[14] the parasites that live in humans

BED BUGS

The furnishings, Wallpaper, mattress, all the favorite habitat of the small, flat insects known as bed bugs. They want to live in close proximity to people or Pets, to a night out seamlessly out from their hiding places to feed on warm human blood.

These bugs do not carry disease, but can cause an allergic reaction. If the bites are hard to use, the wound may become infected. The treatment of the bite with an antiseptic, or to take an antihistamine.

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These insects also feed on human blood. Contrary to popular belief, you can live with, not just in my head, but overall body.

Head lice are the easiest to pick up by close contact with someone who already have it, and have to fight through a variety of means, including special shampoos.

SCABIES BED BUGS

The reason scabies mites, which penetrate into the skin and lay eggs there. And the infection occurs when prolonged contact with the skin of an infected person.

The symptoms for scabies include itching, rash, and flaking of the affected area of the skin. Treatment with a specific medicinal product.


PORK TAPEWORM

The parasite often enters the human body, with poorly prepared meat of pork, but also of the transmission is also possible through contact with the feces of an infected person or animal.

The parasite infects the intestine and the brain, which gives rise to the disease, which has caused the headaches. Depending on the severity of the disease, the treatment is either not possible at all, or the types of the methods to be used.

Parasites build their lives around us (and within us), and we are on it, no doubt

Naegleria fowleri

Naegleria Fowler

Naegleria fowleri the amoeba living in warm freshwater, most often in south-East Asia and enters the human body when bathing, and getting water in the nose.

Causes of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis – a disease that destroys the brain. Symptoms: headache, high fever, vomiting, confusion, convulsions, impaired balance, and loss of consciousness. At the moment there are only experimental drugs against the disease, and the rate of survival to it's extremely low.

ROUNDWORMS

A group of worms (roundworm , Trichinella, pinworms, etc.). Most of them are affected by the intestines. However, the one species that causes trichinosis, a parasite in the muscles.

The symptoms of infection of these parasites are: abdominal pain (roundworm), loss of blood, anaemia , itching of the anus (pinworm), pain, fever, swelling of the face, redness of the eyes, and skin rash (Trichinella), mucus, fluid or blood in the stool, damage to the mucosa of the large intestine (whipworm).

To get rid of these parasites with the use of the drugs recommended by your doctor.

INTESTINAL GIARDIA

If, after the trips to nature, you started suffering these symptoms, such as diarrhea, bloating, cramps, vomiting, and - to the fortuneteller do not walk-to your body, and of course entered, this malicious parasite. You can become infected through food and water, as well as through contact with the feces of an infected person or animal. Fortunately, this can be treated quickly and are not very expensive drugs.

trypanosome

This parasite causes the life-threatening Chagas disease. The disease has spread to a particular type of error. Symptoms – fever, fatigue, headache, and muscle aches, rash, loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, and swelling of the eyelids occur very quickly.

Chagas disease

The disease can lead to chronic diseases of the heart and of the intestines. The disease can be treated with a special preparation.

KRIPTORIDII

These parasites is a hit in the intestines. They are spread through contact with the feces of an infected person or animal. Most often, the infection occurs when bathing. They cause diarrhea may last for a long time, but it usually does not require treatment.

PLAZMODIUM falciparum;

The transmission of the parasite that causes malaria are mosquitoes. This type of malaria is considered as the most dangerous and causes more deaths than all of the others.

The symptoms are similar to flu symptoms – fever, chills, and sometimes nausea and vomiting. For the diagnosis requires a laboratory examination of the blood. The important thing to remember is that the earlier the treatment is started, the better the patient's chances of survival.

Trichomitus

This parasite causes a disease called trichomoniasis. Most of the infected have no symptoms. But some of you may feel itching, burning or irritation in the genital area. The disease is treated with antibiotics.

DIENTAMEBAFRAGILIS

The doctors still don't know what is this parasite, which affects the large intestine, it enters the body. Some of the disease are asymptomatic, while others complain of abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

DIENTAMEBAFRAGILIS (Dientamoeba fragilis) can be found in all regions of the world. Your doctor may prescribe you a specific medication to combat the microorganism.

TOXOPLASMA gondii

The parasite feels like a home with the meat, the water, and the cat poop. In humans Toxoplasma causes the disease with a similar name - toxoplasmosis. Its symptoms sometimes resemble the flu.

Pregnant women and people with weakened immune symptoms may be more severe, such as toxoplasmosis, can form cysts in the muscles and the brain and even the eyes. If necessary, treatment is prescribed.

GUINEA WORM

The diseases caused by this parasite (scientific name Dracunculus medinensis), in our time, and it almost never occurs through the dissemination of information about precautionary measures. The parasite enters the human body when it is absorbed by the water in which the crayfish were a copepods infected with the larvae of the parasite.

In the human body, and they grow in the intestines and then migrate to the lymphatic vessels and from there penetrate into the skin, and are localized in the subcutaneous tissue. Among the signs and symptoms include fever, swelling, and pain at the site of localization of the worm. However, from the moment of infection until the first symptoms, you can take a year. And there is no treatment.