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 body of the host, consume its useful substances, actively reproduce and leave waste products in his body, which leads to the development of all kinds of diseases.
Often, worms are found in humans. These are worms of various lengths and sizes, most of which live in the intestines of vertebrates. But some helminths can migrate throughout the body, attacking muscles, liver, heart, joints, lungs, and even the brain.
Worms harm 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 their time and be tested for helminths unreasonably.
In this case, one can find out whether there are parasites in the body by paying attention to important criteria such as characteristic symptoms that develop with a particular type of helminthiasis. What if they're not there? This is not the case!
However, in the early stages of helminthic invasion, signs of vital activity of foreign microorganisms are poorly expressed or they are not fully present. The clinical picture becomes intense and pronounced only when helminths are actively developing, because their larvae cannot parasitize on 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 they are identified in a timely manner and interpreted correctly, then this will make it possible to determine the infection even at an early stage.
Therefore, the possibility of incorrect diagnosis is minimized, which will allow proper and effective decontamination using folk or medical antiparasitic agents.
Therefore, to identify parasites in the human body, you need to pay attention to the symptoms:
- Bite your teeth at night.
- Allergic skin rashes - acne, pimples, urticaria, 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 are characteristic of ascariasis and strongyloidosis.
- Bloating and diarrhea appear due to the fact that long worms interfere with the excretion of bile and pancreatic juices.
- Constipation occurs when worms form balls that block the passage in the intestines.
- Discomfort in joints and muscles due to parasite migration.
- Severe irritation triggered by painful symptoms.
- Persistent tuberculosis that cannot be treated with standard antitussive medications.
An increase in body temperature to subfebrile values was also observed. The causes of this condition may lie in allergies, blood intoxication, neurological disorders, disturbances in the function of internal organs and the brain, and in anemia syndrome.
In addition, worms that live in a person greatly reduce his immunity, as a result of which patients often suffer from colds. Also, patients experience prolonged depression caused by body intoxication.
The characteristic symptoms of helminthiasis are nausea and vomiting, which are also caused by the release of toxic substances. In addition, certain types of worms can live in the human body, producing certain hormones that affect the intestinal microflora, which causes diarrhea.
However, in some cases, such symptoms are not associated with helminthiasis, as they are similar to the signs of food poisoning. While this can be a serious problem, as treatment is then initiated, more damage to the organs and systems of their host that the parasite will have time to inflict.
Therefore, to detect helminthiasis at home, some kind of test needs to be performed. For this purpose, it is necessary to answer the following questions:
- Is it itching in the anus at night?
- Are the lymph nodes swollen?
- Is a skin rash present?
- How often does insomnia occur?
- Do you experience vomiting and nausea?
- Is there joint and muscle pain?
- How often does a bloated stomach develop?
- How often does a bitter taste appear in the mouth?
If a person gives seven affirmative answers to these questions, then with high probability it can be said that his body is infected with worms.
How to identify the type of helminthiasis according to symptoms?
At home, you can determine the helminths that have inhabited the human body. But this can be done only if the parasitosis has reached the active phase of its development.
Ascariasis and diphyllobothriasis are characterized by the most intense neurological signs in young patients. Aggressive behavior and increased nervousness are due to the effects of toxic substances on the nervous system. For the same reason, infected people experience migraines and dizziness.
As a rule, trichinosis is accompanied by joint and muscle pain, as well as swelling of the face and eyelids. This is due to the strangeness of Trichinella life, which lives in skeletal muscle. You can be infected with this parasite if you eat wild animal meat or pork, which has been poorly heat processed.
Giardiasis affects liver and kidney function and triggers all types of allergic reactions. Moreover, some people, when the body is damaged by lamblia, develop arthritis, which develops as a result of intoxication. Also, in invasive patients, immunity becomes weakened, against this background, the following diseases develop:
- resdung;
- stomatitis;
- bacterial vaginosis and so on.
A hallmark of pinworm enterobiasis is itching in the anal canal. In addition, most infected people experience disturbances in the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
Anemia syndrome is a hallmark of schistosomiasis. There are also manifestations of dysbiosis (pathogenic microorganisms inhibit the favorable microflora).
With cloronchiasis, fascionellosis and opisthorchiasis, the gallbladder is affected and icteric syndrome develops. Moreover, against the background of the course of these helminthiases, the liver and spleen increase.
Strongyloidiasis manifests itself in a variety of symptoms. Thus, with its development, there is damage to the gastrointestinal tract, dyspeptic disorders and allergic manifestations.
How to determine whether there are helminth eggs without laboratory conditions? When the worm is in the reproductive phase, it is relatively easy to know its presence in the body. To do this, you need to take an analysis for parasite eggs.
With the development of opisthorchiasis, you can conduct the study at home yourself. For this purpose, adhesive tape or tape must be affixed to the skin in the anal area.
It is better to carry out this procedure as soon as you wake up in the morning. If a person has opisthorchias, then their eggs will be identified on the adhesive surface of the tape.
Laboratory methods for detecting parasites
If a patient has more than three characteristic symptoms of helminthiasis, then he should contact a medical institution so that the determination of the presence of parasites in the home can be confirmed laboratory.
The first step in cases of suspected helminthic invasion is fecal examination. This allows you to identify tapeworm eggs, round helminths and flukes. However, for confirmation of an accurate diagnosis, tests must be taken three times every few days.
To determine enterobiasis, abrasions were taken near the anus. Also, one of the most accurate and convenient tests for patients is ELISA, which allows you to detect antibodies in the blood produced by the body when parasitizing pathogenic microorganisms.
Sometimes bioresonance diagnostics are performed, which study the frequency of parasites. This method is very informative, as it determines the condition of the body as a whole. In addition, in addition to parasites, such studies allow you to find out the state of immunity, which weakens it, to identify other diseases, as well as pathogenic fungi, bacteria and viruses.