Up to now, the prevalence of diseases caused by parasites of the disease remains high. Among children, pre-school and younger school age is the most common infection pinworms. If the family has children, in most cases, the infected adult. Yet one of the very common helminths that occur in countries with a temperate climate and are not always symptomatic, is ascariasis. For adults, the Hobbies connected with hunting and fishing, as well as the characteristic, difillobotrioz, and trichinosis.
Unlike children, adults have a stronger immune system and body shape, which makes the symptoms of infection with worms requires a lot of parasitic load. Most helminths are not able to complete the full cycle of development in the body, and their number only grows with repeated ingestion of the eggs. Therefore, people who are inside, worms are often in such numbers that the symptoms of worms in humans does not appear never or many years. The most common types of worms live several weeks to two years. Others, such as pigs, cattle and other cepni, can parasitize in the human decades. There are also dangerous worms, which are not long lived, but they can multiply infinitely in the host organism (the dwarf tapeworm, Ancylostoma, etc.).
Helminthiasis caused by different types of pathogens can occur under the guise of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, the heart and the circulatory system and diseases of the respiratory system.
Common symptoms and signs in humans, worms
In most cases, symptoms of worms in humans for a long time I didn't see at all, even though the damage that they cause. But it all depends on the infection load and the type of parasites.
The most likely symptoms of the presence of worms in humans is a common malaise, fatigue, nausea, itching in the anus.
The main characteristics of the worms, which are especially often can become noticeable in a person (especially a child), there is a sharp weight loss, anemia, nausea, pale skin, digestive disorders (constipation and diarrhea), vomiting, presence in the stool symptoms, such as segments of tapeworms or adults lap.
In addition to the General symptoms and signs of worms in people, their presence, however, has several specific forms, which are individual for each system in the body.
The gastrointestinal tract
If the primary localization of worm infection is the lumen of the intestine, the main signs of this condition are violations of the functions of the digestive system. The main symptoms of worms in adults with damage to the digestive system can be divided into:
- alternating constipation and diarrhea;
- nausea and vomiting;
- abdominal pain without clear localization;
- excessive bloating.
The severity of these symptoms is different for each person, as well as specific clinical case.
Excessive amount of adult worms in the intestinal lumen can cause complete or partial overlap, which cause a persistent disruption of the chair.
The central nervous system
The result of the activity of most helminths are toxic substances that cause the phenomenon of intoxication of the organism. The constant exposure to toxic substances in the body, which leads to the formation of persistent disorders of the Central nervous system. The main nervous signs of worms in adults are:
- headache of varying intensity
- dizziness,
- a feeling of nausea, sometimes vomiting
- fever, until the fever
- pain in large and small joints.
Beriberi, which is a constant companion helminth infection, combined with the toxic effects on the nervous system, which leads to the formation of chronic fatigue syndrome, loss of concentration and increased drowsiness or insomnia.
Skin
Today, fully proven, that the worms and allergies in adults, United with the cause and effect relationship. A person who suffers from helminthiasis, aggravate the skin condition. Waste products, most of the worms are understood by the body as foreign agents, which lead to the formation of allergic reactions.
As a result of excessive production by the body of the main mediator of allergies — histamine, were observed on the surface of the skin specific injuries, oedema. In addition, the person starts to annoyed constantly feeling itching, you can receive a cough, stuffy nose.
The immune system
Along with a decrease in all body functions, a sharp inhibition of immune protection of the person. The reduction of protective forces in the body may cause deterioration of existing chronic diseases or lead to the formation of inflammatory diseases of the nasal cavity, oral cavity, organs of the female reproductive system.
It should be noted that one of the possible causes of night snoring, you can worm infection in the body.
The most common symptoms of infections helminth
Characteristics of clinical manifestations and the level of their intensity directly depends on the type of pathogen. For example, ascariasis is possible to observe the first symptoms of worms in adults after 2 days from the time of infection during larval migration bloodstream. Some parasites have incubation period of up to 18 months.
Ascariasis
The main symptoms of ascariasis in adults is directly dependent on the phase of the life cycle of the helminths. The migration of the larvae the causative factors of ascariasis occurs under means get into the bloodstream and the downstream flow through the blood throughout the body. If the larvae enter the tissues of the lungs, the main symptoms of the disease can be called the appearance of subfebrile temperature, dry cough, nausea, General weakness. In severe cases, may develop purulent bronchitis and pneumonia. When the bloodstream the larvae of ascarids fall into the gastrointestinal tract, is a violation of his functions. A person suffering from parasites, there is a sharp loss of body weight.
Enterobiasis
The most peculiar and distinctive symptom of this disease is the occurrence of severe itching in the anus, which is distinctly enhanced in the night time. Another important diagnostic feature of infection is the duration and frequency of itching. In this case, the itch lasts for more than 2 consecutive days, after which just disappears and reappears after 2-3 weeks.
Intestinal schistosomiasis, hookworm morbo, richocephalosis, difillobotrioz
The combination of these varieties of helminthiasis due to the fact that each of them gives a similar clinical picture. The result of the moderate flow (with a relatively small number of parasites) of such diseases is the imbalance of normal and pathogenic microflora in the gut, therefore the main symptoms in adults are expressed in the form of dysbiosis, abdominal pain, flatulence, diarrhea (including blood). When more severe symptoms much more serious.
Other manifestations of this group of helminths are vitamin, 12 deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia, lack of vitamin A.
Schistosomiasis (genitourinary)
The development of this form of schistosomiasis is manifested as problems with urination, as well as typical impurities of blood in the urine.
Trichinosis
Specific varieties for helminths often manifested in the following symptoms:
- the increase in body temperature to fever;
- edema of the face, especially the eyelids;
- spontaneous pain in the muscles.
Strongyloidiasis
The perpetrator is usually pretium intestinal. This type of worm infection is characterized by primary damage of the gastrointestinal tract. The main symptoms of this disease include:
- injury, gallbladder and biliary tract;
- diarrhoeal disorders (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, diarrhea, flatulence);
- allergic reactions of different severity.
In clonorchiasis, fascioliasis, opisthorchiasis
Presented to a group of helminth infection predominantly affects the liver parenchyma, gallbladder and bile ducts. The most likely symptoms of opisthorchiasis in adults are:
- enlarged liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly);
- the increase in the concentration of bilirubin in the blood (icteric syndrome);
- the development of chronic pancreatitis and in holecistoholangit;
- violations of the Central nervous system.
The article describes the symptoms and signs of the common types of worms that have infected people. Some, especially zoonotic helminths may have different clinical picture, which includes increasing the parts of the body, the balls under the skin or in the eyes, partial or complete loss of vision, without return. To confirm or refute the infection is possible only by means of that takes place in special laboratory tests that is prescribed by your doctor individually.