To date, the prevalence rate of the disease, caused by diseases, parasites, remains high. In children of preschool and younger school age, most often occurs infection pinworms. If your family has a child, then in most cases is infected and adults. Another of the very common helminths that occur in countries with a temperate climate, and progress not always with the scars the symptoms of ascariasis. For adult people, passions, which are associated with hunting and fishing, such as are characteristic difillobotrioz, and trichinosis.
Unlike children, in adults, more than a strong immunity and formed the body, which leads to the occurrence of the symptoms of infection with worms require a large parasitic load. Most of the deworming is not able to complete the entire cycle of development in the body, and their number increases only with repeated ingestion of the eggs. Therefore, people who are inside the worms, they often have it in such quantities, that the symptoms of worms in humans may not manifest itself at all or the upcoming years. The most common types of worms live from several weeks to two years. Others, such as pigs, cattle and other apni, can survive inside a person for dozens of years. Also there are dangerous worms, which are not centenarians, but they are able to endlessly reproduce in the body of the host (dwarf tapeworm, Ancylostoma, etc.).
Helminthiasis, caused by different types of pathogens can occur under the guise of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, the cardiovascular system, as well as diseases of the respiratory system.
General symptoms of worms in humans
In most cases, symptoms of worms in humans for a long time does not manifest itself at all, although the damage in this are harmful. But everything depends on the infectious load and the type of parasites.
The most likely symptoms of the presence of worms in humans there is malaise, rapid fatigue, weakness, itching in the anus.
The main featured of the worms, which are especially often can become visible in a person (especially a child), belongs to acute loss of body weight, anemia, weakness, pallor of the skin, digestive disorders (such as constipation and diarrhea), vomiting, presence in the stool, symptoms, such as segments tapeworm or adults are round.
In addition to the common symptoms and symptoms of worms in humans, their availability has a number of specific manifestations, which are individual for each system of the body.
The gastrointestinal tract
If it is the main place of localization of the worm invasion is the lumen of the intestine, then the main symptoms of this condition will be disruption of the functions of the digestive system. The main symptoms of worms in adults in the defeat of the digestive system can be divided into:
- alternation of constipation and diarrhea;
- nausea and vomiting;
- abdominal pain without clear localization;
- excessive bloating.
The degree of severity data symptoms is individual for each person, and also a specific clinical case.
Excessive amounts of adult worms in the lumen of the bowel can cause its full or partial overlap, which causes in this permanent disorders of the chair.
The central nervous system
As a result the lives of most deworming is toxic substances that cause the phenomenon of general intoxication of the organism. Lasting impact of toxic substances on the organism leads to the formation of permanent disorders of the central nervous system. Basic neural symptoms of deworming in adults are as follows:
- headaches of varying degrees of intensity
- dizziness
- a feeling of nausea, sometimes vomiting
- increase in body temperature to fever
- pain large and small joints.
Beriberi, which is a constant companion of helminths, in combination with a toxic effect on the nervous system leads to the formation of the syndrome of chronic fatigue, loss of concentration and attention, as well as increased sleepiness or insomnia.
Skin veil
To date, is fully proved, that the intestinal worms and allergies in adults associated causal links. In humans, suffering from helminthiasis, sharply worsens the condition of the skin sheets. Waste products, most of the deworming are perceived in a person's body as foreign agents, which entails the emergence of allergic reactions.
Due to the formation of excess in the human body is the main neurotransmitter allergies — histamine, there was the appearance on the surface of the skin sheets of the specific rash, swelling. In addition, the man begins to disturb the constant feeling of itching, can appear a cough, nasal congestion.
The immune system
Together with a decrease in all functions of the body is a rapid decrease in the immune protection of the person. A decrease in the protective forces of the body can cause exacerbation of existing chronic diseases or be the cause of inflammatory diseases of the nasal cavity, oral cavity, organs of the female reproductive system.
It is noteworthy that one of the possible causes of night snoring can be the availability of worm invasion in the body.
Symptoms the most common helminths
Characteristics of clinical manifestations, as well as the degree of their intensity directly depends on the type of pathogen. On the example of ascariasis can be observed the first symptoms of worms in adults already after 2 hours of infection, during the migration of larvae of blood flow. Some, however, the parasites have an incubation period of up to 18 months.
Ascariasis
The main symptoms of ascariasis in adults is directly dependent on the stage of the life cycle of deworming. Migration of larvae of pathogens ascariasis is happening below the means of their falling into the bloodstream and further contribution with the flow of blood in the body. If the larvae get into the lung tissue, are the main symptoms of the disease can be called the emergence of a low-grade temperature, dry cough, weakness, general malaise. In severe cases it is possible development of purulent bronchitis as well as pneumonia. When the flow of blood Ascaris larvae they get into the digestive tract, occurs to the violation of its functions. In people who suffer from parasites, leads to acute loss of body weight.
Enterobiasis
The most characteristic and distinctive symptom of this disease is the emergence of a strong itching in the anus, which is greatly amplified at night. Another important diagnostic symptom of infection is the duration and the frequency of occurrence of itching. In this case, the itch lasts no more than 2 consecutive days, after that disappear and appear again, already after 2-3 weeks.
Intestinal schistosomiasis, hookworm morbo, richocephalosis, difillobotrioz
The combination of these species of helminths is due to the fact that each of them gives a similar clinical picture. As a result of a slight current (at a relatively small number of parasites) similar to the disease is a disruption of the normal and pathogenic microflora in the intestines, so the main symptoms in adults are expressed in the form of dysbiosis, pain in the stomach, blisters, diarrhea (including with blood). When more than severe symptoms much more serious.
To further manifestations of this group of helminths can be attributed to beri-beri, 12-a rare and iron deficiency anemia, vitamin deficiency.
Schistosomiasis (genitourinary)
The development of this kind caused by the parasites manifests itself in the form of disorders of urination, as well as characteristic of the impurities of blood in the urine.
Trichinosis
Referred variant of helminths most commonly manifests itself in the form of the following symptoms:
- increase in body temperature up into a frenetic state;
- the emergence of swelling of the face, and especially eyelids;
- spontaneous pain and pain in the muscles.
Strongyloidiasis
Agents usually behaves pretium intestinal. Variety worm invasion is characterized by advantageous the defeat of the organs of the digestive tract. The main symptoms of this disease include:
- after the defeat of the gallbladder and biliary tract;
- the dyspeptic disorders (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, diarrhea, flatulence);
- allergic reactions of varying degrees of severity.
In clonorchiasis, fascioliasis, opisthorchiasis
Provided by a group of helminths, mainly affects the parenchyma of the liver, gallbladder, and biliary duct. The most likely symptoms when opisthorchiasise in adults are as follows:
- the increase in the size of the liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly);
- the increase in the concentration of bilirubin in the blood (icteric syndrome);
- the development of chronic pancreatitis and in holecistoholangit;
- violations of the central nervous system.
In article are described the symptoms and signs of the most common types of worms, by which a person becomes infected. Some, especially their helminthiasis, may have a different clinical picture, including an increase in parts of the body, the balls under the skin or into the eyes, partial and complete vision loss without compensation. Confirm or refute the injection is possible only under the means of passing the special laboratory analyses, which prescribes the attending physician individually.