Parasites are disease-causing organisms that can inhabit the human body, animals, and even some plants. There are many kinds of living things in the world that invade the host's body, feed on its useful substances, actively reproduce and leave waste products in its body, which leads to the development of all kinds of diseases.
The most common worms are found in humans. These are worms of various lengths and sizes that live mainly in the intestines of vertebrates. But some helminths can travel through the body and enter the muscles, liver, heart, joints, lungs, and even the brain.
Worms damage 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 get tested for helminths unreasonably.
In this case, a person can determine whether there are parasites in the body by paying attention to such an important criterion as the characteristic symptoms that develop in a certain type of helminthiasis. What if they are not there? This does not happen!
However, at the early stage of the helminth invasion, signs of vital activity of foreign microorganisms are poorly expressed or completely absent. The clinical picture only becomes intense and pronounced when the helminths are actively developing, since their larvae cannot parasitize on humans.
How can one determine the presence of worms in the body without medical research?
Different types of parasites cause characteristic symptoms in the host. If they are recognized in good time and correctly deciphered, the infection can be identified at an early stage.
Thus, the likelihood of a wrong diagnosis is minimized, allowing correct and effective deworming with popular or medicinal anti-parasitic agents.
So, in order to identify parasites in the human body, you need to pay attention to the symptoms:
- Grinding teeth at night.
- Allergic rashes - acne, acne, urticaria, herpes on the lips, eczema, red spots, papillomas, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, etc.
- Development of diseases of the upper respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia, runny nose) characteristic of ascariasis and strongyloidosis.
- Flatulence and diarrhea occur because long worms interfere with the elimination of bile and pancreatic juice.
- Constipation occurs when worms form a ball that blocks the passage in the intestines.
- Discomfort in joints and muscles due to the migration of parasites.
- Severe irritability caused by painful symptoms.
- A persistent dry cough that cannot be treated with conventional antitussive drugs.
An increase in body temperature to subfebrile levels is also observed. The causes of this disease can lie in allergies, blood intoxication, neurological disorders, functional disorders of the internal organs and the brain, as well as in anemic syndrome.
In addition, the worm living in a person greatly reduces his immunity, as a result of which the patient often suffers from colds. In addition, the patient develops persistent depression caused by intoxication of the body.
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 and produce certain hormones that affect the intestinal flora and cause diarrhea.
However, in some cases, such symptoms are not attributed to helminthiasis because they resemble signs of food poisoning. However, this can become a serious problem because the later treatment is started, the more damage to its host's organs and systems the parasites have time to wreak.
Therefore, to detect helminthiasis at home, some kind of test should be done. To do this, it is necessary to answer the following questions:
- Itching in the anus at night?
- Are the lymph nodes swollen?
- Are there any rashes?
- How often does insomnia occur?
- Do you suffer from vomiting and nausea?
- Are there any joint and muscle pain?
- How often does flatulence occur?
- How often does the bitter taste appear in the mouth?
If a person gives seven affirmative answers to these questions, it can be argued with high probability that their body is infected with worms.
How to identify the type of helminthiasis based on the symptoms
At home, you can find out what helminths inhabited the human body. However, this is only possible when the parasitosis has reached the active phase of its development.
Ascariasis and diphyllobothriasis are characterized by neurological symptoms that are most intense in young patients. Aggressive behavior and increased nervousness are due to the effects of toxins on the nervous system. For similar reasons, an infected person develops 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 specifics of the life of Trichinella, which live in the skeletal muscles. You can contract this parasite by eating wild animal meat or pork that has been poorly thermally processed.
Giardiasis affects the functioning of the liver and kidneys and causes all kinds of allergic reactions. In addition, when the body is damaged by lamblia, some people suffer from arthritis, which develops as a result of poisoning. Even in an invasive patient, immunity is weakened, against this background the following diseases develop:
- Sinusitis;
- Stomatitis;
- bacterial vaginosis and so on.
A characteristic sign of pinworm enterobiasis is itching in the anal canal. In addition, most infected people experience disturbances in the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
Anemic syndrome is characteristic of schistosomiasis. There are also manifestations of dysbiosis (pathogenic microorganisms inhibit the favorable microflora).
In cloronchiasis, fascionellosis, and opisthorchiasis, the gallbladder is affected and an icteric syndrome develops. In addition, against the background of the course of these helminthiases, the liver and spleen increase.
Strongyloidiasis manifests itself in a variety of symptoms. So, with its progression, there are malfunctions in the gastrointestinal tract, dyspeptic disorders and allergic manifestations.
How to tell if there are helminth eggs without laboratory conditionsWhen the worms are in the reproductive phase, it is quite easy to find out their presence in the body. To do this, you need to conduct an analysis on the eggs of parasites.
With the development of opisthorchiasis, you can do a home study yourself. To do this, tape or tape must be stuck to the skin in the anal area.
It is best to do this procedure in the morning right after you wake up. When a person has opisthorchia, their eggs are identified on the sticky surface of the tape.
Laboratory methods for the detection of parasites
If a patient has more than three characteristic symptoms of helminthiasis, they should contact a medical facility so that the establishment of the presence of parasites can be confirmed in the laboratory at home.
The first step in suspected helminth invasion is to examine the feces. This will allow you to identify the eggs of tapeworms, round helminths, and leeches. However, tests must be performed three times every few days to accurately confirm the diagnosis.
To determine enterobiasis, a scrape is taken near the anus. Also, one of the most accurate and convenient tests for the patient is the ELISA, which allows you to detect antibodies in the blood that are produced by the body when parasitizing pathogenic microorganisms.
Sometimes bio-resonance diagnostics, which examine the frequency of parasites, are done. This method is very revealing as it determines the state of the body as a whole. In addition, such a study, in addition to parasites, allows you to find out the state of immunity that weakens them, in order to identify other diseases, as well as pathogenic fungi, bacteria and viruses.