According to the World Health Organization, over 4.5 billion people are infected with parasitic diseases in the world.This is not even every second person, but more!
In developing countries, their distribution indicators are much higher than among the population of developed countries, which proves the influence of living standard and internal conditions on these pests.Read about the most common ones below.
Bedbugs
Furniture, wallpaper, mattresses - all these are the favorite habitats of small flat insects known as bed bugs.They prefer to live with people or pets to get out freely from their shelters at night to fall into warm human blood.
These bugs are not disease carriers, but can cause an allergic reaction.If the bites are very cut, an infection can be brought to the wound.Treat the bite site with an antiseptic or take antihistamine.
Lice
These insects also eat human blood.And contrary to the prevailing opinion, they can live not only on the head, but in general with the whole body.
The knot is easier for lifting close contact with someone who already has them and fights with the help of various means, including special shampoos.
Scabies
The barriers are caused by ticks that penetrate the skin and put eggs there.And the infection occurs with prolonged contact with the skin of a sick person.
Symptoms of scabies include itching, papulesicular rash and bark formation on the affected surface of the skin.It is treated with special medicines.
Pork chain
This parasite is more likely to enter the human body with not sufficiently welded pork, but the transmission is also possible in contact with the stools of an infected person or animal.
The parasite affects the intestine and brain, leading to cysticercosis, a disease that causes headaches.Depending on the severity of the disease, treatment is either not performed or surgical methods are used.
Parasites build their lives to us (and even in us), but we don't suspect it.
Naegleria Fowleri
Naegleria fowler is an amoeba that lives in warm fresh water, which is most common in Southeast Asia and enters the human body when it bathes and water enters the nose.
It causes primary Amo -Bacon meningoencephalitis - a disease in which the brain is destroyed.Symptoms of the disease: headache, fever, vomiting, confusion, convulsions, impaired balance and loss of consciousness.At that time, there were only experimental drugs from such a disease, so survival with it was extremely low.
Roundworms
A whole group of worms (ascaris, trichinella, pinkori, etc.).Most of them affect the intestine.But one species that causes trichinosis parasites in the muscles.
Symptoms of infection with such parasites: abdominal pain (ascaris), blood loss and anemia (Hokworms), itching in the anus (Pinworms), pain, heat, edema of the face, redness of the eyes, skin rash (trichinella), mucus, fluid and blood.
You can get rid of such parasites with the help of medicines recommended by the doctor.
Gut
If, after traveling to nature, you began to torment such signs as diarrhea, bloating, cramps, nausea, then - don't go to Fortuneteller - this evil parasite may have penetrated your body.You can become infected through food and water, as well as by contact with the stools of an infected person or animal.Fortunately, it is treated quickly and is not expensive medicines.
Tripanosoma
This parasite causes life -threatening Shagas disease.The disease is spread with a special type of bugs.Symptoms - heat, fatigue, head and muscle pain, rash, loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting and swelling of the eyelids - manifest themselves very quickly.
The disease can lead to chronic damage to the heart and intestines.The disease is treated with special medicines.
Cryptosporidiums
These parasites affect the intestine.They are distributed by contact with the stools of an infected person or animal.Most often, the infection occurs during bathing.Diarrhea caused by cryptosporidia can last for a long time, but most often does not require treatment.
Plasmodium Falciparum
The carriers of this parasite causing malaria are mosquitoes.This type of malaria is considered to be the most dangerous and causes more deaths than everyone else.
The symptoms are similar to the symptoms of influenza - chills, fever, sometimes nausea and vomiting.A laboratory blood test is required to make a diagnosis.The main thing you need to remember - the earlier it starts, the more the patient has a chance to survive.
Trichomonad
This parasite causes a disease that is transmitted sexually called trichomoniasis.Most infected symptoms are absent.But some may feel itching, burning or irritation in the genital area.The disease is treated with antibiotics.
Dientamoeba Fragilis
Doctors still do not know how this parasite, which affects the colon, enters the body.In some, the disease is asymptomatic, others complain of abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Dientamoeba Fragilis is located in all regions of the world.Your doctor may prescribe special medicines to combat this microorganism.
Toxoplasm
This parasite feels at home in meat, water and cat stools.In humans, toxoplasma causes a disease of a similar name - toxoplasmosis.And his symptoms sometimes resemble flu.
In pregnant women and people with weakened immunity, symptoms can be more serious, such as toxoplasmosis, muscle cysts, brain and even ... Eyes can form.If necessary, drug treatment is prescribed.
Guinean worm
The disease caused by this parasite (its scientific name - Dracunculus Medinsesst) is practically not found in our time - due to the spread of information on precautions.The parasite enters the human body with the absorption of water, in which there were large pcse crabs infected with larvae of parasites.
In the human body, they grow in the intestine, then migrate into the lymphatic vessels, and from there they penetrate the skin and are located in the subcutaneous tissue.The symptoms may be heat, edema and pain at the site of worm localization.But from the time of the infection, to the onset of the first symptoms, one year can pass.And there is no cure.