Parasites in man and their signs. Parasites in the human body: causes, symptoms and treatment regimen

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, feed and reproduce. Pests inhabit hair, skin, affect internal organs. Only for some indirect symptoms, such as obesity, chronic fatigue, you can be suspected of having parasites.

What are the dangerous parasites?

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 shock figures - more than 95% of the entire population is infected with parasites. In the course of research, scientists have established that the toxins released by pests become sources of infectious diseases and even oncological ones. About 15 million inhabitants die each year, becoming victims of parasites. At the same time people do not even suspect about uninvited guests.

Parasites in man, as a rule, live long. They are actively multiplying. Therefore, the diseases that they cause, take a chronic nature, with frequent relapses. Parasites living in man deplete the body. Systems cease to function fully. As a result, immunity is significantly reduced. Such people become the most vulnerable to various infections. The body, poisoned with toxins, is weakened.

These processes do not occur lightning fast. However, ignorance of the presence of pests and, accordingly, the lack of treatment for a long time lead to serious health problems.

Places of pest containment

What parasites live in man? It is impossible to answer this question monosyllably. After all, more than 300 pest species can live in the body. Starting from the smallest and ending with worms, up to several meters long.

There is an opinion that different types of human parasites find their shelter only in the large intestine. It is wrong. After all, uninvited guests can be found in any area of the body:

• In the muscles;
• Light;
• Liver;
• Joints;
• The brain;
• Esophagus;
• Blood;
• Eyes.

For example, the cat's fluke, lamblia, echinococcus, hepatic trematode live in the liver and gall bladder, and intestinal ugly tissues, ascarids, bovine tapeworm, vaginal heads colonize the intestine. Lungs chooses a place of a haven pulmonary fluke. Trichinella, filarias, toxocars, schistosomes occupy 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 what are such parasites in the human body. Symptoms that indicate their presence, is a signal about the need to start a fight.

Common pest species

As was noted above, the parasites inhabiting the body are many. It is simply not possible to consider all species under this article. Therefore, let us touch on the most common "guests."

So, most often there are the following types of human parasites:

1. Ascaris . Large round worms. The length of females reaches 40 cm. Their transfer can occur from one person to another. In the body ascarids fall, as a rule, in a warm season with water and food. Quite often, larvae injure the walls of the intestine. When entering the appendix, appendicitis can provoke acute appendicitis. 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.
2. Glossy . Localized in an appendix, a blind or large intestine, these parasites in a person. Symptoms are associated with the gastrointestinal tract. Typically, this decrease in appetite, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea or constipation, pain, flatulence.
3. Pinworms . Small round worms. Their size is from 3 to 10 cm. A characteristic symptom of infection is severe itching in the anus. Very often during the combing of eggs, parasites fall under the fingernails. This often leads to repeated infection.
4. Trichinella . Sources of infection are wild animals, domestic pigs, dogs, cats, rodents. In the human body, these pests come with insufficiently processed meat. From the intestine, larvae with a flow of blood move into muscle tissue. Infection with Trichinella may be indicated by edema of the eyelids, faces accompanied by inflammation of the eyes. Sometimes, fever and muscle pain are added.

Symptoms of parasites

Each pest has its place of localization in the body. That is why the defeat clinic can be different. However, some of the signs of parasites in the human body are common. We will consider them.

So, the symptoms are as follows:

1. Intoxication . It is known that the poisoning of parasites in the human body. Symptoms are manifested by headache, nausea, loss of appetite, irritation.
2. Allergy . Skin rashes can suddenly arise and disappear. Dermatological means it is practically not treated. In the case of infection of a person prone to allergies, there may be a stronger manifestation of it. Up to the attacks of bronchospasm, edema of the mucous.
3. Anemia. Parasitize pests at the expense of the human body. Therefore, the nutrients used by the patient are sorely lacking. And the first sign is the lack of iron. Visually, the lack is manifested by pale covers, dizziness.
4. Losing weight . The reason is hidden in the struggle of the organism with parasites for useful substances. This symptom is pronounced in children. Eating well, they do not gain weight and sometimes look haggard.
5. Periodic hyperthermia . Elevated temperatures do not reach high levels. As a rule, not higher than 37.5 degrees. In this case, the symptoms of any illness are completely absent.
6. Intestinal disorders . This is one of the clear signals that there are parasites in the human body. Symptoms are quite diverse. It can be pain in the abdomen, flatulence, diarrhea, constipation and even grumbling. Often such signs refer to a dysbacteriosis. Treatment with bacterial medications or antibiotics remains unsuccessful.
7. Preference for sweets . The variability of gustatory predilections is explained by the lack of nutrients.

The appearance of the above-mentioned signs should be alarmed. Especially if they all came together. This is a serious reason to go to the doctor.

Symptoms of parasites in the liver

It is in this organ that pests are often found. This is due to the structure of the liver, which is attractive to uninvited guests. Most often, an important organ is striking:

• Amoeba;
• Lamblia;
• Alveolar echinococci;
• Schistosomes;
• Ascarids;
• Single-chambered echinococcus.

By characteristic signs, it can be suspected that there are parasites in the human liver. Symptoms are associated with appearance. As a rule, they are manifested by acne, layering and brittle nails, the appearance of pigment spots, early wrinkles or baldness, seborrhea, the presence of papillomas, cracks on the heels, rough skin. However, it should be remembered that these signs are characteristic for a variety of dermatological diseases.

Often parasites in the liver cause the following symptoms:

• Decrease in body weight, leukocytosis, fever, pain in the right upper quadrant, which is able to give in the shoulder. This clinic can testify about amebiasis.
• Functional and organic changes in the liver. This phenomenon can signal a lambliasis.
• Irritation and nervousness. This symptom is characteristic of any parasite. Their vital activity in the body is detrimental enough to affect the entire nervous system.
• Sleep disturbance. About 2-3 hours of the night there is a peak of liver activity. Patients can wake up at the agreed time almost every night. Sometimes parasites exit through the anus. This also causes sleep disturbance.
• Unpleasant odor from the mouth. Often, it connects and a disgusting taste.
• Feeling of constant hunger.
• Diabetes.
• Headache, sometimes even migraine.

Sources of infection

After examining how parasites manifest themselves in a person, the symptoms that testify to their presence, it is worthwhile to find out how they get into the body. In addition, understanding the sources of infection is a real chance to protect yourself and your loved ones from harmful effects.

The list of ways to transmit pests to humans is as follows:

• dirty hands;
• Unwashed products (vegetables, greens, fruits);
• Dirty water (bathing is also dangerous);
• Meat, fish that have not undergone sufficient heat treatment;
• Infectious animals;
• Sexual contact (trichomoniasis).

Methods of diagnosis

How to determine whether there are dangerous to humans parasites in the body? The majority will answer: to pass the analysis of feces. And they will be right, but only by 20%. Because this is the effectiveness of the method. If the analysis is given at the time of the parasite deposition of eggs, its presence in the body will remain unnoticed. The accuracy of the check will increase upon resubmission. However, there is still no chance to identify pests.

A more suitable option is a blood test. It is based on the search for antibodies produced by the body for self-control against uninvited guests. The minus of this procedure is the ability to determine pathology only at a late stage.

The modern method is vegetative-resonance testing. With this diagnosis, electromagnetic oscillations produced by parasites are read.

Medications

It is worthwhile to understand that for a long period parasites in man can live, multiply, without causing any symptomatology. Therefore, it is not uncommon for physicians to periodically purify the body for preventive purposes .

Modern pharmacology provides the widest choice of helminth preparations of a wide range of effects. At the same time, one should not forget that even such means are not universal. Because the body is cleansed of only some types of parasites.

Often there are nematodes - round worms. These are pinworms, roundworms, Trichinella, Toksokary, whipworm. Treatment of such a group is effectively performed by the following drugs:

• "Nemozol";
• "Wormil";
• "Decaris";
• "Vermox";
• "Pirantel";
• "Medamin."

From flatworms known as flukes, the following medicines are recommended:

• "Chloksil", "Bithionol" - these drugs help with extraintestinal invasion.
• "Perchlorethylene" is a medicine that relieves intestinal parasites.
• "Tsesol", "Azinoks", "Biltricid" - means are distinguished by a wide spectrum of action.

In case of infection by tape worms , such means are effective:

• The drug "Fensal". It is prescribed from intestinal pests.
• The medicine "Akrihin". Used when parasites are found in the human liver. Treatment will be quite effective against lamblia, chain. It is also used for malaria, cutaneous leishmaniasis.
• "Nemozol" - a drug that has a wide range of effects.

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 seeds of carnation, wormwood and green walnut shell. These ingredients, assembled together, are called a trochaic folk.

Preparation:

1. Take 15 nuts. Green peel should be easily removed. Separate it. Fill the shell with 96% alcohol (500 ml). In a dark cool room, insist on 30 days. Then discard. The infusion is ready.
2. Dry wormwood - leaves and fruits, chop. Powder is taken for 0.5 tsp.
3. Carnation seeds are crushed. The dose of a single dose is 500 mg (pour on the tip of the knife - this is a serving).

The scheme of reception:

• Nasta of the nut. Be sure to take the remedy on an empty stomach, half an hour before meals. Dilute the infusion in water (10 ml). On the first day, one drop is used. On the second - 2. On the third - 3. So continue all 5 days. On the sixth - drink 2 tsp. This dosage should be used for the next five days twice a day. Next, for 6-8 weeks, the reception is done once for 2 tsp.
• Wormwood powder. Half an hour before eating, this remedy is used. It is washed down with water. On the first day, enough pinch. On the second - 1/4 tsp. Third day - increase the dose to 1/3 tsp. The fourth portion is 1/2 tsp. Gradually increasing the dose, by the 14th day, one should reach a portion in 1/4 of the st. Spoons. The next six days this measure is the norm. Then, within 6-8 weeks, 1/4 of st. A spoonful of powder is taken only once a week.

• Carnation seeds . Has a unique property to increase immunity. Reception takes place three times a day for half an hour before meals. For the first day it is recommended to use 1/5 tsp. To the second - it is necessary to increase the dose to 1/4 tsp. From the third to the tenth day, the norm is 1/3 tsp. Subsequently, the reception takes place every 7 days. The course of this treatment is 6-8 weeks.

Conclusion

Parasites in man are ruthless and ungrateful creatures. They seriously injure almost all mucous membranes, load the liver with waste, suppress immunity, take away useful substances. And especially vulnerable to the impact of parasites children.

And only in a state of overwork, weakening of immunity, malnutrition or hypothermia, "disgruntled guests" can give 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 scheme. After all, often one medicine for getting rid of parasites is not enough.