According to the World Health Organization, more than 4.5 billion people are infected with parasitic diseases worldwide.It's not even every second, but more!
In developing countries, their prevalence indicators are much higher than among the population of developed countries, which proves the influence of living standards and domestic conditions on these pests.Read the most common of them below.
Bedbugs
Furniture, wallpaper, mattress - All favorite habitats for small flat insects, called bedbugs.They prefer to live next to people or pets in order to get out of their shelters at night to fall from hot human blood.
These insects are not carriers of disease, but can cause an allergic reaction.If the bites are very combed, an infection can be introduced into the wound.Treat the place of the bite with an antiseptic or take an antihistamine.
Lice
These insects also eat human blood.And unlike the dominant opinion, they can live not only on their heads, but in general with the whole body.
Lice are easier to get in close contact with someone who already has them and fighting with the help of various means, including special shampoos.
Scabies
The barriers are caused by ticks that penetrate the skin and lay eggs there.And the infection occurs with prolonged contact with the skin of a sick person.
Symptoms of scabies include itching, papular eruptions and the formation of a crust on the affected surface of the skin.It is treated with special medicines.
Pork chain
This parasite between more often in the human body with pork not sufficiently welded, but transmission is also possible in contact with excrement of a infected person or animal.
The parasite affects the intestines and the brain, which leads to cysticose - a disease causing headaches.Depending on the severity of the disease, treatment is not carried out at all, or surgical methods are used.
Parasites build their lives next to us (and even in the United States), but we do not suspect this.
Naegleria Fowleri
Naegleria Fowleri is an Amibe who lives in hot freshwater, which is most frequent in Southeast Asia and enters the human body during bath and water entering the nose.
It causes a primary amo -bacon meningoencalitis - a disease in which the brain is destroyed.Symptoms of the disease: headache, high temperature, vomiting, confusion, convulsions, alteration of balance and loss of consciousness.Currently, there are only experimental drugs from such a disease, so survival with it is extremely low.
Roundwall
A whole group of worms (ascarids, trichinelles, no pine, etc.).Most of them affect the intestines.But a species that causes trichinellosis is parasitic in the muscles.
Symptoms of infection by such parasites: abdominal pain (ascarids), blood loss and anemia (
You can get rid of these parasites using drugs recommended by the doctor.
Intestinal Lamblia
If, after a trip to the wild, you started to torment signs such as diarrhea, bloating, cramps, nausea, then - do not go to fortuneteller - this evil parasite has probably penetrated your body.You can be infected with food and water, as well as by contact with the excrement of a infected person or animal.Fortunately, it is treated quickly and not expensive drugs.
Trypanosome
This parasite causes shagas threatening life.The disease spreads with a special type of insects.Symptoms - heat, fatigue, head pain and muscle, rash, loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting and eyelids - manifest very quickly.
The disease can cause chronic damage to the heart and intestines.The disease is treated with special drugs.
Cryptosporidiums
These parasites affect the intestines.They propagate in contact with excrement from a infected person or animal.Most often, infection occurs during the bath.Diarrhea caused by cryptosporidiums can last a long time, but more often than not, it does not require treatment.
Plasmodium falciparum
The bearers of this parasite causing malaria are mosquitoes.This type of malaria is considered to be the most dangerous and causes more deaths than everyone.
Symptoms are similar to the symptoms of flu - chills, fever, sometimes nausea and vomiting.To establish a diagnosis, a laboratory blood test is necessary.The main thing to remember is that treatment earlier has started, the more the patient has a chance to survive.
Trichomonad
This parasite causes a disease that is sexually transmitted called trichomonase.Most infected symptoms are absent.But some may experience itching, burns or irritations in the genital area.The disease is treated with antibiotics.
Dientamoeba fragilis
Doctors still do not know how this parasite that affects the colon enters the body.In some, the disease takes place asymptomatic, others complain about abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Dientamoeba Fragilis is found in all regions of the world.The doctor may prescribe special medicines to fight against this microorganism.
Toxoplasm
This parasite feels at home in the excrement of meat, water and cats.In people, toxoplasma causes a disease with a similar name - toxoplasmosis.And its symptoms sometimes look like the flu.
In pregnant women and people with weakened immunity, symptoms can be more serious, for example, with toxoplasmosis, cysts in the muscles, the brain and even ... Eyes can form.If necessary, drug treatment is prescribed.
Ver Guinen
The disease caused by this parasite (its scientific name - dracunculus medinesis) 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 great fresh crayfish infected with parasitic larvae.
In the human body, they develop in the intestines, after which they migrate into the lymphatic vessels, and from there, they penetrate the skin and are located in the subcutaneous tissue.Among the symptoms, there may be heat, edema and pain instead of the location of the worm.But from the moment of infection to the appearance of the first symptoms, a year can pass.And there is no treatment.