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 residues in its body, which leads to the development of all kinds of diseases.
Most often, 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 damage the body of their host, so everyone should 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 be unreasonably tested for helminths.
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 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 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 misdiagnosis is minimized, which will allow the correct and effective removal of worms using folk or medical antiparasitic agents.
So, to identify parasites in the human body, you need to pay attention to the symptoms:
- Gritting your teeth at night.
- Allergic skin rashes - acne, pimples, urticaria, cold sores, eczema, red spots, papillomas, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, etc.
- Development of diseases of the upper respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia, runny nose), which is characteristic of ascariasis and stronguloidosis.
- Swelling and diarrhea appear due to the fact that long worms interfere with the excretion of bile and pancreatic fluid.
- Constipation occurs when worms form a ball that blocks passage to the intestines.
- Discomfort in joints and muscles due to migration of parasites.
- Severe irritation provoked by painful symptoms.
- A persistent dry cough that cannot be treated with standard antitussive drugs.
An increase in body temperature to subfebrile values is also observed. Causes of this condition can lie in allergies, blood intoxication, neurological disorders, disruption in the functioning of internal organs and the brain, and 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 develops 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, some types of worms can live in the human body, producing specific hormones that affect the intestinal microflora, which causes diarrhea.
However, in some cases, such 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 is started, the more damage to the organs and systems of their host will have time to cause parasites.
Thus, to detect helminthiasis at home, some kind of test must be performed. For this, it is necessary to answer the following questions:
- Is there itching in the anus at night?
- Are the lymph nodes swollen?
- Are skin rashes present?
- How often does insomnia appear?
- Do you have vomiting and nausea?
- Is there joint and muscle pain?
- How often does bloating develop?
- How often does the taste of bitterness appear in the mouth?
If a person has given seven positive 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 diphyllobothriasis are characterized by neurological signs that are more intense 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.
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 muscle. You can become infected with this parasite if you eat the meat of a wild animal or pork, which is poorly processed.
Giardiasis affects the functioning of the liver and kidneys 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 so on.
A characteristic sign of worm enterobiasis is itching in the anal canal. Moreover, most infected people experience disruptions 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 chloroniasis, fasciolosis, and opisthorchiasis, the gallbladder is affected and jaundice syndrome develops. Moreover, against the background of the course of these helminthiases, the liver and spleen grow.
Strongyloidiasis manifests itself in a variety of symptoms. So with its progression, there are dysfunctions in the gastrointestinal tract, dyspeptic disorders and allergic manifestations.
How to determine if there are helminth eggs without laboratory conditions? When worms are in the reproductive stage, it is quite easy to detect 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, tape or adhesive tape should be glued to the skin in the anal area.
It is best to perform this procedure as soon as you wake up in the morning. If a person has opisthorchiasis, 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 so that the determination of the presence of parasites in the home can be laboratory confirmed.
The first step in case of suspicion of helminthic invasion is the study of feces. This allows you to identify tapeworm eggs, round helminths and fluxes. However, for accurate confirmation of the diagnosis, tests should be done three times in a few days.
To determine enterobiasis, an itch is made near the anus. Also, one of the most accurate and convenient tests for the patient is ELISA, which allows you to detect antibodies in the blood that are produced by the body during the parasitization of pathogenic microorganisms.
Sometimes bioresonance diagnosis is performed, which studies 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 immunity, which weakens it, to identify other diseases, as well as fungi, bacteria and pathogenic viruses.