To date, the incidence of diseases caused by parasites diseases is still high. Children of preschool and younger school age is the most common infection pinworms. If a family has children, in most cases, the infected adults. Another very common helminths that occur especially in countries with a temperate climate and are not always symptomatic, it is ascariasis. For adults, the Hobbies associated with hunting and fishing, as well as feature difillobotrioz and trichinosis.
Unlike children, adults have a stronger immune system, and it forms the body, resulting in symptoms of infection of worms requires a large parasitic load. Most helminths are not able to perform full time development in the body, and their number will only increase with repeated ingestion of the eggs. Therefore, people who are inside there is worms often to the extent that symptoms of worms in humans does not seem to ever or for many years. The most common worms live several weeks to two years. Others, such as pork, beef and other cep my, can parasitize people inside for decades. There are also dangerous worms, which are not long-lived, but is able to significantly multiply in the host organism (the dwarf tapeworm, Ancylostoma, etc.).
Helminthiasis caused by different pathogens can occur under the guise of diseases of the digestive system, cardiovascular system and diseases of the respiratory organs.
The most common symptoms and signs of worms in humans
In most cases, symptoms of worms in humans for a long time not seen at all, although the damage they cause. But it all depends on the infection load and the type of parasite.
Likely symptoms of the presence of worms in humans is a common malaise, fatigue, weakness, itching of the anus.
The main features of the worms, which are especially often can become noticeable, a person (especially a child), there is a sharp weight loss, anemia, weakness, pale skin, digestive disorders (constipation and diarrhea), vomiting, present in the stool symptoms, such as segments of the tapeworms or the adult round.
In addition to the General signs and symptoms of worms in humans, their presence has a number of specific manifestations, which are individual for each system of the body.
The gastro-intestinal tract
If the primary localization of worm infestation is the lumen of the intestine, the main signs of this condition violations functions of the gastrointestinal tract. The main symptoms of worms in adults with lesions of the gastrointestinal tract can be divided into:
- alternating constipation and diarrhea;
- nausea and vomiting;
- abdominal pain without clear localization;
- excessive bloating.
The severity of these symptoms is different for each person, as well as specific clinical case.
The excessive number of adult worms in the intestine may cause partial or complete overlap, causing a permanent disorder of the chair.
The central nervous system
The result of the action most of the helminths are toxic substances that cause the phenomenon of intoxication of the organism. Constant exposure to toxic substances in the body leads to the formation of permanent disorders of the central nervous system. The main nervous signs of worms in adults are the following:
- headaches of varying intensity
- dizziness
- a feeling of nausea, sometimes vomiting
- fever, until the fever
- pain in large and small joints.
Beriberi, which is a constant companion of helminth infection, combined with the toxic effects on the nervous system leads to the formation of chronic fatigue syndrome, lack of concentration, and increased sleepiness or insomnia.
Skin
Today, fully proven, that the worms and allergies in adults to link cause-and-effect relationship. A person suffering from helminthiasis, weaken the skin condition. Waste most of the worms keep the body as foreign agents, which leads to the formation of allergic reactions.
As a result of excessive production in the body of the most important mediator in allergies — histamine, were observed on the surface of the skin of specific lesions, swelling. In addition, the person began to disturb constant feeling itching, you can get a cough, nasal congestion.
The immune system
Together with a decrease in all body functions, a sharp inhibition of the immune system protects the person. Decrease protective forces of the body can lead to the aggravation of existing chronic diseases or cause the formation of inflammatory diseases of the nasal cavity, oral cavity, organs of the female reproductive system.
It is noteworthy that one of the possible reasons for night snoring can be a worm infestation in the body.
The most common symptoms of helminth infections
Characteristics, clinical symptoms and the degree of their intensity depends directly on the type of pathogen. For example, ascariasis is possible to observe the first symptoms of worms in adults after 2 days from the moment of infection during larval migration in the bloodstream. Some of the parasites have an incubation period of up to 18 months.
Ascariasis
The main symptoms of ascariasis in adults is directly dependent on the stages of the life cycle of helminths. The migration of the larvae the causative agents of ascariasis occurs in less than way to get to the blood stream and continue to flow blood through the entire body. If the larvae enter the tissue of the lungs, the main symptoms of the disease can be called the appearance of subfebrile temperature, dry cough, weakness, General malaise. In severe cases, may develop purulent bronchitis and pneumonia. Once in the bloodstream the larvae of ascarids include the gastrointestinal tract, a violation of his functions. A person suffering from parasites, there is a sharp loss of body weight.
Enterobiasis
Typical and pronounced symptom of this disease is the appearance of severe itching in the anus, which is significantly improved at night. Another important diagnostic feature of infection is the duration and frequency of itching. In this case, the itch lasts no more than 2 consecutive days, after which the self disappears and appears again after 2-3 weeks.
Intestinal schistosomiasis, hookworm morbo, richocephalosis, difillobotrioz
These varieties of helminthiasis due to the fact that each of them give a similar clinical picture. Results moderate flow (a relatively small number of parasites) such diseases is the imbalance of normal and pathogenic microflora in the intestines, so the main symptoms in adults are expressed in the form of dysbiosis, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea (blood including). When more severe symptoms much more serious.
Other manifestations of this group of helminths contains vitamin a, 12 vitamin deficiency and iron deficiency anemia, lack of vitamin A.
Schistosomiasis (genitourinary)
The development of this form of schistosomiasis occurs in disorders of urination, as well as typical impurities in the blood in the urine.
Trichinosis
Defined by a variety of helminths often manifested by the following symptoms:
- increase in body temperature up to fever;
- swelling of the face, especially the eyelids;
- spontaneous pain in the muscles.
Strongyloidiasis
The causative agent is usually pretium bowel. Such a worm infestation is characterized by a primary lesion of the gastrointestinal tract. The main symptoms of this disease are:
- damage the gall bladder and bile ducts;
- diarrhoeal disorders (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, diarrhea, flatulence);
- allergic reactions of varying severity.
In clonorchiasis, the tribe to be able to cause liver disease, opisthorchiasis
Presented to a group of helminth infection affects mainly the liver parenchyma, gallbladder and bile ducts. Likely symptoms of opisthorchiasis in adults are the following:
- enlarged liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly);
- increasing the concentration of bilirubin in the blood (icteric syndrome);
- the development of chronic pancreatitis and holecistoholangit;
- violation of the central nervous system.
The article describes symptoms and signs of the most common worms that infected people. Some, particularly zoonoses helminths may have a different clinical picture, which includes adding the body parts, balls under the skin or in the eye, partial or complete vision loss without return. To confirm or refute the infection is possible only through passing through specific laboratory tests, which are prescribed by the doctor individually.