Parasites that live in humans

It has long been known that almost all diseases of various organs can be caused by the presence of parasites in the body.

However, it always seems to each of us that this cannot happen to us. At the same time, every day hundreds of people go to different doctors' offices and cannot find the cause of their illness.

How do parasites enter the body?

Parasites enter human organs in many ways, each of which we meet in everyday life all the time.

Methods for the entry of parasites into the body:

1. When eating lightly salted fish or caviar.
2. With lard streaked with meat.
3. With meat of wild animals.
4. With insufficiently cooked meat.
5. With smoked meat and fish.
6. With herbs, vegetables and fruits, which were poorly washed before use and not scalded with boiling water.
7. When walking barefoot on the grass, on the area fertilized with manure.
8. From pets.
9. Insects such as flies can carry eggs.

Signs of a parasite infestation

After studying the ways in which parasites enter the human body, almost every inhabitant of the planet finds himself in the so-called risk zone.

However, there are certain symptoms, the presence of which may mean that a parasite lives inside the human body:

• Bowel disorders.
• Constipation. It is caused by parasites that have been in a person for a long time and have reached large sizes, blocking the intestines, thereby preventing the stable functioning of the body.
• Diarrhea. Loose stools can also be a sign of parasites in the body. The cause of diarrhea can be a parasite, which secretes substances poisonous to humans during its life, which, among other things, can cause liquefaction of feces.
• Flatulence. The cause of these disorders can be worms in the human body, which cause inflammatory processes in the course of their life.
• Bowel disease. Parasites living inside a person absorb most of the beneficial nutrients from the body. In addition, parasitizing inside the human body, worms lead to a malfunction of the well-coordinated functioning of the body. So, for example, the organs cease to properly assimilate fat, as a result of which it appears in the large intestine, further in the feces, which leads to a violation of the stool.
• Joint and muscle pain. Very often, these painful sensations, very similar to those experienced by a person with arthritis, are caused by the fact that the immune system, trying to expel parasites from the body, causes inflammatory processes in them, which are the causes of pain.
• Allergy. Often the causes of dermatitis, papillomas, eczema and all kinds of skin rashes are parasites that have been living in the body for a long time. Allergy is a certain signal to a person. Inside the body, the immune system, producing a large number of eosinophil cells for the purpose of protection, causes inflammatory processes, which lead to problems of the human skin.

• Anemia. This disease, caused by severe blood loss, can also develop as a result of the "activity" of parasites. Trichomonas, living in the intestinal mucosa, feeds not only on the nutrients of the body, but also on blood. That is why, during mass reproduction, such parasites in an infected person, living mainly in blood cells, can lead to significant blood loss.
• Weight problems. Any metabolic failure can be caused by the vital activity of worms. They can both disrupt metabolism and cause weight loss, or, by consuming most of the glucose, cause excess weight.
• Increased irritability and irritability. The vital activity of intruders in the human body cannot go unnoticed by the nervous system. Many parasites release toxins that can irritate the nervous system as well. This can cause depression and frequent irritation.
• Fatigue. Lack of nutrients in humans, caused by the presence of "gluttonous" worms, can lead to disruption of the immune system, as a result of which the person lacks energy.
• Insomnia. At night, mainly between two and three o'clock in the morning, the liver tries to cleanse the body of toxins, so at this time the parasites can escape through the anus. This process causes irritation and insomnia.
• Bruxism (teeth grinding during sleep). This symptom is common in children. This phenomenon is caused by the reaction of the nervous system to the toxic waste products of the worms that live in the child's body.
• Immune disorders. The existence of parasites in the body causes a weakening of the body's immunity, which spends all its strength in the fight against intruders. In the meantime, any infection can easily enter a weakened human body.
• Airways. There, irritating the bronchi, they can cause a runny nose and cough in a person, which subsequently leads to an increase in body temperature and diseases such as asthma and pneumonia.
• Oncology. Parasites that live in human organs for a long time manage to cause serious damage to the tissues of internal organs, which causes inflammation and slows down the work of the whole organism and leads to negative consequences.

Diagnostics

In the 21st century, everything can be diagnosed, including the presence of parasites inside a person. Anyone can pass all the necessary tests and accurately establish the presence or absence of flukes in the body.

Modern medical techniques are able to determine the presence of intruders in the body in many ways.

Diagnostic options:

1. Stool analysis (it must be repeated at least 3 times, while there are certain periods of time in which it is better to take the analysis).
2. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
3. Immunoassay tests (ELISA tests).
4. Serological research methods.
5. Ultrasound of internal organs.
6. Endobiopsy.
7. PCR diagnostics that can establish the presence of parasites in a person based on the study of DNA analysis.

It should be noted that the treatment of parasitic diseases should be carried out strictly under the supervision of a doctor who will prescribe a course of treatment. This type of disease, along with others, should not be treated on its own.

Parasite classification

Below is a complete classification. The class is the simplest (protozoal) microorganisms, this class includes:

1. Dysentery amoeba, which causes diseases such as amoebiasis.
2. Intestinal balantidiasis, causing balantidiasis.
3. Leishmania (leishmaniasis).
4. Giardia (giardiasis).
5. Plasmodium falciparum (malaria).
6. Toxoplasma (toxoplasmosis).
7. Trichomonas (trichomoniasis).

Class of worms (helminths), these include:

1. Ascaris (ascariasis).
2. Opisthorchiasis (opisthorchiasis).
3. Pinworms (enterobiasis).
4. Ankystoloma (hookworm).
5. Schistosomes (schistosomiasis).
6. Anisakida (anisakidosis).
7. Trichinella (trichinosis).

A class of ectoparasites (living on the surface of the body), these include:

1. Louse (head lice).
2. Scabies itching (scabies).
3. Acne mite (demodicosis).

Types of parasites

In order to roughly imagine the scale of the vital activity of parasites in the human body, let us take a closer look at some of them.

Toksokara - initially this parasite multiplied and lived exclusively in the organs of the digestive system of dogs. However, recent studies have shown that now a huge number of people, mainly pet owners, are carriers of toxocara.

The length of an adult toxocara, which lives inside an adult organism, reaches 30 cm. Toxocara reproduces with the help of eggs that penetrate into the dog's feces.

The feces of the four-legged go into the ground and sand, where toxocara eggs can be stored for up to several years. From there, parasites penetrate a person through the soles of shoes, the floor and the hands of children touching everything on the ground in a park where dogs are walked.

Once in the human body, the parasites are no longer able to multiply further inside the body, since the toxocara larvae mature, spread through the vessels and internal organs, but do not stand out outside.

To diagnose the presence of this parasite in a person, it is necessary to pass a biopsy of the affected organs (usually the liver) and immunological tests.

It is worth noting that if toxocara gets into the eye, it can be removed! Symptoms in the presence of this parasite in the human body are similar to others.

Ascaris is a type of parasite that enters the human body with unwashed vegetables and herbs, dirty hands, dust, and can be carried by flies.

According to some reports, this parasite affects about hundreds of millions of people every year.

Ascaris at an early stage of infection can cause allergic reactions.

The length of the roundworm reaches 40 cm, and only one female releases about 200, 000 eggs every day. Also, ascaris, having entered the human body in the form of an egg, grows into a larva, then grows in the intestinal wall, from there it enters the bloodstream, and from there it enters any organs, including the liver, heart, brain.

Ascaris is very dangerous, because in the course of its life it can be in any organ, damaging it and causing serious diseases. This parasite can successfully inhabit the blood of a person, as a result of which an infected person may develop anemia or anemia. The symptoms of the presence of this worm in the body are similar to most.

Ascaris can be diagnosed with the help of feces studies at least 3 times, as well as with the help of immunological tests in the larval period.

The broad tapeworm is a parasite that grows up to 10 meters inside the human body. Such a worm can live inside a person for about 25 years. The tapeworm can get into the body when eating raw fish, crayfish and caviar. It is worth noting that such a large parasite in the body cannot live unnoticed by humans.

Signs of its presence are quite obvious, among them active salivation, mainly in the morning, anemia, exhaustion, abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, weakness, lethargy and drowsiness.

A feature of the tapeworm is the exit in the usual way with a person's feces of a part of the parasite. This is what, as a rule, helps a person who did not pay attention to the symptoms to diagnose the presence of the parasite in the body without tests.

Prevention

By observing the simple basics of prevention, you can minimize the chances of an uninvited guest appearing in your body and in your child's body.

Thorough washing of food is the key to successful prophylaxis against parasites.

Prevention of parasite infestation:

1. Observe basic rules of personal hygiene.
2. Eliminate contact with stray animals.
3. Avoid contact of children with infected pets.
4. Minimize the contact of the child during a walk with the places where pets are walking.
5. Wash hands after outdoors and before every meal.
6. Avoid eating while walking.
7. Frequent wet cleaning of the apartment.
8. Eat only well-washed vegetables and fruits, scalded with boiling water after that.
9. Eat meat products only after complete heat treatment, sufficient to prepare safe meals.
10. Drink only boiled water.
11. In the presence of pets, at least once every six months, carry out preventive measures.