Parasites are creatures that survive at the expense of other organisms, for example, animals, people, plants. There are more than two dozen types of intestinal parasites that can settle in the human body and cause many negative symptoms. Especially often, parasitic creatures settle in children, since the child's body is not fully formed and is vulnerable to external influences.
Worm infestation is a dangerous disease caused by parasitic creatures - worms. The body has to share with them nutrients, useful elements and vitamins. Pinworms and roundworms that have settled in the body feed on the host's food from the intestines and absorb all substances important for life.
Infection methods
The most common oral-fecal route of infection is through the mouth. In this case, there are two ways to get into it:
- Geooral - they enter the esophagus through the hands, household items, food, as well as through feathers, pet hair, contaminated with soil particles, in which invasive eggs and protozoan cysts are present. In this way, it can become infected with ascariasis, giardiasis, enterobiasis, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, echinococcosis;
- Xenotrophic: appears in the human body when eating fish and animal meat that has not been subjected to proper heat treatment, if this meat contains larvae. Therefore, it can become infected with trichinosis, toxoplasmosis, and other invasions.
There are other ways of contagion:
- Contact method: it can be passive (transmitted through the genital tract) and active (a person becomes infected through the skin when bathing in reservoirs with fresh water);
- The method of infection of the body by air is considered less common, however, in this way, pneumocysts living in the air can enter the body;
- The transmissible route of transmission (through the blood) is characteristic of filariasis infection. The larvae are carried by blood-sucking insects. As a general rule, this disease occurs in hot countries located closer to the equator;
- Transplacental route: from the mother to the child's body in the womb. In this way, you can become infected with toxoplasmosis.
In the process of evolution, parasites have developed properties that expand their possibilities of settling in the human body. This refers to the fertility of the parasites. For example, hookworm in a single day can produce up to 25 thousand eggs, the intestinal worm up to 200 thousand eggs and the tapeworm produces more than 4 million eggs per day.
Therefore, in the air around us, in household items, in ingested food, in pets, eggs, larvae and cysts are often present in water, even if hygiene is observed. Often a person becomes infected with parasites due to improper adherence to the technology of cooking meat or fish dishes. For example, to overcome opisthorchiasis larvae in carp fish, a saline solution of at least 20% is used during salting, and the duration of salting should be at least 2 weeks. It is unlikely that someone will want to eat fish after such processing.
It turns out that only a person with excellent immunity and high body resistance cannot worry about becoming infected with parasites, and such people are extremely rare.
Symptoms of the settlement of parasites in the body
Several characteristic symptoms will tell you that the parasites are in the body. There are quite a few signs and it is difficult to differentiate them from the symptoms of other diseases. The list of symptoms is as follows:
- Constipation. If the parasites in the intestines grow to a large size, they block the intestinal passage. Heavy invasion can also close the bile ducts, leading to retention of stool;
- Diarrhea. Some parasites, particularly protozoa, throughout their life in the host's body, produce substances that thin the stool in the intestines, leading to diarrhea. Therefore, diarrhea can indicate the presence of parasites and not just poisoning with low-quality products;
- Bloating and gasWhen the parasites are in the small intestine, this area becomes inflamed and gas production increases;
- Irritable bowel syndrome. The parasites irritate the intestinal mucosa, causing inflammation, which is accompanied by a series of characteristic symptoms and a decrease in the absorption of food, especially fats from food. The fatty acids, instead of being absorbed in the small intestine, are sent to the large section, where they cause spasms, diarrhea and constipation;
- Painful sensations in muscles and joints. Parasites are able to move through the human body to settle in the most attractive places for them: muscles and joint fluid. When this happens, the person feels pain and perceives it as a symptom of arthritis. Also, inflammatory and painful symptoms in the joints may be the result of tissue damage caused by worms or the immune system's reaction to parasites;
- Allergic manifestations: toxic waste products of worms can activate the body's immune response in the form of synthesis of a greater number of eosinophils: protective cells and immunoglobulin E;
- Skin problems: due to parasites, a skin rash, eczema, acne, papillomas, age spots, itching, dermatitis and other unpleasant reactions may start;
- Anemia. Certain types of parasites actively suck useful nutrients from the human intestine. If there are many parasites of this type, they can cause severe blood loss, which causes a decrease in the level of iron in the blood and anemia develops. This symptom is characteristic of the defeat of Trichomonas and other protozoa;
- Change in body weightBoth weight loss and weight gain can indicate the presence of worms. The mass decreases due to the fact that an internal consumer appears, and many nutrients in the body are not absorbed. Weight can increase due to the "stealing" of the body. A person's feeling of hunger increases, he begins to eat more often and more. To normalize the weight, you must first get rid of parasites in the body;
- Irritability, nervousness, anxiety. The toxic elements secreted by parasites irritate the central nervous system. Feelings of anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances are often the result of this intoxication. As a result of the action of the means to get rid of worms, these symptoms disappear;
- Bruxism is the grinding of teeth when a person sleeps. This symptom is observed in a child and an adult;
- Weakening of the body's immune system, frequent colds and viral diseases;
- Respiratory inflammation, cough, high fever, runny nose.
Folk remedies for parasites in the human body.
People resort to the use of various antiparasitic drugs - tablets that are sold in pharmacies. However, many of them are toxic to the body and, if taken uncontrollably or if doses are not followed, they can cause serious poisoning. Therefore, treatment with folk remedies does not lose its relevance.
How to fight parasites correctly with traditional medicine? Treatment with folk remedies provides not only cleansing the body of settled parasites, but also facilitates the restoration of well-coordinated work of all systems and organs. After eliminating parasites, it is important to maintain liver function, as it is the main filter for bacteria and toxic substances.
Flax against parasites
To properly treat worms parasites, traditional medicine recommends taking flax seeds. They can be consumed in pure form or in decoction. It is necessary to grind the raw materials in a coffee grinder and add the resulting powder to food, ready meals or dough for homemade bread. Such a product will be an excellent prophylactic agent for each member of the family. You can also eat whole seeds with purified water: two tablespoons in the morning and at night.
Attention!Flax oil also has antiparasitic properties, but it is less effective than seeds.
Cleansing herbs collection
It is recommended to cleanse the intestinal system, liver and other organs from parasites with the help of natural medicinal herbs. The collection includes the following plants: sea buckthorn bark, oak bark, wormwood, tansy, motherwort. All these products are mixed in equal proportions. To prepare the broth, use a tablespoon of the mixture and a pint of boiling water. The tool should be insisted in a closed container for about 10 hours; it is better to do it at night and in the morning you can drink. Recommended dose: 100 ml every day on an empty stomach for 14 days. Herbal tea helps to expel parasites, strengthen the body and improve the condition of the liver.
Pumpkin seeds
Fighting at home will be effective with pumpkin seeds. They are known for their anthelmintic properties due to the presence in their composition of cucurbitin, a toxic component for parasites. There are several recipes that use pumpkin seeds. The most effective is the composition of seeds and honey.
To obtain the drug, 300 grams of seeds are used, crushed to the consistency of a powder, honey is added to it - 2 large tablespoons. Some recipes also add garlic. The product should be mixed well and consumed in the morning on an empty stomach. Then you need to wait three hours and take an enema or take a laxative so that the intestinal parasites leave the body.
Sbiten
Sbiten is a healing drink that helps eliminate worms from the body. It is suitable for both adults and children. It also strengthens the immune system and cleanses the body. For cooking, you need to take 200 ml of high-quality honey, dilute it in 1 liter of water. Boil the mixture, add a teaspoon of ginger root, cinnamon, cardamom, grated bay leaf. All this is infused for half an hour. Then the product must be filtered and drunk warm.
Soda treatment
Soda helps fight infestations quickly and effectively. If they have settled on the body of a child, it is recommended to do enemas with a soda solution: 1 small tablespoon dissolves in a liter of water. Before such an enema, it is necessary to empty the intestines with natural bowel movements or a regular water enema. Soda water should be kept in the intestines for up to 30 minutes. These procedures are repeated every other day for a week.
Aloe juice treatment
The product based on aloe juice has a double effect: it helps to heal a person and strengthen the body. The course of treatment is quite long, at least three months. To prepare the mixture, use 10 ml of olive oil or castor oil, the same amount of aloe leaf juice, a tablespoon of lemon juice. During the first month, you need to take the remedy in the morning and in the evening, twice a day. And to maintain the effect for the next two months, the agent is taken only in the morning.
Garlic and kefir
The effectiveness of garlic has been proven for a long time. It is quite easy to use. You should eat ten small cloves of garlic on an empty stomach in the morning and then drink them with kefir or other fermented milk drink. The main thing is that this liquid is slippery so that a person can easily swallow garlic cloves.
Important!When cleansing the body with garlic, it must be swallowed whole. You cannot chew, otherwise the plant will be digested in the stomach and will not produce the expected result. If the tooth is intact, it will begin to process only in the intestines, where the worms live.
Pomegranate peels
Pomegranate peel therapy has an excellent effect, but in this case, it is important to take into account the correct dose, since this antiparasitic agent in large quantities can lead to poisoning. Take 10 grams of dried bark and fill it with a glass of boiling water. The product is kept in a water bath for about 10 minutes. It is then cooled and filtered. Take a teaspoon three times a day before eating. This tool helps not only to remove unpleasant guests, but also to cleanse the liver. It should be remembered that this remedy is not suitable for children.
Prevention methods
In order for parasites to bypass your body, you must adhere to generally accepted preventive measures:
- Monitor your personal hygiene at all times. Parasite eggs and larvae do not remain on the surface of the skin after washing with warm soapy water. Hands should be washed every time you visit public places, transport, go to the store and on the street, as well as after using the bathroom and always before eating. Don't forget to change your bed and underwear. These things should be washed in hot water and ironed; after this procedure, the parasite eggs do not survive;
- Pay due attention to product processing. This applies not only to meat and fish. The larvae can be found on any vegetable, fruit, or herb. Therefore, they need to be thoroughly washed and doused with boiling water;
- Do not drink tap water. There are a large number of larvae in tap water. This liquid should be drunk only after boiling;
- Refrain from swimming in untested bodies of fresh water. Many of them are inhabited by parasites that can penetrate human skin. Sometimes, for the infection, it is enough to get your feet wet or wash your hands with that water;
- Include in the diet foods that fight worms: garlic, hot peppers, raw carrots, pumpkin seeds, etc.
- Take control of any insects that enter the house. Often they are the ones who carry the larvae of harmful parasites. For example, flies, Prusaks, mosquitoes, wood lice carry eggs on their bodies;
- If there are pets in the house, for example, dogs and cats, then you need to monitor their hygiene and regularly disinfect the animal's bathroom.
If it happens that parasites have entered the body, you need to immediately start fighting them. You should not use only popular methods for this. With such a problem, it is necessary to consult a doctor so that he can prescribe an effective complex treatment.