Parasite(from the Greek parasitos - parasite, parasite) - organisms of lower plants and animals that live outside or inside other organisms (hosts) and feed at the expense of these organisms.
Parasitearose in the historical process of development of organisms from free-living forms.
Their adaptation to specific living conditions required simplification of their organization, development of specialized fixation organs, increased development of genital organs, and anoxybiotic respiration, which allows them to live in oxygen-free environments.
Many parasites include:
- worm;
- mold;
- virus;
- protozoa;
- worm;
- crustaceans;
- arachnids;
- insect.
Parasite hosts can be:
- bacteria;
- protozoa;
- plant;
- animal;
- Man.
The parasite goes through a complex development cycle: sometimes it requires a change of 2-3 hosts, whose organisms are intermediate (the worm passes through the larval stage) or final (the worm becomes sexually mature, invasive).
Classification of parasites
According to their distribution, parasites are divided into:
- It's everywhere- found everywhere.
- Tropical- common in tropical climatic zones.
According to their biological and epidemiological characteristics, parasitosis is divided into:
- Geohelminthiasis- a disease in which parasites (worms) first develop in the human body, and then in the dead substrate, often in the soil.
- Biohelminthosisis a disease in which the biological development cycle of a parasite (worm) naturally occurs in the body of living creatures other than humans.There is a final host, in whose body the worm develops to the sexually mature stage, as well as an intermediate host, in which the parasite is in the larval stage or reproduces non-sexually.Humans are often final hosts, less often intermediate hosts.
- Contact worm disease- a disease in which parasites exit the human body in a mature or almost mature state, making it possible to infect other people or re-infect them (autoinfestation, reinvasion).
Depending on the location of the parasite in the human body:
- Luminal parasites- live in the intestinal cavity and other human body cavities (eg roundworms, tapeworms).
- Tissue parasites- live in human body tissues (schistomatosis, echinococcosis).
According to the place of residence of the owner (person):
- External parasites(mosquitoes, horseflies, leeches, fleas).
- Internal parasites(wormy):
- roundworms (nematodes - roundworms, filaria, whipworms, pinworms, strongyloides, hookworms, trichinella);
- flatworms:
- trematodes (worms - cat fluke (opisthorchid), clonorchid, fasciola, schistosome);
- cestodes (tapeworms - bovine and pork tapeworm, dwarf tapeworm, broad tapeworm, echinococcus).
- Bacteriosis(leptospira, staphylococci, streptococci, shigella).
- Protozoa or protozoa(amoeba, lamblia, trichomonas, often host chlamydia and AIDS viruses).
- Mycosis(fungal diseases) - candida, cryptococcus, penicillium.
How parasites enter the human body
You can contract parasitosis not only through dirty hands.Animal fur is a carrier of worm eggs (ascaris and toxocara), Giardia.
Pinworm eggs that fall from wool can survive for up to 6 months and enter the food tract through dust, toys, carpets, underwear, bedding and hands.
Dogthrough moist breath, it scatters eggs at a distance of up to 5 meters (cats - up to 3 meters).
LiceDogs also carry worm eggs.Ascaris eggs enter the human body through vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs, dirty hands, and are also spread by flies.
And improperly prepared homemade kebab or lard is a route of infection with trichinosis;undersalted fish, caviar or “stroganina” - opisthorchiasis and tapeworms.
Well, there are several ways parasites enter the human body:
- nutrition(through contaminated food, water, dirty hands);
- contact-household(through household items, from infected family members, pets);
- transmission(via blood-sucking insects);
- percutaneous,or active (in which the larvae penetrate the skin or mucous membranes into the human body when in contact with contaminated soil, when swimming in open water).
Adaptive properties of parasites:
- long life expectancy (worms live in the human body for many years, and sometimes as long as the owner of the parasite is alive);
- the ability to suppress or modify the immune response of the host organism (an immunodeficiency state appears, conditions are created for the penetration of pathogenic agents from the outside, as well as for “disinhibition” of internal foci of infection);
- Many types of worms, when entering the digestive tract, secrete antienzymes, which save them from death;digestive processes are disturbed, toxic-allergic reactions of varying degrees of severity appear: urticaria, bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis;
- developmental stages (egg, larva, change of host);
- the ability of the egg to survive for years in the external environment;
- sexual reproduction, in which the exchange of genetic information occurs, and this is the highest stage of development, which leads to an increase in heterogeneous populations, i.e. parasites become less susceptible;
- lack of immunoprophylaxis methods, since the immune response is weak and unstable;
- wide distribution of worms, many habitats (water, soil, air, plants and animals).
Epidemiology of parasitosis
Due to the increase in migration processes, the diversity of worms that parasitize the human body has increased significantly.Currently, there are 70 parasite species out of more than 260 existing parasite species.There is a tendency to increase infections with enterobiasis, giardiasis, toxocariasis, opisthorchiasis, diphyllobothriasis, tenidosis, and echinococcosis.In Southeast Asian, African and Latin American countries, schistosomiasis and filariasis are common.
A "healthy" person...Many people who live a healthy lifestyle experience health problems due to the presence of parasites in their bodies.Improving the health of the body (proper nutrition, physical exercise, hardening procedures) without cleansing the body of parasites does not give a tangible positive effect.
They are everywhere...According to the World Health Organization (WHO), worms, and other types of parasites, are localized not only in the digestive tract, but also in vital organs: brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys.
Cause of many diseases
In the course of their life, worms secrete special substances - toxoids, which are poisons and strong allergens.Parasitosis (protozoa, fungi and worms) which triggers many chronic diseases:
- cholecystitis;
- gallstone disease;
- pancreatitis;
- colitis;
- diabetes mellitus;
- bronchial asthma;
- atopic dermatitis.
Chronic fatigue, irritability and anxiety, hyperactivity in children, anemia, brittle nails and hair, skin problems, headaches, appetite disorders, decreased immunity - these may be signals of parasitosis at this time.
If not treated...When parasites remain in the human body for a long time, the immune system suffers greatly.In the process of continuous struggle against foreign antibodies, exhaustion occurs, that is, the development of secondary immunodeficiency.
Parasitosis causes:
- against hypovitaminosis and depletion of trace elements: potassium, copper, manganese, selenium, zinc, magnesium, silicon;
- for hematopoietic disorders;
- hormonal imbalance;
- vascular permeability is impaired;
- The body's anti-cancer defenses are impaired.
How were you saved before?For thousands of years, people, consuming mostly plant foods, received natural antimicrobial, antiparasitic and antiviral active substances.Reducing the consumption of wild plants, fruits, berries, replacing them with cultivated vegetables and fruits, thermal and industrial processing have led to a decrease in the consumption of natural phytoncides and antibiotics.As a result, humans become easy prey for many microorganisms.The intensive development of the antibiotic-producing drug industry has led to a decline in antiparasitic immunity.
Traditional medicine to eliminate parasites in the human body
Synthetic anthelmintic drugs have their respective advantages and disadvantages.There are three main negative factors:
- often they only affect the gastrointestinal form of the parasite;
- highly toxic to the human body;
- caused a lot of bad reactions.
Science does not stand still!Intensive scientific research into the antibiotic properties of plants is being carried out throughout the world.In terms of effectiveness, it is no less than synthetic antibiotics, but does not cause the side effects that are characteristic of synthetic drugs.The healing components of the plant are a complex natural phytoncidal complex that can cleanse many parasites from the human body at different stages of its development.
Natural!This is what will help us!Preparations of plant origin are much less toxic;if necessary, they can be prescribed in long-term courses;they activate antiparasitic immunity and effectively suppress the vital activity and reproduction of parasites in the human body.
Parasitosis is a widespread disease with toxic and destructive effects on the human body.Since treatment with chemical drugs has a negative impact on the body, the optimal solution to the problem of eradicating parasitosis is herbal products.