Parasites are pathogenic organisms that can inhabit the human body, animals and even some plants. There are many types of creatures in the world that enter the host's body, feed on its useful substances, actively multiply and leave wastes in its body, which leads to the development of all kinds of diseases.
Most often, the worms are found in humans. These are worms of different lengths and sizes, which mainly live in the intestines of vertebrates. But some helminths can migrate throughout the body, invading 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 a lot of people don't want to go to the hospital, waste their time and be unreasonably tested for helminths.
In this case, a person can find out whether 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 weren't there? This does not happen!
However, at the early stage of helminthic invasion, signs of vital activity of foreign microorganisms are poorly expressed or they are completely absent. The clinical picture becomes intense and pronounced only when the helminths are actively developing, since their larvae cannot parasitize in 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 time and correctly deciphered, this will allow the infection to be determined even at an early stage.
Thus, the probability of an incorrect diagnosis is minimized, which will allow correct and effective deworming with the help of popular or medical antiparasitic agents.
So, in order to identify the parasites in the human body, you need to pay attention to the symptoms:
- Grinding of teeth at night.
- Allergic rashes - acne, acne, hives, 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 strongyliasis.
- Bloating and diarrhea appear due to the fact that longworms interfere with the excretion of bile and pancreatic juice.
- Constipation occurs when the worms form a lump that blocks the passage through the intestines.
- Joint and muscle discomfort due to the migration of parasites.
- Severe irritability caused by painful symptoms.
- A persistent dry cough that cannot be treated with standard cough medicine.
An increase in body temperature to subfebrile values is also observed. The causes of this condition can be allergies, blood poisoning, neurological disorders, disturbances in the functioning of internal organs and the brain, and anemic syndrome.
In addition, the worm that lives in a person significantly reduces their immunity, which often causes the patient to suffer from a cold. In addition, the patient develops 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. In addition, 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 because they look like signs of food poisoning. Although this can become a serious problem, because the later the treatment is started, the more time the parasites will have to inflict damage on the organs and systems of their host.
So, in order to detect helminthiasis at home, some kind of test should be performed. To do this, it is necessary to answer the following questions:
- Does itchy anus at night?
- Are the lymph nodes swollen?
- Are rashes present?
- How often does insomnia occur?
- Do you have vomiting and nausea?
- Are there joint and muscle pain?
- How often does gas develop?
- How often does the taste of bitterness appear in the mouth?
If a person gave seven affirmative answers to these questions, then it can be said with a high probability that his body is infected with worms.
How to identify the type of helminthiasis by the symptoms?
At home, you can determine which helminths have inhabited the human body. But this can only be done if the parasitosis has reached the active phase of its development.
Ascariasis and diphyllobothriasis are characterized by more intense neurological signs in young patients. Aggressive behavior and increased nervousness are due to the effects of toxic substances on the nervous system. For similar reasons, an infected person develops migraines and dizziness.
Usually, trichinosis is accompanied by joint and muscle pain, as well as swelling of the face and eyelids. This is due to the peculiarities of the life of Trichinella, which lives in the skeletal muscles. You can get infected with this parasite if you eat meat from wild animals or pork, which has been improperly heat-treated.
Giardiasis affects the functioning of the liver and kidneys and causes all kinds of allergic reactions. In addition, some people, when the body is damaged by lamblia, suffer from arthritis, which develops as a result of poisoning. In addition, 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).
With cloronchiasis, fascionellosis and opisthorchiasis, the gallbladder is affected and jaundice syndrome develops. In addition, against the background of the course of these helminthiasis, the liver and spleen increase.
Strongyloidiasis manifests itself with various symptoms. So, with its progression, there are malfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract, dyspeptic disorders and allergic manifestations.
How to determine if there are helminth eggs without laboratory conditions? When the worms are in the multiplication phase, it is quite easy to discover their presence in the body. To do this, you need to perform an analysis of parasite eggs.
With the development of opisthorchiasis, you can conduct a study at home on your own. For this purpose, duct tape or duct tape should be attached to the skin in the anal area.
It is best to perform this procedure immediately after waking up in the morning. If a person has opisthorchia, 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 at home can be confirmed in the laboratory.
The first step in case of suspected helminthic invasion is the study of feces. This allows you to identify the eggs of tapeworms, round helminths and fluke. However, for accurate confirmation of the diagnosis, tests should be done three times every few days.
To determine enterobiasis, a scraping is done near the anus. In addition, one of the most accurate and convenient tests for the patient is ELISA, which allows you to detect antibodies in the blood produced by the body during the parasite of pathogenic microorganisms.
Sometimes a bioresonance diagnosis is made, which studies the frequency of the 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 to know the state of immunity, which weakens it, to identify other diseases, as well as pathogenic fungi, bacteria and viruses.