Deterioration of health is not only observed from infections that penetrate the body.
Parasites and worms can also cause malaise, weakness, and depression. They can lead to a number of consequences that people usually assume during the onset of normal inflammatory processes.
What is helminthiasis? And what are the symptoms in the human body?
The answers are quite simple.
Helminths are parasites, roundworms and tapeworms, as well as their shiny representatives such as tapeworms, dumplings, bovine tapeworms, tapeworms, and many others. Surely many have met them as children or as adults.
The disease, which has been given the appropriate name, such as helminthiasis, is the result of the influence and activity of the intestinal worm in the body.
Infection with worms
Parasites can penetrate the human body in several ways, unnecessarily clean and not obsessed with their health. There are enough of them.
Consider how helminths appear in a healthy body:
- normal handshake. The easiest way for a parasite to get a new host. They enter the skin and then the blood through the upper layers of the epidermis. This mode of transmission also works when you come in contact with homeless street animals and touch the objects of others. Thanks to the good blood circulation of a healthy person, it is not difficult to reach the goal and find oneself in the chosen place of their future habitat;
- through the water. Many helminth larvae are perfectly preserved in fresh and even seawater. Let’s not forget the village wells and aqueducts either. They are not very sensitive. Caution should also be exercised when visiting swimming pools, spas and saunas. Maybe they are poorly processed;
- wet soil and sand. Eggs of many worms come out with feces and fall on these surfaces. It can easily become infected in suburban areas and even in children’s sandboxes;
- low quality products. These are often seafood, fruits and vegetables, eggs and milk, cottage cheese;
- places of congestion in public masses. Supermarkets, shops, pharmacies and hospitals. Every day, many people grab door handles, racks, packaged products and handrails here. And not the fact that they are all healthy. Let’s not forget the dirt that gets into these rooms during rainy and wet periods;
- In the summer and fall seasons, insects are a threat. Mosquitoes and flies, even with their paws, can carry small microscopic eggs.
Non-compliance with the basic basic rules of personal hygiene may be added to the list of occurrences of helminthic invasion in adults and children.
What helminths can become infected
There are plenty of parasitic representatives. And each enters the body in different ways, migrates inward, and affects certain organs. Some choose a single farmer, while others spend their entire life cycle with different carriers.
Humans can observe a number of major isolated parasites in their bodies:
- the most common tapeworms are nematodes. Small whitish individuals. Reach 40 mm. Everyone knows spindle worms, dumplings, whipworms and tropical guinea worms. They live in the intestines, eggs are placed in the anus, and are often excreted in the feces. Infection of worms with nematodes is determined very simply and without analysis;
- parasitic tapeworms are larger and more dangerous. Reaching 10 meters, they migrate and enter almost every vital organ and system. There have been cases of suffocation after the parasite has moved through the respiratory system. Manifestation of bovine tapeworm, tapeworm;
- trematodes. The habitat is modest and therefore enters the body through both soil and water. They traverse the entire human body and are clearly visible under the sebum. This is primarily the area of the eye and eyelid. Not only the intestinal microflora but also the tissues of other organs are destroyed. Toxic effects lead to exhaustion of the body.
Of course, it is impossible to independently identify which helminth is present in a person. Only the method of examination of the worms and the complete examination determine the type and the subsequent treatment, prophylaxis in case of recovery is prescribed.
Symptoms of parasites in the body
Once helminths have entered the body, they cannot be immediately identified based on the symptoms of the infection. Some only appear after a certain amount of time.
But all the signs of worms in an adult are quite severe and continue at first glance for no reason:
- a sharp rise in temperature to the level of the inflammatory process. Typically 37, 6-38 ° C;
- nausea, vomiting;
- aching pain in the abdomen and navel;
- possible redness of the skin;
- weakness, drowsiness, fatigue;
- occasional involuntary gnashing of teeth at night;
- dry, persistent cough and shortness of breath;
- violation of normal stools. diarrhea or constipation;
- itching in the anus;
- acquiring a yellowish or too pale skin tone;
- discomfort in muscles and joints.
Based on such signs, an accurate diagnosis cannot be made immediately. But in humans, helminths show only the symptoms that correspond to damaged organs. And it is usually with the intestines, bronchi and liver kidneys.
Signs of running helminthiasis
Late detection of parasites can have much more complex consequences:
- a sharp decrease in immunity. As a result, any infection and virus enters the body;
- hives, bronchial asthma due to constant poisoning by parasites. The discharge of worms causes severe allergies in the body;
- intense hair loss, eyelashes;
- unexplained fragile nails;
- tooth decay, the enamel gradually disappears;
- heavy bleeding gums;
- nervousness, mental disorders.
Worms that occur in humans not only show symptoms of infection, but also provoke a number of diseases, exacerbating the course of existing diseases, and therefore the treatment of parasites is mandatory.
It is a better time to perform the test and begin the complete complex removal of helminths from the body.
Diseases caused by parasites
Characteristic relentless signs of helminthic invasion indicate that the body is exposed to severe toxic effects or that many organs and systems are already damaged:
- disturbance of the gastrointestinal tract. Due to the fact that most helminths choose this place for further growth and development. It is expressed in intestinal obstruction, dysbacteriosis, diarrhea, pancreatitis;
- respiratory problems. Each migration of the parasite always leads to the bronchi and lungs. This often leads to cramps, pneumonia;
- the central nervous system suffers. Migraine, dizziness, disorientation in space, irritability and depression;
- increase in spleen, liver, decreased level of bile outflow;
- malfunction of the urinary system. Urethritis, cystitis;
- problems with the reproductive organs. Vaginitis, inflammatory processes in the uterus, vagina, ovaries. Possible sexual infection.
These are severe symptoms that occur with helminths. If you care about your health, you should definitely see a doctor. Any of the signs shown oblige the person skilled in the art to prescribe a special test.
The most common blood test shows that parasites have appeared in the body. For hemoglobin values below 100 g / l, an increase in eosinophils of more than 6%, an increase in leukocytes of 9% and a decrease in erythrocytes of 3 g / l or less.
In addition, one skilled in the art should note the sharp decrease in protein and the increase in immunoglobulins characteristic of allergies.
Parasitic diseases and their symptoms
Depending on the type and class of worms, the signs of infection in the helminths were given a unique name that distinguishes them from each other. For professionals, this classification facilitates further treatment, healing, and prevention.
Ascariasis. Of course, it indicates the symptoms of the ascaris parasite and any concomitant diseases. It is most often not observed immediately, but only 2 weeks after the helminths enter the body.
Symptoms are reminiscent of frequent coughs, acute bronchitis, and mild allergies. It is confused with a common infection as it is accompanied by all of the above characteristics and fever. There may be changes in the lymph nodes.
In advanced chronic ascariasis, all symptoms are complicated. Blood pressure starts to rise, anorexia, loss of appetite, persistent abdominal pain may occur. Regular vomiting, stool problems. The face becomes pale, healthy skin color disappears, dark circles and swelling appear. At night, poor sleep or a complete lack of sleep becomes commonplace. Small whitish worms appear in the stool secretions.
Penetration of pinworms or enterobiasis. Frequent occurrence in young children due to non-compliance with personal hygiene rules. The infection is caused by frequent itching of the anus. Pinworms appear periodically. With breaks for 1-2 days. When the parasites get in, the body’s reaction is an involuntary gnashing of teeth at night, poor intermittent sleep. Not particularly dangerous, no pain.
Worms, like vultures, bring with them opisthorchiasis. The acute course of the disease lasts for 8 weeks. During this period, the body temperature rises, heaviness and bloating, diarrhea and an inflammatory feeling occur. In the case of chronic exposure to vomit, the symptoms also spread to the respiratory tract, causing severe allergies to the central nervous system.
Tapeworm parasites lead to many consequences of their presence in the human body. Broad tapeworms can disrupt pancreatic function, lead to intestinal obstruction, vitamin B12 deficiency, decreased hemoglobin levels, and anemia. Similarly, all members of tapeworms cause pain syndromes in the abdomen, bloating, and nausea.
Giardiasis. There are a small number of these parasites in the human body. But they are safe within the normal range. In case of aggravation, their level increases. Which leads to vomiting, bitterness due to liver and stomach ailments, characteristic abdominal pain, bloating and stool disturbances.
Of course, such symptoms of helminthiasis should be treated and prevented with complete prevention.