Until today, the level of prevalence of diseases caused by diseases, parasites, remains high. Among children of preschool age and school age, the most frequent infection of the pinworms. If in a family there is a child, in most cases, infected, and adults. Still one of the common helminths that reside in countries with temperate climates and leaching is not always with severe symptoms, is ascaridiosi. For adult men, hobbies that are associated with hunting and fishing, is also characterized by difilloʙotrioz and trichinosis.
Unlike children, in adults, the stronger the immune system and format the body, leading to the appearance of symptoms of infestation by worms requires a large parasitic load. The majority of helminths is not able to complete the entire cycle of the development of the body, and their number only grows when you ingestion of eggs. Therefore, the people who inside there are the worms, often have them in such quantities that the symptoms of worms that the person does not appear ever or for many years. The most common types of worms live for a few weeks to two years. Others, for example pork, beef, and more taenia, can parasitize the human being inside tens of years. There are also hazardous to the worms, which are not trees, but are able to multiply in the host organism (the dwarf tapeworm, hookworm, etc.).
Helminthiasis, caused by different types of pathogens, can seep under the view of diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract, cardiovascular system, and diseases of the respiratory apparatus.
Common symptoms and signs of worms man
In most cases, the symptoms of worms in humans for a long time does not occur at all, even if the damage in this way, they applied. But it all depends on the infectious load and the type of parasites.
More likely symptoms of the presence of worms in humans is a general malaise, fatigue, weakness, itching in the anus.
The main features of the worms, which very often may become evident person (especially a child), they relate to extreme weight loss, anemia, weakness, pallor of the skin, digestive disorders (such as constipation and diarrhea), vomiting, the presence in the feces of signs, as, for example, the segments of the tapeworm or adults round.
Also common symptoms and signs of worms in humans, their presence has a number of specific manifestations, which are specific for each system of the body.
The gastrointestinal tract
If the main place of localization of parasitic infestations is the intestinal lumen, the main characteristics of this condition are functional disorders of the digestive system. The main signs of adult worms with the defeat of the digestive system can be divided into:
- the alternation of constipation and diarrhea;
- nausea and vomiting;
- abdominal pain, with no clear localization;
- excessive swelling.
The severity of these symptoms is individual to each person, and also a specific clinical case.
The excessive number of adult worms in the intestinal lumen may cause its total or partial overlap, causing a persistent disorder of the chair.
The central nervous system
The result of the life the majority of helminths is toxic substances that cause the phenomenon of intoxication of the organism. The constant exposure to toxic substances for the organism leads to the formation of persistent disorders of the central nervous system. The main neural signs of adult worms are the following:
- headaches of varying degrees of intensity
- dizziness
- the feeling of nausea, sometimes vomiting
- increase of body temperature up to fever
- the pain in large and small joints.
Beri-beri, which is a constant companion helminths, in combination with toxic effects on the nervous system leads to the formation of chronic fatigue syndrome, loss of concentration, and also increased drowsiness or insomnia.
Skin
Today, fully proved that the worms and allergies in adults, a combined causality. A person who suffers from helminthiasis, worsens drastically the state of the skin. The waste products the majority of helminths perceived by the human body as foreign agents, which involves the formation of an allergic reaction.
Due to excessive production by the body the main mediator of allergy, the histamine, it is observed the appearance on the surface of the specific skin rashes, swelling. In addition, the man begins to disturb the constant feeling of itching, can appear a cough, nasal congestion.
The immune system
Together with the reduction of all functions of the body there is a strong depression of the immune system of the protection of a man. Reduction of the defenses of the body can lead to a worsening of already existing chronic disease or may cause the formation of inflammatory diseases of the nasal cavity, oral cavity, organs of the female reproductive system.
It is interesting to note that one of the possible causes of vision snoring can be the presence of parasitic infestations in the body.
The most common symptoms helminths
Characteristics of clinical manifestations, but also their degree of intensity depend directly on the type of pathogen. For example, ascariasis is possible to observe the early symptoms of adult worms after 2 days from the time of infection during the migration of the larvae in the blood stream. Some parasites have an incubation period of up to 18 months.
Ascariasis
The main symptoms of ascariasis in adults are directly dependent on the stage of the life cycle of helminths. The migration of the larvae of pathogens ascariasis happens under their entrance into the blood of mainstream and further explosion, the current of the blood through the body. If the larvae enter the lung tissue, the main symptoms of the disease may be called the rise of temperature, dry cough, weakness, general malaise. In more severe cases, it may be the development of bronchitis and pneumonia. When the current of blood worms roundworms fall in the gastro-intestinal tract, occurs a breach of any of its functions. A person suffering from parasites, you experience a sudden loss of body weight.
Enterobiasis
The most characteristic and pronounced a symptom of this disease is the appearance of a strong itching of the anus, which was significantly improved during the night. Another important sign is diagnostic of infection is the duration and frequency of the appearance of itchy. In this case, the itching continues, not more than 2 consecutive days, after which the car disappears and appears already after 2-3 weeks.
Intestinal schistosomiasis, hookworm disease, richocephalosis, difilloʙotrioz
The union of the data of variety helminths due to the fact that each of them gives a similar clinical picture. The result of its moderate power (for a relatively small amount of parasites) of these diseases is the disruption of the balance between normal and pathogenic intestinal microflora, so that the main symptoms in adults are expressed in the form of dysbiosis, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea (incl. with the blood). The most serious symptoms of much more serious.
Other manifestations of this group of helminths can be attributed to beriberi, a 12-poor and iron-deficiency anemia, vitamin a deficiency.
Schistosomiasis (urogenital)
The development of this type to the schistosomiasis manifests as disorders of urination, and also the specific impurities of the blood in the urine.
Trichinosis
The specified type of helminth is often manifest in the form of the following symptoms:
- increase of body temperature up to the greed of the state;
- the appearance of edema of the face, especially the eyelids;
- spontaneous pain muscular.
Catch the strongyloides
The causative agent usually acts pretium intestinal. This kind of pest infestations mainly characterized by the defeat of the gastrointestinal tract. The main symptoms of this disease are:
- the defeat of the gallbladder and of the bile ducts;
- dyspepsia (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, diarrhea, flatulence);
- allergic reactions of varying severity.
In clonorchiasis, fascioliasis, opisthorchiasis
Presented the group helminths affects mainly the parenchyma of the liver, gall bladder and bile ducts. The most likely symptoms when opisthorchiasise in adults are the following:
- the increase in size of the liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly);
- the increase in the concentration of bilirubin in the blood (icteric syndrome);
- the development of chronic pancreatitis and in holecistoholangit;
- the violation on the part of the central nervous system.
This article describes the signs and symptoms of the most common types of worms, which infects the man. Some, especially zoonotic helminthiasis, may have a different clinical picture, which includes an increase of parts of the body, the balls under the skin or in the eyes, partial and total loss of sight without return. Confirm or refute the infection may be only in the overcoming of specific laboratory tests that gives the doctor individually.