Parasites are organisms that cause diseases and can inhabit the human body, animals, and even some plants. There are many types of creatures in the world that penetrate the body of the host, feed on its beneficial substances, actively reproduce and leave waste in its body, leading to the development of all kinds of diseases.
Worms are most commonly found in humans. These are worms of various lengths and sizes, which mainly live in the intestines of vertebrates. But some helminths can migrate throughout the body, penetrating 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 don’t want to go to the hospital, waste time and unreasonably get tested for helminths.
In this case, a person can find out if there are parasites in the body by paying attention to such an important criterion as the characteristic symptoms that develop in a particular type of helminthiasis. What if there aren't any? That's not happening!
However, in the early stage of helminthic invasion, signs of vital activity of foreign microorganisms are weak or completely absent. The clinical picture becomes intense and pronounced only when the helminths are actively developing, because their larvae cannot parasitize on 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 time and deciphered correctly, this will enable the infection to be determined even at an early stage.
Thus, the probability of misdiagnosis is reduced to a minimum, which will enable correct and effective deworming with folk or medical antiparasitic agents.
So, to identify parasites in the human body, you need to pay attention to the symptoms:
- Grinding teeth at night.
- Allergic skin rash - acne, acne, urticaria, cold sores, eczema, red spots, papillomas, neurodermatitis, psoriasis and more.
- Development of upper respiratory tract disease (bronchitis, pneumonia, runny nose), which is typical for ascariasis and strongyloidosis.
- Flatulence and diarrhea occur due to the fact that long worms prevent the secretion of bile and pancreatic juice.
- Constipation occurs when worms form a ball that blocks the passage of the intestine.
- Discomfort in joints and muscles due to parasite migration.
- Strong irritability, caused by painful symptoms.
- Persistent dry cough that cannot be treated with standard antitussives.
An increase in body temperature to subfebrile values is also observed. The causes of this condition can be allergies, blood intoxication, neurological disorders, malfunctions 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 has a long-term 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, certain types of worms can live in the human body, producing specific hormones that affect the intestinal microflora, causing diarrhea.
However, in some cases such symptoms are not attributed to helminthiasis because they are similar to the signs of food poisoning. Although this can become a serious problem, because the later treatment is started, the parasites will have time to cause more damage to the organs and systems of the host.
So, to detect helminthiasis at home, you should conduct a kind of test. To do this, you must answer the following questions:
- Does the anus itch at night?
- Are the lymph nodes swollen?
- Is there a skin rash?
- How often does insomnia occur?
- Do you have vomiting and nausea?
- Are there any muscle and muscle aches?
- How often does bloating develop?
- How often does it taste bitter in the mouth?
If a person has given seven affirmative answers to these questions, then it can most likely be claimed that their body is infected with worms.
How to recognize the type of helminthiasis by symptoms?
At home you can determine which helminths inhabited the human body. But this can be done only if the parasitosis has reached the active phase of its development.
Ascariasis and diphillobothriasis are characterized by neurological signs that are most intense in young patients. Aggressive behavior and increased nervousness occur due to the action of toxic substances on the nervous system. For similar reasons, an infected person develops migraine and dizziness.
Trichinosis is usually accompanied by pain in the joints and muscles, as well as swelling of the face and eyelids. This is due to the peculiarities of the life of Trichinella, which live in the skeletal muscles. You can become infected with this parasite if you eat wild animal meat or pork, which is poorly cooked.
Giardiasis affects the work of the liver and kidneys and causes 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, the immunity is weakened, and the following diseases develop in the background:
- sinusitis; stomatitis;
- bacterial vaginosis and more.
A characteristic sign of pinworm enterobiasis is itching in the anal canal. Moreover, most infected people have gastrointestinal disorders.
Anemic syndrome is characteristic of schistosomiasis. There are also manifestations of dysbiosis (pathogenic microorganisms inhibit the favorable microflora).
In gallbladder, fasciaelosis and opisthorchiasis, the gallbladder is affected and icteric syndrome develops. Moreover, in the background of the course of these helminthiasis, the liver and spleen increase.
Strongyloidiosis is manifested in many symptoms. Therefore, its progress leads to malfunctions in the gastrointestinal tract, dyspeptic disorders and allergic manifestations.
How to determine if helminth eggs are available without laboratory conditions? When worms are in the breeding phase, it is quite easy to find out their presence in the body. To do this, you need to take a test for parasite eggs.
With the development of opisthorchiasis, you can conduct your own research at home. For this purpose, adhesive tape or tape must be attached to the skin in the anal area.
This is best done right after waking up in the morning. If a person has opisthorchias, then their eggs will be recognized on the sticky surface of the tape.
Laboratory methods for parasite detection
If a patient has more than three characteristic symptoms of helminthiasis, he should contact a medical facility to laboratory confirm the presence of parasites at home.
The first step in case of suspected helminthic invasion is to study the faeces. This allows you to recognize the eggs of tapeworms, roundworms and flukes. However, for accurate confirmation of the diagnosis, tests must be taken three times every few days.
To determine enterobiasis, a scraping near the anus is taken. Also, one of the most accurate and suitable tests for the patient is ELISA, which allows you to detect antibodies in the blood that the body produces when it parasitizes on pathogenic microorganisms.
Sometimes bioresonance diagnostics is performed, studying the frequency of parasites. This method is very informative because it determines the condition of the body as a whole. In addition, in addition to parasites, such a study allows you to find out the state of the immune system, which weakens it, to recognize other diseases, as well as pathogenic fungi, bacteria and viruses.