Nowadays, talk about the ubiquitous presence of parasites in the human body has become quite popular.Everyone understands this statement in their own way: for a person, this is a clear call to action, and he immediately begins cleaning the body, forgetting to determine its presence with reliable methods.Others completely ignore such claims.As for the opinion of doctors, they believe that with regard to the presence of parasites in the human body, everyone should exercise some caution, know what signs there are worms, and if they are present, consult a doctor in time so that a thorough diagnosis of the parasites can be carried out and treatment can be prescribed.How to identify parasites at home and determine their presence in a laboratory or medical facility will be discussed in the article.
Persuasive manifestations of existence
Of course, it is absolutely not necessary for every person to conduct diagnostics for the presence of parasites in the body.There are erased 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 facilities, as well as those who have independently identified convincing signs of the presence of parasites in their body, are subject to diagnosis and research.
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 for the presence of parasites, suggesting the need for diagnosis and research, are complaints from the gastrointestinal tract.These will include various stool disorders:
- diarrhea The mechanism of diarrhea formation is related to the release of certain waste products from the parasites in the intestines, which provoke increased peristalsis.
- constipation The cause of their development can be mechanical blockage of the intestinal lumen or bile ducts from a dense accumulation of parasites.Of course, in order to develop such a symptom that helps to identify worms, a long time must pass.
A common sign of infection may be flatulence or bloating, especially not associated with regular dietary disturbances.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, common symptoms can be observed.Reviews show that people may be concerned about general weakness, fatigue, reduced work capacity and other astheno-neurotic complaints.A sign of impaired immunity, which develops in a person against the background of a helminthic invasion, can be a decrease in the body's general resistance to infection, as well as allergic reactions.
Different types of rashes, which are permanent or volatile in nature, but have no visible basis, are an immediate reason for prescribing diagnostics and taking tests to identify parasites.The rash is often polymorphic, i.e.not of the same type.It can resemble allergic reactions, inflammation and teenage acne.
Fluctuations in body weight can also lead to the idea that diagnostics and tests are needed to identify the presence of parasites and establish their type, if a person does not have other factors affecting weight fluctuations.However, with progressive weight loss, many people note an increase in appetite, which is confirmed by reviews found online.Parasites that grow in the body require additional energy expenditure, which will lead to a feeling of hunger.
There are many other signs that allow you to understand whether a person needs additional diagnostics to identify parasites.However, like those mentioned above, they are quite non-specific, i.e.are not characteristic only of helminthic infestations.Therefore, it is pointless to analyze vague symptoms yourself, trying to find worms.It is better, if you have any suspicions, to entrust the identification of parasites to professionals.
Laboratory and instrumental methods
Of course, any diagnosis begins with interviewing a person.This is what the 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 to help you understand your risk of parasite infection.As an example, we can indicate the following questions: does a person consume unwashed vegetables or fruits, fish or meat, lightly salted and insufficiently heat-treated, raw chicken eggs, and also does a person often wash 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 establish the probability of invasion.
- There is another test.It already refers to laboratory diagnostic methods that allow you to detect or suspect parasites at home.The test is quite time-consuming and difficult to perform.Test systems are adhesive strips placed on 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 the parasites in your body.Testing in this case is done using saliva.It is placed in various containers with parasite detection reagents.It is quite problematic to purchase such a set, as well as to interpret it reliably on your own without the necessary knowledge, which is confirmed by expert reviews.
The most reliable and affordable laboratory diagnostic method that allows the identification of worms is enzyme immunoassay.The technique is based on the detection of antibodies produced by the human immune system in response to the introduction of a parasite.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 taking a blood test in the laboratory, performed by polymerase chain reaction.A distinctive feature of the method is that it allows you to find out if there are parasites in the body, but does not give a quantitative assessment of the invasion, which is necessary to assess the dynamics of the condition.
The common advantage of the last 2 options for diagnosis and identification of parasites is their cost and availability.They can be carried out on the basis of infectious diseases hospitals, paid consultation centers and hospitals.Another positive side is the relatively quick receipt of the 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 are instrumental methods, for example, bioresonance computer diagnostics.Reviews of some doctors about this method are quite controversial, 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 intricacies of the torsion fields of organisms.According to information from the Internet, bioresonance diagnostics allows you to find out:
- The general condition of the human body, 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 the commonly accepted diagnostic options.The most popular ways to examine yourself, identify the parasite and find out its type are coproovoscopy and coproovocystoscopy.The methods are performed after preliminary collection of a fecal smear and consist of examination under a microscope.
Of course, there are many ways to identify parasites in yourself, but you don't need to do them all.The specialist must determine which studies 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.