Advertisement reports that everyone is infected with parasites and needs treatment.But is that?
Who is the parasite
The first thing you need to know is: "parasitic" and "worms" are not one disease, but a large group of very different infections.There are almost no common characteristics:
- All parasites are more or less adapted to one person's life.
- They won't benefit a person, but they can cause significant harm.
If the ads generally say parasites, you can be sure: they want to cheat you.
Generally speaking, it is not mentioned about the type of infection when talking about the treatment or diagnosis of a parasite, for example, the treatment or diagnosis of injury is wrong, without specifying what kind of problem.In terms of treatment and possible consequences, some parasitic infections differ from others, such as mild bruises of fractures.
What symptoms can cause parasites
Different parasitic infections are common in different countries.For many regions, there are no exact statistics on the incidence.But it is impossible to talk about the epidemic: Not all people are infected, but just some of them.
In Europe, the most common are about 15 parasitic infections.
The most important thing is that you need to remember: different parasitic infections can lead to different nonspecific symptoms.This means that the same symptoms can be caused by many other causes.
The possible symptoms of major parasitic infections can be briefly described as follows:
| symptom | Infect |
| dry cough | cariasis, toxin, atherosclerosis, transspine onset, spinous process disease. |
| Skin rash, similar to allergies | This symptom can be observed when all types of worms are infected.If the rash is located in a specific place (e.g., on the legs), it can be varicose veins, string disease, toxic method, or schistosomiasis. |
| Itching in the anus or genitals | Speaker |
| Fever, weakness, chills, severe abdominal pain | Lampi disease, mycomycosis, clonal disease, trichozoosomiasis, schistosomiasis. |
| Dead diarrhea (diarrhea) | lamblosis |
| Belly pain | Carworm disease, telescopic bacillidosis, bovine tapeworm infection, 2-part plant disease, 3-part meningeal disease, and tortuous venereal disease. |
| Severe muscle pain | Trichomonas, echinococci |
| Visual violation | There may be many infections, including toxins, carworms, toxoplasmosis, fascia. |
| Services under the skin | Fasciosis, shexamosis, pork infection, telescopic bacillus. |
| Epilepsy, speech violation, gait or motor coordination | Echinococcus disease, toxoplasmosis, toxins, cyst disease (pork chain) |
| The appearance of blood in urine | shistosomis |
| Choose worms for feces | Drosophila |
Advertising often links many other symptoms to parasites: from poor appetite to hair loss.Often, this is just the novel of fraudsters who exploit their fear of patients and their ignorance in this very complex field of medicine.
How to infect
To reduce the risk of infection, you don't need to fill in the mechanisms that spread each infection.It is enough to remember the general transmission path and how to fight infection.
1.Have unwashed products, drink dirty water
Many infections are transmitted through contaminated soil products and water, including Giardia, cariasis, echinococcosis, and Bacillus telescopic bacteria.
How to protect yourself
- Wash vegetables and fruits thoroughly before meals.
- Wash your hands, especially after contact with the soil.
- Never drink water from unknown sources.
- Drink only bottled water during travel (especially in developing countries).
2.There are raw fish or fish
This transmission pathway is characterized by Tynosis (pork tapeworm), trichomoniasis, dicytosis, glial disease and other infections.
How to protect yourself
- Don't eat raw meat or fish, or only the veterinarian controls the fact that it has passed.
- Be careful to cook the meat and fish.
- At a temperature of -18 C, it takes at least two weeks for the fish to be frozen in a regular refrigerator.But this won't kill particularly persistent parasites, only industrial frost can destroy them.Therefore, the fish you catch must be cooked well and deep-fried: 20 minutes after boiling or heating.
3.Contact the infected person
This mechanism is characterized by Pinworms.In most cases, children get this infection during competitions with their peers in kindergarten or school.
Another infection that is transmitted from an infected person is bladder.
How to protect yourself
- Wash your hands before meals.
- Do not eat raw food prepared by others during your trip.For example, fruit peeled from the peel.
4.Contact with feces or fleas from infected animals
Therefore, spreading dibibini disease, toxoplasmosis and other infections.
How to protect yourself
- Wash your hands after contacting animals or soil that may be infected with feces.
- Provide animals with regular anti-parasitics and use fleas regularly.
5.Contact with infected water and soil
Certain parasites (such as pathogens of soil ocemia or schistosomiasis) can penetrate the body when you bathe or barefoot on infected soil.
How to protect yourself
- Be sure to wear shoes when traveling to tropical countries.
- Never swim in unfamiliar fresh reservoirs that can be contaminated by sewage.
How to know you have parasites
The blood or feces are analyzed to identify “all parasites.”Diagnostic algorithms for parasite infections are very different and always depend on:
- What are the symptoms of worrying about a person.
- Depending on his living conditions, what infection can it be infected.
If a person has symptoms, the doctor should rule out all possible causes before diagnosing the infection.
I need antiparasitic drugs to prevent
No, this is the wrong strategy.First, give different parasite infections.
No magic medicine can handle all types of parasites well.
Secondly, to prevent the consequences of parasite infection, it is more important to prevent infection and infrequent treatment.
If a person continues to be exposed to the source of the infection, the effect of treatment is limited to a few days or weeks.However, if contact is stopped, many parasites die without treatment.
Is it possible to receive folk therapy?
Using folk therapy to treat parasites is a bad idea.
It is not yet clear that truly effective parasite folk remedies are.
In addition, many civil remedies have annoying effects and lead to parasite migration.The latter is full of dangerous complications: intestinal obstruction, biliary tract obstruction, etc.
What you need to remember about parasite infection
- Parasite's miraculous means of advertising - lie.
- If a person is worried about symptoms, you need to pay attention to all possible causes.
- Treatment should be directed to specific infections.
- Due to many parasitic infections, prevention is more important than treatment.Prevention is a basic hygiene measure.