Today, a story about the ubiquitous presence of parasites in the human body is quite popular.Everyone understands this statement in their own way: for one person this is a clear call to action and he immediately begins to clean the body, forgetting to establish its presence with reliable methods.Others completely ignore such statements.As for the opinion of doctors, they believe that everyone should be careful about the presence of parasites in the human body, know what signs of worms there are, and if they are present, consult a doctor in time to make a detailed diagnosis of the parasite and prescribe treatment.How to recognize parasites at home and determine their presence in a laboratory or medical institution will be discussed in the article.
Persuasive manifestations of existence
Of course, there is absolutely no need for every person to diagnose the presence of parasites in the body.There are deleted forms of invasions that occur with unexpressed symptoms, but this is quite rare.Therefore, people who belong to the service staff of children's, food and medical institutions, as well as those who have independently determined convincing signs of the presence of parasites in their body, are subject to diagnosis and testing.
How to determine the presence of parasites in the body and what symptoms should alert a person?Let's answer this question.
The most common symptoms of the presence of parasites, which indicate the need for diagnosis and testing, are complaints from the gastrointestinal tract.These will include various stool disorders:
- Diarrhea.The mechanism of diarrhea is related to the release of certain waste substances by parasites into the intestines, which causes increased peristalsis.
- Prison.The reason for their development may be a mechanical blockage of the intestinal lumen or bile ducts due to a dense accumulation of parasites.Of course, in order to develop such a symptom, which helps to identify worms, a decent amount of time must pass.
A common sign of infection can be flatulence or flatulence, especially not associated with a regular violation of the diet.Dyspepsia, such as nausea or vomiting, is also common.
Regardless of whether the dangerous parasites live in the human body for a long time or the invasion occurred relatively recently, general symptoms can be observed.Reviews show that people may be concerned about general weakness, fatigue, reduced performance and other astheno-neurotic complaints.A sign of weakened immunity that develops in a person against the background of helminthic infestation can be a decrease in the body's overall resistance to infection, as well as allergic reactions.
Different types of rashes that are persistent or changeable in nature, but have no visible basis, are the immediate reason for prescribing diagnostics and taking tests to identify parasites.The rash is often polymorphic, that is, it is not of the same type.It can resemble allergic reactions, inflammation and acne like teenagers.
Changes in body weight can also lead to the idea that diagnostics and tests are necessary to determine the presence of parasites and determine their type, if the person does not have other factors that affect weight fluctuations.However, with progressive weight loss, many people notice an increase in appetite, which is confirmed by reviews found on the Internet.Parasites growing in the body require additional energy consumption, which will lead to feelings of hunger.
There are many other signs that allow you to find out if a person needs additional diagnostics to identify parasites.However, similar to the above, they are quite non-specific, that is, they are not characteristic exclusively of helminthic infestations.Therefore, it is pointless to independently analyze vague symptoms, trying to detect worms.It is better, if in doubt, to entrust the identification of parasites to professionals.
Laboratory and instrumental methods
Of course, any diagnosis begins with interviewing the person.This is what a doctor will do when a person first comes to you with the above complaints.In some cases, you can do the test yourself before visiting a specialist.But its types can be different:
- Test with answers to questions.The test includes answers to some questions that will help you understand your risk of parasite infection.As an example, we can cite the following questions: does a person consume unwashed vegetables or fruits, fish or meat, lightly salted and insufficiently thermally processed, raw chicken eggs, as well as whether a person often washes his hands before eating, does the family have pets, and does he swim in open water.Attention!The test does not allow detailed diagnosis and identification of parasites in a person, but only allows to determine the probability of invasion.
- There is one more test.It already refers to laboratory diagnostic methods that allow you to detect or suspect parasites at home.The test is quite labor-intensive and difficult to perform.Test systems are adhesive strips that are applied to the perianal area.The strip is then glued to a glass slide and examined under a microscope.
There are also more expensive home diagnostic methods that allow you to identify parasites in your body.Testing in this case is carried out using saliva.It is placed in various containers with reagents for the detection of parasites.It is quite problematic to buy such a set, as well as to interpret it yourself without proper knowledge, which is confirmed by expert reviews.
The most reliable and affordable method of laboratory diagnostics, which enables the identification of worms, is the enzyme immunoassay.The technique is based on the detection of antibodies produced by the human immune system in response to the introduction of parasites.The method is quite accurate and allows you to detect the presence of parasites in about 90% of cases.
A person can detect worms in himself by conducting a laboratory blood test, which is performed by polymerase chain reaction.The peculiarity of the method is that it allows you to find out if there are parasites in the body, but it does not give a quantitative assessment of the invasion, which is needed to assess the dynamics of the condition.
The common advantage of the last 2 options for diagnosing and identifying parasites is their cost and availability.They can be conducted on the basis of infectious diseases hospitals, paid counseling centers and hospitals.Another positive side is the relatively quick receipt of test results: you can usually determine the results and draw conclusions within 2-3 days.
A more specific diagnostic method that allows you to find out about the presence of parasites is instrumental methods, for example, bioresonance computer diagnostics.The reviews of some doctors about this method are quite contradictory, but the method that allows the identification of parasites also has its supporters from the scientific community.According to information found on the Internet, bioresonance diagnostics was developed at the Institute of Applied Physics by a group of scientists.The method is patented and is based on the study of the subtleties of the torsion fields of organisms.According to information from the Internet, bioresonance diagnostics allows you to find out:
- The general state of the human organism, as well as individual organs and systems.
- The presence of foreign bodies in the body.
- The presence of toxins and harmful substances.
You can also check for parasites using commonly accepted diagnostic options.The most popular ways to test yourself, identify the parasite and find out its type are coproovoscopy and coproovocystoscopy.The methods are performed after taking a preliminary fecal swab and consist of an analysis under a microscope.
Of course, there are many options for identifying parasites in yourself, but you don't have to do them all.The specialist should determine which tests will be most important and informative.Self-diagnosis and diagnosis by quacks often lead to false positive results or late diagnosis, so it is better to trust professionals in such a complex matter.