Infection with helminths may occur even in our civilized society. These parasites do not enter the body and poison them with their vital activity products. The secretion of helminths is toxic and causes a variety of diseases - from itching to serious health problems. There were also deaths.
Common symptoms of flea infections
Helminths live not only in the human intestine, some types of parasites also infect other organs, but can even be found in skeletal muscle. Thus, the course of each helminthiasis has its own characteristic signs, but there are still common symptoms:
- decreased performance;
- rapid fatigue;
- drunk;
- weakness;
- sleepy;
- poor appetite;
- weight loss;
- joint pain;
- constipation;
- bowel disorders;
- intolerance to any type of food.
Unfortunately, but many people are infected with parasites, some do not even know about it. Eggs or cysts can be swallowed with food that looks clean. Often, worms settle on the child's body, accompanied by poorly washed fruits and vegetables, through dirty hands, from cats and dogs. The problem is that there is often no suspicion that other people live inside us, as there are types of parasites that do not appear for a long time. Therefore, it is necessary to know better about worms, what types are there and what are the symptoms of infection.
Human bracelet
Pinworms, roundworms, whipworms and Trichinella (less often) can live in the human body.
Roundworms are roundworms with fusiform bodies, 15-40 cm long and 4-6 mm wide. These worms live in the small intestine, although there are cases of ringworm crawling into the bile ducts and clogging them. In humans, females mate with males and lay eggs, which, along with feces, come out.
A person is not infected with ringworm living in animals.
Next, the eggs need to mature in the ground. If they enter the human body with unwashed fruits or vegetables, the larvae are excreted in the intestine, they quickly penetrate the blood vessels and reach the lungs with blood flow. There, larvae mature and migrate to the intestines through the trachea and oral cavity. And there are new individuals who have hatched and everything is repeated. Ringworms live up to 14 months.
With ascariasis, decreased appetite, nausea, diarrhea, pain in the intestine, manifestations of allergies. Sleep is also disturbed, irritation appears. During migration from the lungs, there may be a cough. With the accumulation of ascaris and the formation of balls by them, intestinal obstruction can develop.
Small cream worms, 3-12 mm long whitish worms. Cream worms live in the small and large intestines. These helminths are very susceptible to infection, enough not to wash their hands, or you can even swallow helminth eggs by inhaling dust. Female cream worms lay eggs in the anus, causing severe itching. Pinworm eggs are so small that they can get into the dust being raised.
You can be infected through linen, hygiene items, food, handshakes, etc. Furthermore, cream worms undergo the same migration as ringworms. Adults live in humans very little, only 1-2 months, and with proper hygiene, they can be removed in a short time. In addition to itching, there are also insomnia, absenteeism, itching, allergic rashes.
Vlasoglav is a thin worm that lives in the large intestine and reaches a length of 30-35 mm. You can be infected with parasites in the same way as ringworm. Vlasoglav attaches to the intestinal wall and sucks blood. The toxins they release cause headaches, insomnia, dizziness, and nausea. The lifespan of helminths is 5 years.
Trichinella is a small worm, only up to 4 mm long. A person is infected through raw pork, which contains larvae. Adults live in the intestines, mating and laying eggs, after which they die. Trichinella larvae are excreted, they penetrate from the intestine into muscle tissue, where they form capsules and can last for years.
Helminthiasis causes the following disorders in the body:
- swollen face;
- eyelid edema;
- swelling of the feet and hands;
- skin rash;
- muscle pain;
- fever, temperature;
- headache;
- insomnia or, conversely, drowsiness;
- decreased movement of knee and elbow joints;
- gastrointestinal disorders are observed.
Trichinosis is partially cured, because if adult worms can be destroyed with drugs, then the larvae on skeletal muscle cannot be killed.
Tape worms in humans
- Cattle tapewormscan reach a length of up to 10 m. Infection occurs when eating undercooked beef, which contains worm larvae. Housewives can be infected by slicing raw minced meat with salt. Inside the body, tapeworms develop from larvae, which live in the gut, attaching to the wall in order to survive. A person loses weight, loses appetite, dizziness, insomnia, nausea, and frequent vomiting appear.
- Pig tapewormsare smaller, only reaching 2 m. Infection occurs after eating poorly processed pork. The symptoms are the same as those of tapeworms.
- Worm tapeshave a length of 6 m to 15 m. The source of infection is raw freshwater fish. Helminthiasis is indicated by weakness, nausea, vomiting, saliva, abdominal pain, constipation, or diarrhea. On the tongue there are always painful red bright spots and even cracks.
- Dwarf tapewormshave a length of 3-5 cm. They are infected with these worms through contaminated door handles, toilet seats, if they have worm eggs. Children get sick more often. Helminthiasis causes decreased appetite, nausea and abdominal pain, and sometimes diarrhea. In rare cases, children may experience seizures similar to epileptic seizures.
- Echinococcusis one of the most dangerous helminths. Infections occur in dogs and cats - adult individual carriers of parasites. In the human body, larvae hatch from eggs, which are transported by the bloodstream to different organs, more often to the liver, and there they form echinococcal cysts. In some cases, they even reach the size of the newborn's head. The cyst is removed only with surgery.
Human sucker
- Flukeparasites in the bile ducts and in the gallbladder itself. The size of small helminths - 4-13 mm. Parasites enter the body through the use of fish (fried) fish that is slightly salty or poorly cooked. First, this helminthiasis manifests itself in high temperature (up to 40 degrees), pain in the joints and muscles, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, in rare cases, jaundice develops. Then the acute symptoms disappear, there is paroxysmal pain in the pancreas. There may be complications.
- Fascioladangerous to health. Worms are 3-7 cm long, and also settle in the gallbladder and bile ducts. A person is infected through uncooked water or eating aquatic plants. Weakness, fever, head and stomach pain, urticaria appear.
In conclusion about human helminths
Some types of worms live for many years in the human body, because they can not manifest themselves in any way. Often, the symptoms of helminthiasis are similar to gastrointestinal tract disease, so a wrong diagnosis is made if special tests are not made to identify helminths. But you need to immediately get rid of parasites, because they not only take useful substances from the body, but also release toxins that are harmful to health.