Parasites in the human body

Parasites(from the Greek parasitos - parasite, parasite) - lower plant and animal organisms that live outside or inside another organism (host) and feed at its expense.

Parasitesarose in the process of historical development of organisms from free living forms.

Their adaptation to certain living conditions entailed simplification of their organization, development of special fixation organs, enhanced development of genital organs and anoxybiotic respiration, which makes it possible to exist in an environment without oxygen.

Many parasites include:

• helminths;
• fungi;
• viruses;
• protozoa;
• worms;
• crustaceans;
• arachnids;
• insects.

The hosts of the parasites can be:

• bacteria?
• protozoa;
• plants;
• animals;
• Human.

Parasites go through a complex cycle of development: sometimes they require a change of 2-3 hosts, whose organism is intermediate (the helminth goes through larval stages) or final (the helminth becomes sexually mature, invasive).

Classification of pests

According to their distribution, parasites are divided into:

• Omnipresent- is everywhere.
• Tropical- common in tropical climate zones.

According to biological and epidemiological characteristics, parasites are divided into:

• Geohelminthiasis- a disease in which parasites (helminths) develop first in the human body and then in a non-living substrate, often in the soil.
• Biohelminthiasisis a disease in which the biological development cycle of a parasite (helminth) necessarily takes place in the body of living creatures other than humans.There are definitive hosts, in whose body the helminths develop to the sexually mature stage, as well as intermediate hosts, where the parasite is in the larval stage or reproduces asexually.Humans are often the final host, less often the intermediate host.
• Contact helminthiasis- a disease in which parasites are released from the human body mature or almost mature, as a result of which it is possible to infect another person or re-infect him (self-infection, reinvasion).

Depending on the location of the parasite in the human body:

• Lumal parasites- living in the intestinal cavity and other cavities of the human body (for example, roundworms, tapeworms).
• Tissue parasites- live in the tissues of the human body (schistomatosis, echinococcosis).

According to the place of residence of the owner (person):

• External parasites(mosquitoes, horseflies, leeches, lice).
• Internal parasites(helminthiasis):
  • roundworms (filamentous - roundworms, filarials, whipworms, pinworms, strongyloides, hookworms, trichinella).
  • flatworms:
    • trematodes (flukes - cat fluke (opisthorchid), clonorchid, fasciola, schistosome);
    • cestodes (tapes - cattle and pork tapeworm, dwarf tapeworm, broad tapeworm, echinococcus).
• Bacteremia(leptospira, staphylococcus, streptococcus, shigella).
• Protozoa or protozoa(amoeba, lamblia, trichomonads, often hosts of chlamydia and the AIDS virus).
• Mycosis(fungal diseases) - candida, cryptococcus, penicillium.

How parasites enter the human body

You can become infected with a parasite not only through dirty hands.Animal fur is a carrier of worm eggs (ascaris and toxocara), Giardia.

Eggs of worms that fall from wool remain viable for up to 6 months and enter the alimentary tract through dust, toys, carpets, underwear, bedding and hands.

Dogthrough wet breathing, it disperses eggs at a distance of up to 5 meters (a cat - up to 3 meters).

FleasDogs also carry worm eggs.Ascaris eggs enter the human body through poorly washed vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs, dirty hands and are also spread by flies.

And improperly prepared kebab or homemade lard is a route of infection with trichinosis.poorly salted fish, caviar or "stroganina" - opisthorchiasis and tapeworm.

Thus, there are several ways in which parasites enter the human body:

• nutritional(via contaminated food, water, dirty hands).
• contact-household(through household items, from infected family members, pets)
• transmission(via blood-sucking insects).
• transdermal,or active (in which the larva penetrates the skin or mucous membranes in the human body during contact with contaminated soil, when swimming in open water).

Adaptive properties of parasites:

• long life expectancy (helminths live in the human body for years and sometimes as long as the host of the parasite lives);
• the ability to suppress or modify the immune response of the host organism (a state of immunodeficiency arises, conditions are created for the penetration of pathogens from the outside, as well as for the "dispatch" of internal foci of infection).
• Many types of helminths, when they enter the digestive tract, secrete anti-enzymes, which save them from death.the digestive process is disturbed, toxic-allergic reactions of varying severity appear: urticaria, bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis.
• developmental stages (egg, larva, host change).
• the ability of eggs to survive for years in the external environment.
• sexual reproduction, during which the exchange of genetic information takes place, and this is the highest stage of development, which leads to an increase in the heterogeneous population, that is, parasites become less vulnerable.
• lack of immunoprophylaxis methods, as the immune response is weak and unstable.
• wide distribution of helminths, many habitats (water, soil, air, plants and animals).

Epidemiology of parasites

Due to increasing migration processes, the variety of helminths that parasitize the human body increases significantly.Currently, 70 species of parasites are common out of more than 260 existing.There is a tendency to increase infection with enterobiasis, giardiasis, toxocariasis, opisthorchiasis, biphyllobothriasis, tendinosis and echinococcosis.In the countries of Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, schistosomiasis and filariasis are common.

"Healthy" people...Many people who lead a healthy lifestyle face health problems due to the presence of parasites in the body.Improving the health of the body (proper nutrition, physical exercise, hardening procedures) without ridding the body of parasites does not give a strong positive effect.

It's everywhere...According to the World Health Organization (WHO), helminths and other types of parasites are found not only in the gastrointestinal tract, but also in vital organs: the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys.

Cause of many diseases

During their life, helminths secrete special substances - toxoids, which are strong poisons and allergens.It is the parasites (protozoa, fungi and helminths) that are the trigger for many chronic diseases:

• cholecystitis;
• cholelithiasis?
• pancreatitis;
• colitis;
• diabetes mellitus;
• bronchial asthma;
• atopic dermatitis.

Chronic fatigue, irritability and anxiety, hyperactivity in children, anemia, brittle nails and hair, problematic skin, headaches, appetite disorders, reduced immunity - these can be signs of current parasitism.

If not treated...When parasites remain in the human body for a long time, the immune system suffers a lot.In the process of constant struggle with foreign antibodies, it comes to exhaustion, that is, to the development of secondary immunodeficiency.

Parasitism leads to:

• in hypovitaminosis and depletion of trace elements: potassium, copper, manganese, selenium, zinc, magnesium, silicon.
• in hematopoietic disorders;
• hormonal imbalance;
• vascular permeability is reduced.
• The body's anti-cancer defense suffers.

How did you get saved before?For thousands of years, humans, eating mainly plant foods, took with them antimicrobial, anti-parasitic and antiviral natural active substances.The reduction in the consumption of wild plants, fruits, berries, their replacement with cultivated vegetables and fruits, thermal and industrial processing have led to a reduction in the consumption of natural pesticides and antibiotics.As a result, humans have become easy prey for many microorganisms.The intensive development of the pharmaceutical industry that produces antibiotics has led to a decline in antiparasitic immunity.

Traditional medicine for the elimination of parasites in the human body

Pharmaceutical synthetic anthelmintic drugs have their pros and cons.There are three main negative factors:

• they often affect only the gastrointestinal forms of the parasite.
• very toxic to the human body.
• cause many side effects.

Science does not stand still!Intensive scientific research into the antibiotic properties of plants is being conducted all over the world.In terms of effectiveness, they are not inferior to synthetic antibiotics, but they do not cause the side effects that are characteristic of synthetic drugs.The therapeutic components of plants are complex natural herbicidal complexes that can rid the human body of many parasites at various stages of their development.

Nature!This is what will help us!Herbal preparations are much less toxic.if necessary, they can be prescribed in long courses.activate antiparasitic immunity and effectively suppress the vital activity and reproduction of parasites in the human body.

Parasites are widespread diseases with toxic and destructive effects on the human body.Since the treatment with chemical drugs has a negative effect on the body, the optimal solution to the problem of combating parasitism is herbal products.