Parasites are creatures that survive at the expense of other organisms, for example, animals, humans, plants. There are more than two dozen types of intestinal parasites that can settle in the human body and cause many negative symptoms. Especially often parasitic creatures settle in children, as the child's body is not fully formed and is vulnerable to external influences.
Worm infection is a dangerous disease caused by parasitic creatures - worms. The body needs to share with them nutrients, beneficial elements and vitamins. Worms and roundworms that are placed in the body feed on the food of the host from the intestines, absorbing all the substances important for life.
Methods of infection
The most common oral-fecal route of infection is through the mouth. In this case, there are two ways to access it:
- Geooral - they enter the esophagus through hands, household items, food, as well as through feathers, pet hair, contaminated with soil particles, in which invasive eggs and protozoan cysts are present. In this way, you can become infected with ascariasis, giardiasis, enterobiasis, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, echinococcosis;
- Xenotrophic - appear in the human body when eating fish and meat of animals that has not undergone proper heat treatment, if this meat contains larvae. Thus, you can become infected with trichinosis, toxoplasmosis and other invasions.
There are other ways of infection:
- Method of contact: can be passive (transmitted through the genital tract) and active (a person becomes infected through the skin when washed in tanks with fresh water);
- The airborne method of infection of the body is considered less common, however, in this way, pneumocysts living in the air can enter the body;
- The transmission route (via blood) is characteristic of filariasis infection. The larvae are carried by blood-sucking insects. As a rule, this disease occurs in hot places located closer to the equator;
- Transplantary route - from mother to baby's body in uterus. This way, you can become infected with toxoplasmosis.
In the process of evolution, parasites have developed properties that expand their possibilities to settle in the human body. This refers to the fertility of the parasites. For example, roundworm in just one day can produce up to 25 thousand eggs, roundworm - up to 200 thousand eggs, and tapeworm produces more than 4 million eggs per day.
Therefore, in the air around us, in household items, food eaten, in pets, eggs, larvae and cysts are often present in the water, even if hygiene is observed. Often a person becomes infected with parasites due to incorrect adherence to the technology of cooking meat or fish dishes. For example, to overcome opisthorchiasis larvae in carp fish, a salt solution of at least 20% is used during salting, and the salting time should be at least 2 weeks. It is unlikely that anyone would want to eat fish after such processing.
It turns out that only a person with excellent immunity and high bodily resistance can not worry about infection with parasites, and such people are extremely rare.
Symptoms of the placement of parasites in the body
A range of characteristic symptoms will tell you that parasites are in the body. There are many signs and it is difficult to distinguish them from the symptoms of other diseases. The list of symptoms is as follows:
- Constipation. If the parasites in the intestines grow to a large size, they block the passage of the intestines. Excessive invasion can also close the bile ducts, which will cause stool retention;
- Diarrhea. Some parasites, especially protozoa, during their life in the host body, produce substances that dilute the feces in the intestine, which leads to diarrhea. Therefore, diarrhea may indicate the presence of parasites, and not just poisoning with low quality products;
- Bloating and gas. When parasites are in the small intestine, this area becomes inflamed and gas production increases;
- Irritable bowel syndrome. The parasites irritate the intestinal mucosa, causing inflammation, which is accompanied by a range of characteristic symptoms and decreased absorption of food, especially fats from food. Fatty acids, instead of being absorbed in the small intestine, are sent to the bulk, where they cause spasms, diarrhea, and constipation;
- Painful sensations in muscles and joints. The parasites are able to move through the human body to settle in the places most attractive to them: in the muscles and joint fluid. When this happens, the person feels pain and perceives it as a symptom of arthritis. In addition, inflammatory and painful symptoms in the joints may be the result of tissue damage caused by worms or the immune system's reaction to parasites;
- Allergic manifestations - products of toxic worm waste are able to activate the body's immune response in the form of the synthesis of an increased number of eosinophils - protective cells and immunoglobulin E;
- Skin problems - due to parasites, can start a rash on the skin, eczema, acne, papillomas, age spots, itching, dermatitis and other unpleasant reactions;
- Anemia. Some species of parasites actively absorb beneficial nutrients from the human gut. If there are many such parasites, then they can cause serious blood loss, which causes the level of iron in the blood to drop and anemia develops. This symptom is characteristic of the loss of Trichomonas and other protozoa;
- Change in body weight. Both weight loss and weight gain can indicate the presence of worms. The mass is reduced due to the fact that an internal consumer appears, and many nutrients in the body are not absorbed. Weight gain due to "robbery" of the body. The feeling of hunger in a person increases, he begins to eat more often and more. To normalize weight, you must first get rid of parasites in the body;
- Nervousness, irritability, anxiety. Toxic elements secreted by parasites irritate the central nervous system. Feelings of anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances are often the result of this poisoning. As a result of the action of the means to get rid of the worms, these symptoms disappear;
- Bruxism is the gnashing of teeth when a person is sleeping. This symptom is observed in a child and an adult;
- Weakening of the body's immune system, frequent colds and viral diseases;
- Respiratory inflammation, cough, high fever, runny nose.
Folk remedies for parasites in the human body
People use different antiparasitic drugs - tablets sold in pharmacies. However, many of them are toxic to the body and if taken uncontrollably or if doses are not followed, can cause serious intoxication. Therefore, treatment with folk remedies does not lose its importance.
How to properly fight parasites with traditional medicine? Treatment with folk remedies not only ensures the cleansing of the body from established parasites, but also facilitates the restoration of well-coordinated work of all systems and organs. After removing the parasites, it is important to maintain liver function because it is the main filter from bacteria and toxic substances.
Freedom against parasites
To properly treat worm parasites, traditional medicine recommends taking flax seeds. They can be consumed in pure form or as a decoction. The raw materials should be ground in a coffee grinder, and the resulting powder added to food, ready meals or home-made bread dough. Such a product will be an excellent prophylactic agent for any family member. You can also eat whole seeds with purified water - two tablespoons every morning and evening.
Careful!Flaxseed oil also has antiparasitic properties, but is less effective than seeds.
Herbal cleanser collection
It is recommended to clean the intestinal system, liver and other organs from parasites with the help of natural medicinal plants. The collection includes the following plants: buckthorn bark, oak bark, wormwood, tansy, motherwort. All these products are mixed in equal proportions. To prepare the liquid, use a tablespoon of the mixture and half a liter of boiling water. The tool should be insisted in a closed container for about 10 hours - it is better to do this at night, and in the morning you can drink. Recommended dose: 100 ml daily on an empty stomach for 14 days. Herbal tea helps to get rid of parasites, strengthen the body and improve the condition of the liver.
Pumpkin seeds
Home fight will be effective with pumpkin seeds. They are known for their anti-helminthic properties due to the presence in their composition of kukurbitin, a toxic ingredient for parasites. There are several recipes using pumpkin seeds. The most effective is the composition of seeds and honey.
To take the drug, use 300 grams of seeds, crushed to the consistency of a powder, add honey - 2 tablespoons. Some recipes also add garlic. The product should be mixed well and consumed in the morning on an empty stomach. Then you have to wait three hours and get an enema or take a laxative so that the intestinal parasites leave the body.
Sbiten
Sbiten is a healing drink that helps remove worms from the body. It is suitable for both adults and children. It also strengthens the immune system and cleanses the body. For cooking, you need to take 200 ml of high quality honey, dilute it in 1 liter of water. Boil the mixture, add a teaspoon of ginger root, cinnamon, cardamom, minced bay leaves. All this is injected for half an hour. The product should then be filtered and drunk warm.
Soda treatment
Soda helps fight infections quickly and effectively. If they are placed on a child's body, it is recommended to make enemas with a soda solution - 1 teaspoon dissolved in a liter of water. Before such an enema, it is necessary to empty the bowels using natural bowel movements or a regular water enema. Soda water should be held in the intestine for up to 30 minutes. These procedures are repeated every other day for a week.
Aloe juice treatment
The product based on aloe juice has a dual effect - it helps to heal a person and strengthen the body. The course of treatment is quite long - at least three months. To prepare the mixture use 10 ml of olive oil or castor oil, the same amount of juice from aloe leaves, a tablespoon of lemon juice. During the first month, you should take the medicine in the morning and in the evening - twice a day. And to maintain the effect for the next two months, the agent is taken only in the morning.
Garlic and kefir
The effectiveness of garlic has been proven for a long time. It is quite easy to use. You should eat ten small cloves of garlic on an empty stomach in the morning, and then drink them with kefir or other fermented milk drinks. The main thing is that this juice is slippery so that a person can easily swallow the garlic cloves.
Important!When cleansing the body with garlic, it should be swallowed whole. You can not chew, otherwise the plant will be digested in the stomach and will not bring the expected result. If the clove is intact, then it will start to be processed only in the intestines, where the worms live.
Pomegranate peels
Pomegranate peel therapy has an excellent effect, but in this case it is important to consider the right dose, as this antiparasitic agent in large quantities can lead to intoxication. Take 10 grams of dried bark and fill it with a glass of boiling water. The product is kept in a water bath for about 10 minutes. It is then cooled and filtered. Take a teaspoon three times daily before meals. This tool helps not only to remove uncomfortable guests, but also to cleanse the liver. It should be remembered that this medicine is not suitable for children.
Prevention methods
In order for parasites to bypass your body, you must adhere to generally accepted preventative measures:
- Monitor your personal hygiene all the time. Eggs and larvae of parasites do not stay on the surface of the skin after washing it with warm soapy water. Hands should be washed every time after visiting public places, transport, going to the store and the street, as well as after using the toilet and always before eating. Do not forget to change the bed and underwear. These things should be washed in hot water and ironed - after this procedure, the parasite eggs do not survive;
- Pay proper attention to product processing. This applies not only to meat and fish. Larvae can be found in any vegetables, fruits, herbs. Therefore, they should be thoroughly washed and rinsed with boiling water;
- Do not drink tap water. There are a large number of larvae in tap water. This juice should be drunk only after boiling;
- Refrain from swimming in untested freshwater bodies. Many of them are inhabited by parasites that can penetrate human skin. Sometimes for infection it is enough to just wet your feet or wash your hands in such water;
- Include worm-fighting foods in your diet: garlic, chili peppers, raw carrots, pumpkin seeds, etc.
- Take to control any insects that enter the house. It is often they who carry the larvae of harmful parasites. For example, flies, Prussians, mosquitoes, wood lice lay eggs in their body;
- If there are pets in the house, for example, dogs and cats, then you should monitor their hygiene and disinfect the pet toilet regularly.
If it happens that parasites have entered the body, then you should immediately start fighting them. You should not just use popular methods for this. With such a problem, it is necessary to consult a doctor in order for him to prescribe a complex effective treatment.