Parasites are disease-causing organisms that can inhabit the human body, animals, and even some plants. There are many types of creatures in the world that penetrate the host's body, feed on its useful substances, actively multiply and leave waste products in its body, which leads to the development of all kinds of diseases.
Most often, worms are found in humans. They are worms of various lengths and sizes, living mainly in the intestines of vertebrates. But some helminths can migrate throughout the body, invading the muscles, liver, heart, joints, lungs, and even the brain.
Worms damage the body of their host, so everyone should know how to determine the presence of parasites in the body. But many people don't want to go to the hospital, waste time, and unreasonably get tested for helminths.
In this case, a person can find out if there are parasites in the body by paying attention to such an important criterion as the characteristic symptoms that develop with a certain type of helminthiasis. What if they are not there? This does not happen!
However, in the early stage of helminthic invasion, the signs of vital activity of foreign microorganisms are poorly expressed or completely absent. The clinical picture becomes intense and pronounced only when helminths are actively developing, because their larvae cannot parasitize in humans.
How to establish the presence of worms in the body without medical research?
Different types of parasites cause characteristic symptoms in the host. If identified in a timely manner and correctly decrypted, this will allow infection to be determined even at an early stage.
Thus, the probability of an incorrect diagnosis is minimized, which will allow a correct and effective deworming using popular or medical antiparasitic agents.
So, to identify parasites in the human body, you need to pay attention to the symptoms:
- Grinding your teeth at night.
- Allergic skin rashes: acne, acne, hives, herpes on the lips, eczema, red spots, papillomas, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, etc.
- The development of diseases of the upper respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia, runny nose), which is characteristic of ascariasis and strongyloidosis.
- Bloating and diarrhea appear due to the fact that the long worms interfere with the excretion of bile and pancreatic juice.
- Constipation occurs when worms form a ball that blocks passage to the intestines.
- Discomfort in joints and muscles due to the migration of parasites.
- Severe irritability caused by painful symptoms.
- Persistent dry cough that cannot be treated with standard antitussive medications.
There is also an increase in body temperature to subfebrile values. The reasons for this condition can lie in allergies, blood poisoning, neurological disorders, dysfunctions in the functioning of internal organs and the brain, and anemic syndrome.
Also, the worm that lives in a person greatly reduces his immunity, which is why the patient often suffers from colds. Also, the patient develops a prolonged depression caused by intoxication of the body.
The characteristic symptoms of helminthiasis are nausea and vomiting, which are also caused by the release of toxic substances. Additionally, certain types of worms can live in the human body, producing specific hormones that affect the intestinal microflora, causing diarrhea.
However, in some cases, these symptoms are not attributed to helminthiasis, as they are similar to signs of food poisoning. Although this can become a serious problem, as further treatment begins, the greater the damage to the organs and systems of its host they will have time to inflict the parasites.
Therefore, to detect helminthiasis at home, a kind of test must be performed. To do this, it is necessary to answer the following questions:
- Does your anus itch at night?
- Are the lymph nodes swollen?
- Are there skin rashes?
- How Often Does Insomnia Occur?
- Do you experience vomiting and nausea?
- Are there muscle and joint pain?
- How often does flatulence develop?
- How often does the bitter taste appear in my mouth?
If a person gave seven affirmative answers to these questions, then with a high probability it can be argued that his body is infected with worms.
How to identify the type of helminthiasis by symptoms?
At home, you can determine which helminths have inhabited the human body. But this can only be done if the parasitosis has reached the active phase of its development.
Ascariasis and diphyllobothriasis are characterized by neurological signs that are more intense in young patients. Aggressive behavior and increased nervousness are due to the effects of toxic substances in the nervous system. For similar reasons, an infected person develops migraines and dizziness.
As a general rule, trichinosis is accompanied by joint and muscle pain, as well as swelling of the face and eyelids. This is due to the peculiarities of the life of Trichinella, which lives in skeletal muscles. You can become infected with this parasite if you eat the meat of a wild animal or pig, which has been poorly thermally processed.
Giardiasis affects the functioning of the liver and kidneys and causes all kinds of allergic reactions. Also, some people, when the body is damaged by lamblia, suffer from arthritis, which develops as a result of poisoning. Also, in an invasive patient, immunity is weakened, against the background of this, the following diseases develop:
- sinusitis;
- stomatitis;
- bacterial vaginosis and so on.
A characteristic sign of pinworm enterobiasis is itching in the anal canal. Also, most infected people experience disruptions in the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
Anemic syndrome is characteristic of schistosomiasis. There are also manifestations of dysbiosis (pathogenic microorganisms inhibit the favorable microflora).
With chloronchiasis, fascionellosis, and opisthorchiasis, the gallbladder is affected and the jaundice syndrome develops. Also, against the background of the course of these helminthiases, the liver and spleen increase.
Strongyloidiasis manifests itself in a variety of symptoms. So, with its progression, there are dysfunctions in the gastrointestinal tract, dyspeptic disorders and allergic manifestations.
How to determine if there are helminth eggs without laboratory conditions? When worms are in the multiplication phase, it is quite easy to discover their presence in the body. To do this, you need to conduct an analysis of the eggs for parasites.
With the development of opisthorchiasis, you can conduct a home study on your own. To do this, masking tape or tape should be placed on the skin of the anal area.
It is best to perform this procedure immediately after waking up in the morning. If a person has opisthorchias, their eggs will be identified on the sticky surface of the tape.
Laboratory methods to detect parasites.
If a patient has more than three characteristic symptoms of helminthiasis, he should contact a medical institution so that the determination of the presence of parasites at home can be confirmed in a laboratory.
The first step in case of suspected helminthic invasion is the study of the stool. This allows you to identify the eggs of tapeworms, round helminths, and flukes. However, for accurate confirmation of the diagnosis, tests should be performed three times every few days.
To determine enterobiasis, a scraping is done near the anus. Likewise, one of the most accurate and convenient tests for the patient is the ELISA, which allows them to detect antibodies in the blood that are produced by the body by parasitizing pathogenic microorganisms.
Sometimes bioresonance diagnoses are performed, which studies the frequency of parasites. This method is very informative, as it determines the state of the body as a whole. In addition, in addition to parasites, this study allows you to know the state of immunity, which weakens it, to identify other diseases, as well as fungi, bacteria and pathogenic viruses.