Parasites are the simplest types of bacteria that live on the nutrients of another organism, parasitizing on it. They feed on ready-made organic substances produced by others.
Currently, there are more than twenty types of parasitic life forms that can live in the body of animals or humans.
All of them can enter our body and cause a large number of diseases and infections. Very often, such bacteria are found in children, as they do not have such high immunity, while having a lot of contact with animals and some dirty things.
Remember that a small child often takes everything in his mouth?
These items may contain dangerous parasites. This article provides a classification of parasites in the human body, how to treat infectious diseases and what you need to do to prevent harmful bacteria from entering your body.
Parasitic bacteria in the human body, in which organs can they live?
The simplest bacteria are found in the human body and in the skin, they can be unicellular and multicellular.
Parasites that live in the body are called ectoparasites. This species includes bugs, lice and similar scabies pathogens. Others are called endoparasites because they live inside the human body. These include amoebae, worms and insect larvae.
The latter are the most dangerous, while the former are simply unpleasant.
Internal parasites often cause serious illness and are more difficult to get rid of than external parasites. Medicine has already found many ways to get rid of them, and also has a lot of experience in treating parasites in the human body.
Each of the parasites has its ideal place in the human body, where they have all the conditions for a parasitic lifestyle, ie the nutrients needed for growth and reproduction. Some of them may move as they grow.
Most often, endogenous parasites can be found in the intestines, muscles, blood, lungs, heart and liver. Some species even live in nerve tissue. Ectogenic parasites live on the skin.
How can parasites enter the body?
The first way is to introduce bacteria into the body with food and water. It is sometimes infected or contaminated, so microorganisms start to multiply there. Insects like flies and cockroaches also carry many harmful bacteria. Some foods are initially contaminated - raw fish or raw meat. Too often, beef is infected with parasites, so a person does not eat it alive.
The second is family-contact. In this case, the parasites are transmitted by humans, through household items or animals. Infectious bacteria are often transmitted by stray animals - dogs, cats, birds and mice.
The third is the transfer of blood from mosquitoes. In CIS countries, this happens rarely, more often infected mosquitoes live in hot places. The fourth is the independent entry of some insects into the human body. They erode through the skin and penetrate muscle tissue or blood, and then go to where they have the best living conditions.
What are the symptoms of parasites?
Parasites in the human body can cause completely different symptoms - from insomnia, which is often invisible, to skin formations. For example, ectoparasites often cause skin lesions and scabies. Living endoparasites in the lungs often cause coughing. When they are in the gut, you may be constipated by constipation, vomiting or diarrhea.
But the general signs of the presence of parasites in humans are as follows: insomnia, general fatigue, headaches and sometimes even allergic reactions. Too often, people use folk remedies, but they are not always pleasant, for example, not everyone can drink a glass of sauerkraut juice with worms.
Consider the symptoms in the presence of different types of parasites:
- The most common parasites for humans are worms or roundworms. They cause indigestion and stomach pain, irritability, insomnia and anxiety attacks, sometimes even dizziness. Detecting them is quite easy, you can see them in the feces or get a positive test result for a worm egg;
- Then comes a very dangerous parasite - tapeworm. Often causes discomfort or pain in the abdomen, diarrhea, brutal appetite (eat a lot, but does not increase weight), pain in the liver and the presence of its worms in the feces;
- in the presence of worms in a person, he may notice loss of appetite, insomnia, irritability and itching in the anus.
Why are parasites dangerous?
They disrupt the functioning of organs, cause inflammatory processes in tissues and destroy them. They produce toxic substances that destroy the body.
A pest that parasitizes you can cause vitamin deficiencies, general weakness, and decreased immunity in both adults and children. The presence of such a parasite in children is very dangerous, as they greatly slow down their development. Too often it is difficult to get rid of parasites in the body as they tend to adapt to their environment and do not want to leave their usual home.
How to treat parasites?
To get rid of parasites, you should first consult a doctor. He will prescribe a certain medicine or another more natural medicine.
There is also treatment with folk remedies, but it is recommended to be performed in symbiosis with medication.
medical treatment
Doctors have long found an effective treatment against parasites in humans.
Some medicines come in tablet form, while others come in other forms, like liquids. The dose is determined only by the doctor, it is not possible to do it yourself without side effects. Also, medications have differences in the age of the patients for whom they are intended.
In the modern world, there is another way to cure people with parasites. It is called oxygen and appeared relatively recently, performed only in hospitals under the supervision of a physician. First, the patient is cleansed of the intestines with an enema, then oxygen is introduced by the probe method. After filling the stomach and rectum with oxygen, the parasites die. With this method the cured patient does not get any side effects, unlike the medication method.
Parasites: prompt treatment with folk remedies
Various parasites in the human body can be removed with folk remedies, some doctors even recommend some natural remedies to get rid of such pests.
Pumpkin seeds are the most famous medicine for treating parasites. They contain many nutrients that are beneficial to humans and their intestinal microflora, but are harmful to protozoan pests. To fully heal, eat 20 grams of pumpkin seeds on an empty stomach in the morning and later after 30-40 minutes drink a laxative.
Vegetable oils can be used as natural laxatives, the most common being castor oil.
For the treatment of parasites with folk remedies in adults are used anti-helminthic teas and after cleansing the intestines with an enema. To prepare a decoction, you can take wormwood, cloves, celandine or tansy. All have a sharp and bitter taste, so they make the environment in the gut unsuitable for pests.
However, be careful with the herbs you use, many of which are prohibited for pregnant women.
Diet to prevent parasites
Anyone who has ever encountered the presence of parasites knows how important rehabilitation and prevention is. For this, the attending physician often prescribes a special diet. Special meals are recommended when you eat carbohydrates and proteins separately from each other. Because if we eat them together, the stomach does not get an exact signal of what should be digested and what enzymes are needed for this.
Incompletely digested food is a great way to feed parasites, so they continue to live and thrive.
For example, meat, legumes should not be eaten with potatoes, pasta or bread. It is better to combine them with vegetables. If you want to eat carbohydrates and protein, you need to take a 2-hour break between taking them.
Can not give up your favorite sandwiches?
Eat them with grilled vegetables. Eat whole grains often, they perfectly cleanse the body.
Body cleansing
To cleanse and remove unwanted parasites from the body, some herbs that can often be found on sale at the pharmacy, market or supermarket will help.
For the first method you will need green walnut shells. If you live in a hot region, you can certainly find walnut trees and collect unripe fruits from them. Take 15 nuts, remove the green peel and fill with vodka. Leave to inject for a month, in a dark, dry place. Then dilute a drop of the solution in half a glass of water and drink.
Gradually increase the dose by one drop every day for seven days. After that, also gradually increase the intake to 2 teaspoons, take the drug several times a day. Then continue to take 2 teaspoons of tincture, twice a day, throughout the year. This is a fairly long but very effective cleaning course.
An easier way is to use clove seeds. They should be ground to a powder state. Take only one and a half tablespoons of this powder. Over ten days, gradually reduce the dose, at the end of the period you should reach a teaspoon.
Various freshly squeezed juices will help to cleanse the intestines. For example, carrots, cucumbers, lemons, beets, apples - all of these juices, when consumed on an empty stomach, create a certain environment in the stomach and remove parasites from the body.