter the human body with insufficiently processed meat. From the intestines, larvae with blood flow move into muscle tissue. Swelling of the eyelids, faces accompanied by eye inflammation may indicate Trichinella infection. Sometimes fever and muscle pain are added.
Symptoms indicating the presence of parasites
Each pest has its own place of localization in the body. That is why the clinic lesions can be different. However, some signs of parasites in the human body are common. We will consider them.
So, the symptoms are as follows:
- Intoxication . It is known that parasites in the human body cause poisoning. Symptoms are manifested by headache, nausea, loss of appetite, irritability.
- Allergy A skin rash can suddenly appear and disappear. With dermatological agents, it is practically not treated. In case of infection of a person prone to allergies, a more severe manifestation may occur. Up to attacks of bronchospasm, swelling of the mucous membranes.
- Anemia. Pests parasitize due to the human body. Therefore, the nutrients consumed by the patient are sorely lacking. And the very first sign is a lack of iron. Visually, the lack is manifested by pale integuments, dizziness.
- Losing weight . The reason is hidden in the body’s struggle with parasites for useful substances. This symptom is pronounced in children. Eating well, they do not gain weight and sometimes look just exhausted.
- Periodic hyperthermia . Elevated temperature does not reach high levels. As a rule, no higher than 37.5 degrees. In this case, the symptoms of any ailment are completely absent.
- Intestinal disorders . This is one of the clear signals that parasites are present in the human body. Symptoms are quite diverse. It can be abdominal pain, flatulence, diarrhea, constipation, and even grumbling. Often, such signs are attributed to dysbiosis. Treatment with bacterial drugs or antibiotics is unsuccessful.
- The preference for sweets . The variability of taste preferences is due to lack of nutrients.
The occurrence of the above symptoms should alert. Especially if they all arose together. This is a serious reason to go to the doctor.
Symptoms of parasites in the liver
It is in this body that pests quite often settle. This is due to the structure of the liver, which is attractive to uninvited guests. Most often, an important organ is affected:
- amoeba;
- Giardia
- alveolar echinococcus;
- schistosomes;
- roundworms;
- single chamber echinococci.
According to characteristic signs, it is possible to suspect that there are parasites in the human liver. Symptoms are related to appearance. As a rule, they are manifested by acne, layering and brittle nails, the appearance of age spots, early wrinkles or baldness, seborrhea, the presence of papillomas, cracks in the heels, and rough skin. However, do not forget that these signs are characteristic of many dermatological diseases.
Often parasites in the liver cause the following symptoms:
- Decreased body weight, leukocytosis, fever, pain in the right hypochondrium, which can be given to the shoulder. This clinic may indicate amoebiasis.
- Functional and organic changes in the liver. This phenomenon can signal giardiasis.
- Irritation and nervousness. This symptom is characteristic of any parasites. Their vital activity in the body is quite detrimental to the entire nervous system.
- Sleep disturbance. Around 2–3 a.m., a peak in liver activity occurs. Patients can wake up at the agreed time almost every night. Sometimes parasites exit through the anus. It also causes sleep disturbance.
- Bad breath from the mouth. Often a disgusting aftertaste is connected to it.
- Feeling of constant hunger.
- Diabetes.
- Headache, sometimes even migraine.
Sources of infection
After examining how parasites manifest in a person, symptoms that indicate their presence, it is worthwhile to find out how they enter the body. In addition, understanding the sources of infection is a real chance to protect yourself and your loved ones from the harmful effects.
The list of pest transmission methods to humans is as follows:
- dirty hands;
- unwashed foods (vegetables, herbs, fruits);
- dirty water (swimming is also dangerous);
- meat, fish that have not undergone sufficient heat treatment;
- infectious animals;
- sexual contact (trichomoniasis).
Diagnostic Methods
How to determine whether parasites dangerous to humans are present in the body? Most will answer: take a stool test. And they will be right, but only by 20%. Since this is precisely the effectiveness of the method. If the analysis surrenders at the moment of parasite deposition of eggs, then its presence in the body will go unnoticed. The accuracy of the check will increase upon repeated delivery. However, the chance to not identify pests still remains.
A more suitable option is a blood test. It is based on the search for antibodies produced by the body for independent struggle with uninvited guests. The disadvantage of this procedure is the ability to determine pathology only at a late stage.
The modern method is autonomic resonance testing. With this diagnosis, the electromagnetic waves generated by the parasites are read.
Medications
It should be understood that for a long time parasites in a person can live, multiply, without causing any symptoms. Therefore, doctors often recommend to periodically cleanse the body for preventive purposes .
Modern pharmacology provides the widest selection of anthelmintic drugs with a wide range of effects. At the same time, one must not forget that even such tools are not universal. Because they cleanse the body of only certain types of parasites.
Often there are nematodes - roundworms. These are pinworms, roundworms, trichinella, toxocaras, whipworms. Treatment of this group is effectively carried out with the following drugs:
- Nemozol
- "Fed";
- Dekaris
- Vermox;
- Pirantel
- "Medamine."
For flatworms known as flukes, the following medicines are recommended:
- "Hloxyl", "Bithionol" - these drugs help with extraintestinal invasion.
- "Perchlorethylene" - a medicine that relieves intestinal parasites.
- "Cesol", "Azinox", "Biltricid" - the drugs are distinguished by a wide spectrum of action.
In case of infection with tapeworms, such agents are effective:
- The drug "Fensal." It is prescribed for intestinal pests.
- The medicine "Akrikhin". Used if parasites are found in the human liver. The treatment will be quite effective from giardia, tapeworms. It is also used for malaria, cutaneous leishmaniasis.
- "Nemozole" is a medicine with a wide spectrum of action.
Getting rid of parasites by folk remedies
Various studies have confirmed that you can cleanse the body by applying three components. Effective folk remedies for human parasites are clove seeds, wormwood and green walnut shells. These ingredients, collected together, are popularly called the triad.
Cooking:
- Take 15 nuts. The green peel should be easy to peel off. Separate her. Fill the shell with 96% alcohol (500 ml). In a dark, cool room, insist for 30 days. Next, drain. The infusion is ready.
- Dry wormwood - leaves and fruits, chop. Powder is taken in 0.5 tsp.
- Clove seeds are crushed. The dose of a single dose is 500 mg (pour on the tip of the knife - this is the portion).
Reception scheme:
- Infusion of walnut. Be sure to take the drug on an empty stomach, half an hour before eating. Dilute the infusion in water (10 ml). On the first day, use one drop. On the second - 2. On the third - 3. So continue all 5 days. On the sixth - they drink 2 tsp. This dosage should be used for the next five days, twice a day. Further, for 6-8 weeks, administration is carried out once for 2 teaspoons.
- Wormwood powder. Half an hour before eating, this remedy is used. He is washed down with water. A pinch is enough on the first day. On the second - 1/4 tsp. The third day - increase the dose to 1/3 teaspoon. By the fourth serving is 1/2 tsp. Gradually increasing the dose, by day 14 should reach a portion of 1/4 tbsp. spoons. For the next six days, this measure is the norm. Further, for 6-8 weeks, 1/4 tbsp. tablespoons of powder is taken only once a week.
- Carnation seeds . It has the unique property of enhancing immunity. Reception occurs three times a day for half an hour before meals. For the first day, it is recommended to use 1/5 teaspoon. To the second - the dose should be increased to 1/4 teaspoon. From the third to the tenth day, 1/3 teaspoon is the norm. Subsequently, the reception occurs every 7 days. The course of this treatment is 6-8 weeks.
Conclusion
Parasites in man are merciless and ungrateful creatures. They seriously injure almost all mucous membranes, load the liver with waste products, suppress immunity, and take away beneficial substances. And children are especially defenseless against the onslaught of parasites.
And only in a state of overwork, weakened immunity, poor nutrition or hypothermia, “dissatisfied guests” can give out their presence. Therefore, if you are faced with the presence of pests, it is best to contact a competent parasitologist. He will select the necessary treatment regimen. After all, often one medication to get rid of parasites is not enough.