What does it mean when it comes to parasites in the human body? In medicine, parasites are called various pathogenic microorganisms and macro-organisms that are like parasites inside or outside their host, receiving good nutrition from it.
These parasites include a large family of pathogens of infectious, somatic and parasitic diseases of humans: helminths (worms), viruses, fungi, insects, bacteria, protozoa, rickettsiae and others.
Human parasitic diseases are caused by arthropods, helminths, multicellular parasites and protozoa: plasmodia, lamblia, Trichomonas and toxoplasma.
The mechanism of transmission of parasitic disease pathogens
Parasites from the external environment enter the human body in various ways. For example, helminths enter the digestive tract through dirty hands, vegetables, greens, berries, and insufficiently washed fruits. After the introduction of some or other parasites into the body, a person begins to suffer from ascariasis, toxocariasis, enterobiasis, echinococcosis, alveococcosis. In the environment, the larvae and eggs of the parasite can often be found in water or soil contaminated with feces.
At low temperatures or drying, the parasites do not die, they retain their viability for many years. Young children become infected through contact with infected toys, dirty clothes, sand from the sand. The greatest risk of contracting parasitic diseases is seen in those who prefer to try everything.
And also among the category of people who do not observe personal and industrial hygiene. Pigs, as well as bovine tapeworms (taeniasis and teniarinhoses) enter the digestive tract through the mouth with meat products that have not been sufficiently heat treated. Fish that have not been sufficiently thermally processed or slightly salted can become infected with trematode larvae (the causative agent of opisthorchiasis) and broad tapeworms. The same goes for fish roe.
In some countries with hot and humid climates, some parasites (heartworms and heartworms) are transmitted through mosquito, tick, mosquito and flea bites. In medicine, there is such a name - reinvasion. This is a condition of reinfection by parasites of people who have a habit of biting their nails. Medical statistics state that anyone on earth at least once in his life suffers a parasitic invasion, mainly at the age of 14.
Parasites in the human body: symptoms of diseases
Today, medicine has data on 250 types of helminths that parasitize the skin, the digestive system, as well as the internal tissues and organs of a person. While in the intestines, they cause acute pain of varying intensity, discomfort in the abdominal cavity; On this basis, the patient experiences nausea, vomiting, insufficient frequent stools, or constipation.
Helminths provoke the development of diabetes mellitus, arthritis, eye diseases, cholecystitis, cystitis, hepatitis, urethritis, pancreatitis, myocarditis, pneumonia (pneumonia). Now it makes no sense to describe the symptoms of all the diseases listed above, the description of which is available on the corresponding pages of the site.
Parasites, receiving food from their host, cause a deficiency of iron, protein, potassium, amino acids, manganese, vitamins and many other useful microelements in your body. Against this background, patients complain of general weakness, severe fatigue, headaches. Even with good nutrition, these patients lose weight. But sometimes obesity occurs with metabolic disorders that occur with some helminthiases: bovine tapeworms and broad tapeworms.
Nails and hair dull and break. Continued poor health associated with a lack of B vitamins can lead to unexplained anxiety, nervousness, and irritability in adults. And in children, the appropriateness of behavior is noticeable. Pathogens that parasitize the liver cause poor sleep with frequent awakenings in the morning. Patients have impaired memory, poorly assimilate educational materials, communication with others is difficult.
Pig tapeworm cysticerci penetrates into brain tissue and contributes to epilepsy-like seizures. There are also violations of speech and vision, movement and sensitivity, delirium and hallucinations, loss of consciousness. The abundance of severe symptoms often makes doctors suspect the formation of brain tumors.
Patients complain of interruptions (arrhythmia) in the work of the heart, palpitations, itchy skin with rashes on its surface. The presence of parasite larvae in the lungs causes the development of obstructive bronchitis and even bronchial asthma. The bronchial tree is often affected by roundworm and toxocara larvae, cysticercus, or pig tapeworm eggs.
Less commonly, parasites infect the inner layers of the skin, causing discomfort in the form of scabies, tingling, and swarming. All types of pathogens of parasitic diseases are capable of actively suppressing the protective properties of the host organism. The mechanism of the pathology consists in the production of antienzymes by parasites that prevent the digestion of food.
On this basis, intestinal infections, acute respiratory diseases, poisonings and colds appear, there is a real risk of developing oncological pathologies. A clinical blood test indicates signs of anemia (anemia), eosinophilia, folate, protein, vitamin B12, and iron deficiencies.
With various helminthiases, the symptoms listed above and a few others are seen. It all depends on the location of the parasites. Eye diseases are possible: uveitis, conjunctivitis, damage to the lens and retina, and even total loss of vision.
Diagnosis of parasites in the human body
Before prescribing a course of treatment, the treating physician thoroughly examines the patient to clarify the diagnosis of the disease. In this, the bacteriological examination of the feces, in which helminth eggs are found, will help; In the conjunctival sac, larvae of porcine tapeworms are often isolated. Full-length adult roundworms, several tens of centimeters long, fly out of the rectum with exertion or active physical exertion.
The eggs and larvae of all types of parasites are found by examining the feces under a microscope. However, there are often difficulties in identifying the causative agents of the disease. They may not be visible in the stool. A biochemical blood test shows the presence of class G immunoglobulin and the state of immunity, which decreases when parasites are affected. But this cannot serve as an indicator of the type of pathogen.
Therefore, the result of the investigation can remain positive for several years. Of course, the presence in the body of a large accumulation of parasites leads to a significant decrease in immunity, a decrease in the titer of immunoglobulins or the complete absence of them. Class M immunoglobulin is found in the acute period of invasion, but in a short period of time. The presence of this immunoglobulin reliably indicates the presence of parasites in the body.
How to get rid of parasites from the body
Treatment is mainly prescribed by the doctor for patients who have obvious signs of parasite infection: the use of unwashed vegetables and (or) fruits, herbs, poorly processed slices, contact with animals, finger sucking and nail biting. In each case, the doctor individually prescribes complex treatment, since improper therapy often leads to serious complications.
For example, the intake of drugs against the pork tapeworm can lead to the fragmentation of the pathogen and the spread of its parts to various organs and the consequent consequences.
Special preparations allow to get rid of the simplest parasites. The treatment regimen is developed individually, taking into account the type of pathogen, possible side effects and the age of the patient. Typically, two or more courses of conservative therapy are conducted at three-week intervals. Probiotics actively help to fight against parasites that have invaded the body, normalize the active microflora. Natural fermented dairy products (fermented baked milk, kefir, and others) also help. The breakdown products of parasites (toxins) are efficiently removed from the body by a group of enterosorbents.
If a patient develops rashes and allergic reactions, antihistamines are added to the main treatment.
Home Remedies for Human Body Parasites
Traditional medicine has many remedies and recipes against parasites. Our ancestors, who had no modern medicines, raised helminths on garlic, onions, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin oil, red pepper, ginger, mustard, horseradish, bitter wormwood, cloves, black and manchu walnuts, avran, tansy, bark ofpomegranate, chanterelles (mushrooms), carrots and strawberries.
Calendula, Saussurea, currant leaves, lespedets, sauerkraut pickle, caraway and dill seeds, strawberries, birch leaves help to eliminate the simplest parasites.
Traditional medicine recipes for parasites
- Recipe # 1.Chop a medium onion, pour a glass of boiling water into a thermos and leave to stand for 12 hours, then filter. Drink all the contents on an empty stomach the next morning.
- Recipe No. 2.Mix 100 g of crushed pumpkin seeds with 100 g of sugar. Take orally in the morning before breakfast for 3 tablespoons. tablespoons of the mixture and immediately drink 3 tablespoons. tablespoons of castor oil.
- Recipe number 3.Pour a glass of boiling water over 2 tablespoons. tablespoons crushed dry leaves of wormwood, let stand for three hours, strain. Treat for 10 days in a row, taking 3 teaspoons in the morning on an empty stomach.
- Recipe # 4.Used for patients with a sensitive stomach. Insist 6 hours taken in 2 tablespoons. tablespoons of chamomile and sea buckthorn bark in a glass of boiling water. Filter and drink the entire infusion in the morning on an empty stomach.
- Recipe # 5.Mix 1 tsp. oak bark, sea buckthorn, tansy and medicinal chamomile. Insist on the mixture for 6 hours in half a liter of boiling water. Filter and drink 100 ml in the morning before breakfast. Treatment in all cases is long, from 40 to 90 days. Despite the fact that the effectiveness of herbal products is lower than that of pharmaceutical preparations, they improve the functioning of the liver and gastrointestinal tract, the general condition of the patient and do not allow reinfection. Choleretic herbs remove parasites from the gallbladder and ducts.
- Recipe # 6.Used to breed protozoa. 1 tablespoon. l. Pour the chopped saussurea with a glass of boiling water, leave to infuse for three hours and filter. 1 tablespoon. l. 3 r / d before a meal in 30-40 minutes.
- Recipe # 7.Also from protozoa. The composition includes equal parts of crushed mint and cinquefoil herbs, helenium root and sandy immortelle flowers. We insist for 3 hours (2 tablespoons of the mixture in 500 ml of boiling water). ⅓ cup three times a day for a month before meals for 1 hour.
If there is no complete cure, repeat the course of therapy.