Types of worms that affect your internal organs are called helminths (worms). According to statistics, up to date, helminth infestation affected around 30% of the total population. The toxicity worms can affect any part of the body. It is dangerous, not only of the diseases that can cause worms. Its presence in the body can lead to death.
To date, the bot is a pleasure not only medical preparations, but also folk remedies. For each type there are different methods of treatment. Therefore, it is necessary to know and understand what are the different types of worms, the symptoms, take appropriate action.
Classification of helminths
Parasitic worms are divided into two major groups: intestinal and tissue.
The first species is located directly to the intestine. This group includes:
- ascarids and pinworms;
- hookworm and Giardia;
- vlasoglavy and nan had;
- the veal was large and had;
- the pig had.
Tissue the worms can settle in any organ of the human body to a parasite for many years. These include:
- cysticerci and flukes;
- Trichinella and liver Caus;
- Echinococcus and alveolar.
Roundworm
Are the most frequent and difficult types of worms that live in the small intestine of an adult or a child. The infection for this species of worm is called ascariasis.
Before reaching the small intestine, roundworm make the way throughout the body of the organism. After infection of the larvae of species penetrate into the bloodstream, and then with the blood in the lungs, where they Mature.
In the early days of the invasion, the people started to feel discomfort, nervousness, fever, dyspnea, cough, and pain in the chest. These symptoms justify the fact that, initially, the worms strike the respiratory system.
The infection can occur by drinking raw water from sources that are poorly processed, fresh fruits and vegetables. In summer, the risk of injury increases.
Pinworms
Small worms, which settle in the intestine, causing a disease called enterobiasis. Worms lay eggs in the anal passage. Eggs turn into larvae and can re-enter the body only through the mouth.
Re-infection occurs due to contact of dirty hands with the food you eat. The symptoms of the infection can be itching around the anus and irritability.
Important! The carrier of the disease is the person.
hookworm
The infection occurs through broken skin in contact with the ground, where the larvae of these species of worms. These parasites before we get into the intestines done the same way as roundworm.
The symptoms can be cough, abdominal pain, nausea and violation of the chair. This type of helminths may cause anemia.
Giardia
Giardiasis is progressing in people with the habit of nail biting and other items (pencils, pens,...). The infection can also occur in the case of drinking contaminated water, unwashed food, through contact with dirty laundry that might contain larvae, and a carrier of the disease.
The symptoms can be diarrhea and abdominal pain.
Vlasoglavy
trichocephalosis is produced during infection with larvae of the whipworm. Came to the interior, along with raw fruits and vegetables. Dirty hands and water also are carriers.
The invasion is accompanied by acute abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite. Often the signs of infection are similar to symptoms of appendicitis.
Beef had
One of the most dangerous types of worms, parasites in the colon. Adult worm up to several meters in length. Individual takes away from the body all the nutrients and produces a strong intoxication.
The symptoms of infestation are:
- diarrhea and pain in the abdomen;
- vomiting and nausea;
- sleep restless;
- dizziness and fainting.
The risk of getting beef tapeworm infection occurs by eating poorly cooked meat infected with bovine tapeworm larvae.
A had
The cause of difillobotrioz is to eat as little processed, fish products and caviar. The worm that causes the disease is one of the largest and may reach up to ten metres. Symptoms of infection are severe abdominal pain, and anemia.
Pork had
Infection with this helminth species is extremely dangerous to humans. Eating pork that has not passed sufficient heat treatment, can cause the ingestion of Finn which become fully developed.
From the body of the pig meat had to periodically separate the so-called segments, that are able to independently leave the body through the anus or with the feces into the environment. Taeniasis similar to the symptoms of the infection bovine had.
Liver Caus
Opisthorchiasis is caused by the ingestion of larvae human liver Fluke along with the fish infected.
Signs of the presence of opisthorchiasis:
- nausea;
- diarrhea;
- pains in whole body;
- the appearance of Allergy.
More serious symptoms are chronic. This type of parasite threat for the development of liver cancer.
Echinococcus
The worm is installed in the body, most commonly the liver or lungs. Echinococcus can cause the formation of cysts in the body affected and the appearance of tumors. The infection can be fatal. The larvae are transmitted to human through contact with animal patients.
Trichinella
They are exposed in the first place, the people who eat little processed meat of wild animals. A carrier of Trichinella can also be pigs. The habitat of adults in the human body are different kinds of muscles, (respiratory, face, etc.).
In the early stage nausea and diarrhea. Subsequent symptoms invasion are temperature, inflammation, skin rashes, muscle pain. The infection by this type of parasites without timely treatment, can cause death.
The symptoms of the different types of worms
Especially when infected with helminths there is a loss of the digestive tract and the disruption of his work. Some types of worms have hooks that stick to the intestinal wall, rip it and produce in open sores the products of its life and special substances that negatively affect the digestive system and provoking the emergence of the people have negative symptoms, such as nausea, culminating in vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, bloating and gas. May appear, and neurological symptoms, sleep disturbance, and irritability due to poisoning by toxic waste products of all types of worms. The severity of these symptoms depends on the duration of infestation of the person. For each varieties of worms has its own characteristic clinical picture. To be able to avoid mistakes when determining the type of interaction of the patient's parasites, should be more to consider, what are the signs cause common disease:
- For the majority of worms are characterized by the presence of pain, they do not have an exact location, nausea and retching, disorders of the chair. This type of worms such as pinworms, striking with more frequency in children, causes the appearance of severe itching in the anus. From the description of this class of parasites can be seen that during the clinical picture caused by them, and is characterized by the occurrence in humans, common symptoms of expressed toxicosis and allergies;
- Infection of humans causes flat worms have the appearance of dysuric disorders. Acute forms of a pathology characterized by an increase in the size of the liver and spleen, and in the case of the migration of this species helminth infection in the chronic stage, patients appear bright symptoms of ulcerative;
- The presence in the human body worms flukes characterized by diseases of the liver, pancreatitis and hepatitis. They also provoke the appearance of symptoms associated with serious neurological disorders.
What kind of worms are in children?
The most common in a child with worms, without special tools visible in the stool are roundworms and pinworms. These parasites affect the children more often. Know the causes, the symptoms and the images which his individuals Mature in the hot seat, you can quickly to suspect its presence and to prevent the occurrence of disorders irreversible in the human body.
In Calais, the children can meet not only single representatives of these types of worms, but also tangles of worms parasites. Their larvae may migrate with blood flow, damage the walls of the lungs, bronchi and blood vessels in the case of penetration into the pancreas and the liver, they can cause pancreatitis or hepatitis. For the accurate diagnosis of children and adults, one must examine the stool, which has identified the presence of parasite eggs. But it is very difficult, because the process of reproduction in the species of worms does not happen every day.
Types and treatment of helminths
Universal methods of destruction of the parasites to date, does not exist. Approach to the treatment of worms in humans is always strictly individual. Possible therapy, medication drugs, surgery or the use of traditional methods. Final tactics of the therapy prescribed by a doctor after a thorough diagnosis and identification of the species of worms parasites. All therapeutic measures for the destruction of worms, for both children and adults should be administered only by a specialist. Self-medication in this case is absolutely contraindicated. Therapy of helminthiasis should be done slowly and comprehensively. It consists of the following steps:
- Preparatory phase;
- The destruction of parasites,
- The restoration of its functions.
In the initial phase of the use of sorbents, by helping the union and the excretion of toxins from various species of worms, and vegetable oil. Next, you need to start taking medications that destroy the parasites. Last patients assigned to the enzyme products intended for the cleaning of the digestive tract. Help to eliminate toxins, stop caused by certain types of worms, the destruction of liver cells and accelerate the recovery of its structure.
In this case, if the presence of parasites detected in the child, therapy courses get rid of them is necessary for all members of the family. This will help prevent the formation of a nidus of infection with any type of worms through continuous infect the other their eggs. Also in this situation it is necessary to strengthen the implementation of the procedures, sanitary and personal hygiene. Only if all rules in a short period of time to get rid of parasites and to prevent the spread of the infection.
Diagnosis of helminthiasis
Tests for helminths
Diagnosis of helminth infections is complicated and is solely based on a holistic examination of the person to which it is applied to different laboratory techniques. All the survey methods used to identify helminths, are divided into three groups:
- Morphological diagnosis (examination under a microscope pieces of tissue obtained during biopsy or puncture of various organs);
- Clinical, immunological and serological methods of diagnosis (ultrasound of various organs, tomography, x-ray, analysis of blood, urine, RSK, ELISA, etc.);
- Parasitological methods (which are the most informative and useful for the diagnosis of helminths, since they allow to detect eggs, larvae, or the worms in the different biological fluids, such as feces, urine, blood, juice, gastric, bile, vomit, swabs, intestinal mucosa, etc.).
Morphological diagnosis is rare, only when there is a suspicion of helminthiasis, in which the parasites can be in the thickness of the fabric, for example, cysticercosis, trichinosis, etc. Clinical, immunological methods and serology are also used for the detection of helminths localized in the thickness of the internal organs (eg, lungs, liver, brain, etc.). In all other cases, to diagnose helminths use a variety of techniques that allow, in an immediate way, establishing a kind of worm, which caused the disease.
When the primary mass surveys for the detection of helminth infections have always used Parasitological techniques and only after this, when you suspect infection by parasites, which are found deep in the internal organs, in addition to produce morphological diagnostic or clinical use, immunological methods and serology. So if you suspect a bot you should first do a study in a laboratory specialized.
For the prevention of helminthiasis should strictly follow the rules of personal hygiene: always wash hands before eating, after using the toilet or contact with animals, don't eat unwashed fruits and vegetables, half raw meat or fish products. Avoid the consumption of water from open reservoirs. To destroy flies and other insects carrying the eggs of the worms.