Parasites are disease-causing organisms that can inhabit the human body, animals, and even some plants. There are many species of creatures in the world that penetrate the body of the host, feed on its beneficial substances, actively multiply and leave waste in its body, which leads to the development of all kinds of diseases.
Worms are found more often in humans. These are worms of various lengths and sizes, which mainly live in the intestines of vertebrates. But some helminths can migrate throughout the body, penetrating the muscles, liver, heart, joints, lungs, and even the brain.
Worms damage their host's body, so everyone needs to know how to determine the presence of parasites in the body. But many people do not want to go to the hospital, waste their time and get tested for helminths for no reason.
In this case, a person can detect if there are parasites in the body by paying attention to such an important criterion as the characteristic symptoms that develop with a certain type of helminthiasis. What if they are not there? This does not happen!
However, in the early stages of helminthic invasion, signs of vital activity of foreign microorganisms are poorly expressed or completely absent. The clinical picture becomes intense and pronounced only when helminths are actively developing, because their larvae can not parasitize humans.
How to determine 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 deciphered correctly, then this will make it possible to determine the infection even at an early stage.
Thus, the likelihood of incorrect diagnosis is minimized, which will allow the correct and effective worming of the use of folk or medical antiparasitic agents.
So, to identify parasites in the human body, you need to pay attention to the symptoms:
- Grinding teeth at night.
- Allergic skin rashes - acne, pimples, hives, cold sores, eczema, red spots, papillomas, neurodermatitis, psoriasis and more.
- Development of diseases of the upper respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia, runny nose), which is typical for ascariasis and strongyloidosis. Swelling and diarrhea occur due to the fact that tall worms prevent the secretion of bile and pancreatic fluid.
- Constipation occurs when worms form a ball that blocks the passage of intestines.
- Joint and muscle discomfort due to parasite migration.
- Severe nervousness, provoked by painful symptoms.
- A persistent dry cough that cannot be treated with standard antitussives.
An increase in body temperature to subfebrile values is also observed. Causes of this condition can lie in allergies, blood intoxication, neurological disorders, dysfunctions in the functioning of internal organs and the brain, and in anemic syndrome.
In addition, the worm that lives in a person greatly reduces his immunity, as a result of which the patient often suffers from colds. Also, the patient has a prolonged 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. Moreover, certain types of worms can live in the human body, producing specific hormones that affect the intestinal microflora, which causes diarrhea.
However, in some cases, these symptoms are not attributed to helminthiasis, as they are similar to the signs of food poisoning. Although this can become a serious problem because the later the treatment starts, the more damage to their host organs and systems will have time to cause parasites.
So, to detect helminthiasis at home, some kind of test must be performed. To do this, you must answer the following questions:
- Does the anus itch at night?
- Are the lymph nodes swollen?
- Are there skin rashes? How often does insomnia occur?
- Do you experience vomiting and nausea?
- Are there muscle and muscle aches?
- How often does gas develop?
- How often does bitterness taste in the mouth?
If a person gave seven affirmative answers to these questions, then with a high probability it can be argued that his body is infected with worms.
How to identify the type of helminthiasis according to the symptoms?
At home, you can determine which helminths have inhabited the human body. But this can be done only if the parasite has reached the active stage of its development.
Ascariasis and difilobotriasis are characterized by neurological signs that are more intense in young patients. Aggressive behavior and increased nervousness occur due to the effects of toxic substances on the nervous system. For similar reasons, an infected person develops migraines and dizziness.As a rule, trichinosis is associated with joint and muscle pain, as well as swelling of the face and eyelids. This is due to the life features of Trichinella, which live in skeletal muscles. You can become infected with this parasite if you eat the meat of a wild animal or pork, which is poorly cooked.
Giardiasis affects liver and kidney function and provokes all kinds of allergic reactions. Moreover, some people, when the body is damaged by lamblia, suffer from arthritis, which develops as a result of intoxication. Also, in an invasive patient, immunity is weakened, against the background of this, the following diseases develop:
- sinusitis;
- stomatitis;
- bacterial vaginosis and more.
A characteristic sign of worm enterobiasis is itching in the anal canal. Moreover, most infected people experience gastrointestinal malfunctions.
Anemic syndrome is characteristic of schistosomiasis. There are also manifestations of dysbiosis (pathogenic microorganisms inhibit the favorable microflora).
With chloroniasis, fasciaelosis and opisthorchiasis, the gallbladder is affected and icteric syndrome develops. Moreover, against the background of the flow of these helminthiases, the liver and spleen grow.
Strongiloididia has many symptoms. So with its progression, there are dysfunctions in the gastrointestinal tract, dyspeptic disorders and allergic manifestations.
How to determine if helminth eggs are available without laboratory conditions? When worms are in the breeding stage, it is quite easy to learn about their presence in the body. To do this, you need to do a test for parasite eggs.
With the development of opisthorchiasis, you can conduct a home study yourself. For this purpose, adhesive tape or tape should be glued to the skin in the anal area.
This gets better right after you wake up in the morning. If a person has opisthorchitis, then their eggs will be identified on the adhesive surface of the strip.
Laboratory methods for detecting parasites
If a patient has more than three characteristic symptoms of helminthiasis, then he should contact a medical institution for laboratory confirmation of the presence of parasites at home.
The first step in case of suspected helminthic infestation is to study the feces. This allows you to identify worm eggs, roundworms and flukes. However, for accurate confirmation of the diagnosis, tests should be taken three times every few days.
To determine enterobiasis, a scratch is made near the anus. Also, one of the most accurate and patient-friendly tests is the ELISA, which allows you to detect antibodies in the blood that are produced by the body when you parasitize pathogenic microorganisms.
Sometimes bioresonance diagnostics is performed by studying 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 a study allows you to detect the state of the immune system, which weakens it, to identify other diseases, as well as pathogenic fungi, bacteria and viruses.