Parasites In The Human Body

2024 Author: Rachel Wainwright | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 07:39

Parasites in the human body live as long as humanity exists. The story is widely known when the mummy of one of the Chinese princesses was found. The mummy was dressed in rich silk robes and heavy jewels. When the mummy was carefully examined, it turned out that it contained another mummy - an intestinal parasite. Alas, the noble person suffered from helminthic infestation, or helminthiasis.

When they talk about parasites in the human body, they usually mean exactly helminths - worms that inhabit the intestines or other human organs. We will also talk about them, although from the point of view of medicine, parasites are any organisms leading a parasitic lifestyle in the human body, including bacteria, and viruses, and fungi, and protozoa.

Parasites in the human body unambiguously lead to disease. And not one, but many diseases. If we talk about helminths, they cause mechanical damage, intoxication with the products of their vital activity, and also significantly weaken the immune system, opening the way for other infections. In addition, accumulating in the body, the waste products of the worm lead to its allergization. Intestinal parasites feed on what the owner is supposed to eat, depleting his body.

However, parasites in the human body are by no means only in the intestines. Some of them can live in almost any organ of a person, including the heart and brain. How to get rid of parasites? First, they need to be identified. To do this, the doctor prescribes various tests, the main one of which is the analysis of feces for worm eggs. A one-time negative answer does not mean the absence of parasites, since their life is subject to a certain cyclicality, in some phases of the cycle there are no eggs in the feces. Therefore, the analysis is carried out several times, taking into account the phases of development of helminths. When the parasite is identified, the doctor will prescribe treatment, which must be strictly adhered to.

It should be warned against the numerous healers that have spread recently, offering various antiparasitic programs and scaring people with stories about one hundred percent infection of the population with parasites. This is far from true, and the treatment offered in this case does not help in any way to get rid of parasites in the human body, and it can cause significant harm. Modern medicine currently has sufficient means to determine the parasites or their absence, and if they exist, to destroy them with minimal risk to health.

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