Advertising reports that everyone is infected with parasites and needs treatment.But is that so?
The parasite
The first thing you need to know: "parasites" and "worms" are not a disease, but a large group of infections are very different.There are several common features:
- All parasites are less adapted to one's life.
- They do not benefit someone, but can cause significant harm.
If the ad says about parasites in general, you are sure: they want to cheat you.
Talking about the treatment or diagnosis of parasites in general, without mentioning the type of infection, it is wrong to say, for example, about injury, without specifying what kind of question.In terms of treatment and possible consequences, some parasitic infections are different from others, such as light bruises from fractures.
What symptoms can cause parasites
Different parasite infections are common in different countries.For many territories, there are no accurate statistics on the incident.However, it is impossible to talk about the outbreak: not everyone is infected, according to advertising, but only a few.
In Europe, about 15 parasitic infections are the most common.
The most important thing is that you need to remember: different parasite infections can cause different non -specific symptoms.This means that the same symptoms can be caused by many other reasons.
Symptoms of possible main parasitic infections can be described briefly as follows:
| Symptom | Infection |
| Coughing dry | Ascariasis, toxocarosis, anquilostomosis, strungyloidosis, echinococcosis. |
| Rash on the skin, similar to allergies | Such symptoms can be seen when infected with all types of worms.If the rash is localized in certain places (for example, on the feet), the cause of possible anquilostomosis, stringedosis, toxocarosis or schistosomosis. |
| Itching in the anus or genitals | Speaker |
| Fever, weakness, chills, severe abdominal pain | Lambiosis, opisthorchiasis, clonorchosis, trichinellosis, schistosomosis. |
| Diarrhea -Long (diarrhea -birit) | Lambliosis |
| Long stomach ache | Ascaridosis, ankylostomosis, infection with cow tape worm, diphyllobotriosis, trichocephalosis, strungyidosis. |
| Severe pain in the muscles | Trichinellosis, echinococcosis |
| Visual violations | Perhaps with many infections, including toxocarosis, ascariasis, toxoplasmosis, fasciolosis. |
| Services under leather | Fasciolosis, ascariasis, pig infection, ankylostomosis. |
| Epilepsy attacks, speech violations, gait or movement coordination | Echinococcosis, toxoplasmosis, toxocarosis, cystycchosis (pig chain) |
| The appearance of blood in the urine | Shistosomosis |
| The selection of worms with stools | Acaridosis |
Advertising often connects many other symptoms with parasites: from poor appetite to hair loss.As a rule, this is just a fiction of Charlatans that exploit the fear of patients and their ignorance in this very complex medicine.
The way of being infected
To reduce the risk of infection, you do not need to keep track of the mechanism of transmitting each infection.It is enough to remember the general transmission path and how to withstand the infection.
1. There are products that are not washed, drinking dirty water
Many infections are transmitted through contaminated soil and water products, including giardiasis, ascariasis, echinococcosis, ankylostomosis.
How to protect yourself
- Wash the vegetables and fruits carefully before eating.
- Wash your hands, especially after contact with the ground.
- Never drink water from unknown sources.
- During travel (especially in developing countries), just drink bottled water.
2. There is raw or fish
This transmission path is characteristic of tyniosis (pig tape worm), trichinellosis, dipillobotriosis, opisthorchiasis and other infections.
How to protect yourself
- Do not eat raw meat or fish or just have the fact that veterinary control has passed.
- Be careful to cook meat and fish.
- Freezing fish in a regular refrigerator at a temperature of -18 C requires at least two weeks.But this will not kill the ongoing parasites, only industrial frosts can destroy them.Therefore, the fish you catch yourself must be boiled well and fry: 20 minutes after boiling or warming.
3. Contact the infected person
Such a mechanism is a characteristic of enterobiosis (pinworms).Often, children are infected with these infections during games with friends in kindergartens or schools.
Another infection sent from an infected person is cystacosis.
How to protect yourself
- Wash your hands before eating.
- During the trip, do not eat raw foods provided by others.For example, fruits are peeled off the skin.
4. Contact the infected stool or lice
So dipylidiosis, toxoplasmosis and other infections.
How to protect yourself
- Wash your hands after contact with animals or soils that can be infected with their stools.
- Periodically gives an anti -anti -animal agent and regularly uses lice.
5. Contact with infected water and land
Some parasites (for example, pathogens of soil sores or schistosomosis) can penetrate the body through the skin when you bathe or go barefoot in infected soil.
How to protect yourself
- While traveling to tropical countries, always wearing shoes.
- Do not swim in an unknown fresh reservoir that can be tainted by sewage.
How to understand that you have parasites
Blood or stool analysis to identify "all parasites at once" does not exist.The diagnostic algorithm of parasitic infection is very different and always depends on:
- What symptoms are worried about someone.
- What infection can be infected based on his life.
If a person has symptoms, the doctor should exclude all possible causes before diagnosing the infection.
Do I need to take antiparasitic drugs for prevention
No, this is the wrong tactic.First, different parasite infections are given to different treatments.
No magic pills will overcome well with all kinds of parasites.
Second, to protect against the consequences of parasitic infections, it is more important to prevent infection, and not to be treated often.
If someone continues to contact the source of the infection, the effects of the treatment continue for just a few days or weeks.But if the contact stops, many parasites die without treatment.
Is it possible to be treated with folk remedies
Using folk medicine to treat parasites is a bad idea.
True folk remedies -actually effective for parasites are unknown.
In addition, many folk remedies have an annoying effect and cause parasite migration.And the latter is full of harmful complications: intestinal obstruction, biliary tract blockage, and so on.
What do you have to remember about parasitic infection
- Advertising Magical Ways From Parasites - Lies.
- If someone is worried about symptoms, you should pay attention to all possible reasons.
- Treatment should be directed to certain infections.
- With many parasitic infections, prevention is much more important than treatment.And prevention is a basic cleaning step.