The number and variety of parasites that can live and multiply in the human body for a long time, and not "give themselves" in any way, is simply huge. They are very small, invisible to the human eye, and can grow up to several meters in length. In the vast majority of cases, people do not even know what kind of "uninvited guests" visited their body.
Parasites in the human body are capable of living for years, causing irreparable damage by their existence.
types of parasites
Currently, medical science knows about 250 species of parasites that live in the human body and develop very successfully there.
These include lice, facial and scabies mites, toxoplasma, fungi, viruses and microbes. All these parasites may be waiting for you at every turn, so you have to be extremely careful and careful.
If a person is asked to name the parasites that he knows live in the body, he will most likely name helminths. It is about them that we most often hear and even find them, passing the next inspection.
There is a special branch of medical science called parasitology, which deals with the study and search for ways to deal with highly developed pest species.
These include:
- helminths are well-known worms or worms that cause metabolic disorders and inhibition of normal intestinal microflora with their vital activity. In addition, they interfere with the absorption of vitamins and increase the probability of tumor formation;
- roundworms - are the cause of the development of a whole complex of biliary, intestinal and pulmonary diseases;
- pinworms - affect the intestines, disrupt their work;
- lamblia - negatively affects the liver.
Toxoplasma, chlamydia and trichomonas are also frequent hosts of the human body, negatively affecting the state of health and causing the development of various diseases, sometimes incurable. Most of us never think about what parasites may be present in the human body, what symptoms indicate their presence.
Symptoms
Entering the support systems of human life, pests begin to develop and multiply. Throughout their lives, they release toxic substances that disrupt the functioning of internal systems. In addition, allergic reactions often develop, immunity is weakened, and the course of chronic diseases is aggravated.
Unfortunately, very often, the presence of signs of the presence of parasites in the human body is simply ignored by them, attributed to the manifestations of certain diseases.
The most common and frequent symptoms of the presence of "foreigners" in the human body are:
- Regular diarrhea or constipation;
- Poor skin condition, presence of rashes on the face and other parts of the body;
- Constant feeling of irritation and heaviness in the stomach, digestive problems;
- Joint pains, spasms and pain in the muscles of the legs;
- Development of disorders in the work of the central nervous system and the cardiovascular system (acute phase of the disease);
- Anemia;
- Uncontrolled and unjustified jumps in body weight;
- Insomnia, constant feeling of weakness and fatigue.
Often the immune system "does not see" and does not identify "uninvited guests" in any way, so it is simply impossible to recognize the signs of their presence without laboratory tests.
Sources and routes of infection.
Contrary to popular belief that only those people who do not control the cleanliness of their hands can get infected with various worms and fungi, even the most inveterate cleaners and reinsurers can "pick them up".
The main routes of infection are:
- Food - through dirty hands, contaminated food or water;
- Contact-household: from pets, infected relatives, to household items;
- Transmissible: through the bites of blood-sucking insects;
- Percutaneous - in which the penetration of the larva occurs through the mucous membranes or skin.
It is very easy to get infected, but it can be very difficult to cleanse the body of them. Sometimes even treatment with the latest drugs takes a long time. Therefore, in order to minimize the risk of infection with these "pests", it is necessary to study the useful advice of doctors and clearly follow them: wash your hands, vegetables and fruits thoroughly, eat meat and fish only after heat treatment, etc. .
Diagnosis
Methods for diagnosing the presence of "guests" are constantly being improved, new, more accurate methods are being developed.
The main and most used methods include:
- Stool analysis for pinworm eggs is the most common method used in all clinics. However, its accuracy does not exceed 17%.
- The histological coprogram is a modern way of studying thin sections of feces using powerful microscopes. This method allows you to more clearly and accurately distinguish eggs and larvae, as well as fragments of helminth bodies;
- serological method - determination of the presence of antibodies and antigens against various parasites using a blood test. This method is effective only in the later stages of infection, the effectiveness does not exceed 60%;
- hemoscanning - scanning of a fresh drop of blood magnified 2000 times. The method allows you to determine the presence of fungal, yeast or bacterial flora, assess the state of blood elements, detect larvae of parasites.
To make sure that no parasite goes unnoticed and is definitely detected, it is most often prescribed to go through all diagnostic methods.
Purification and treatment of the body.
Having learned so much about the fact that we are in danger at almost every step and almost every person is infected with one or another microorganism, every sane person will wonder "how can the body be cleansed of parasites"?
Most of the currently existing medical methods for cleansing the body are based on the ingestion of drugs that create living conditions unsuitable for the life of parasites. The course of treatment is quite long, so you need to be patient, it can be delayed from 30 days to a year.
All existing anthelmintic drugs, with the help of which the body cleanses itself of parasites, are conditionally divided into the following groups:
- Synthesized chemical preparations provide the highest treatment efficiency and give the fastest result. They are toxic not only to parasites, but also to the host organism. In addition, many types of helminths and other pests adapt very well and become insensitive to the action of drugs;
- Substances of natural origin are plant extracts and various herbal preparations. Constant intake of these drugs leads to the accumulation in the body of plant components intolerable to "guests", prompting them to leave the body. They are harmless to humans, they do not develop addiction;
- Homeopathic remedies - the results of treatment with these drugs largely depend on the qualifications of the doctor and the ability of him to select the drug. The treatment is very long and requires strict compliance with the medication program.
With the help of which preparations the body will be cleansed of parasites, only a doctor can decide. Three months after the end of the course of treatment, it is recommended to redo all the tests and, as a preventive measure, drink another 10-15 days of the drug that was taken earlier during treatment.