Sometimes big problems in a person are caused by seemingly insignificant reasons, for example, the appearance of microorganisms, subcutaneous parasites. No one is safe from them, so you should have at least a general idea about this.
Among all the parasites that attack human skin, there are cutaneous and subcutaneous ones. The former do not represent a serious danger to people, since they do not cause disease. The parasites feed on human skin in your blood. The second group makes its way into the thickness of the skin, leaving eggs and larvae there. Such parasites in the body should be the subject of close attention.
If the parasites have settled under the skin, they never stay in one place, but instead begin to move through the tissues in different directions. This often leads to the most serious, sometimes incurable ailments.
Parasites are very small and invisible to the naked eye. Doctors locate them by listening to patient complaints, analyzing symptoms, signs, and identifying possible forms of helminth infection.
The most common:
Each of the following parasites can cause:
The most common parasites in humans are scabies mites, which usually live in the deep layers of the epidermis. During the day they are busy looking for food, eating tallow and cosmetics. At night, they return to their shelter again, causing severe itching. Rashes and multiple blisters form on the skin. People are often infected from animals, but transmission of infection from a sick person is not excluded.
Dracunculiasis (Risht's worm) belongs to subcutaneous worms and parasites. Some individuals reach a length of 120 cm. Worms are most commonly found in the tropics. It is easy to become infected with them, it is enough to swim in a contaminated reservoir. Having penetrated the body, the worm remains there for years.
These subcutaneous worms target a person's leg by invoking:
Demodecosis is a parasitic mite that chooses the sebaceous glands of the skin for its habitat. Symptoms of the disease in humans are seen in the form of profuse acne on the cheeks, forehead, and around the eyes, and loss of eyelashes is often observed.
Another representative of human subcutaneous worms is cysticercosis. The causative agent is the larvae of pig tapeworms. Infection of the body occurs through unboiled food or water. The worms are located at:
Worms live in the body for many years and manifest in the form of urticaria-like symptoms (rashes). Swelling and thickening forms under the skin, which becomes quite dense over time.
Inhabitants of African and Asian bodies of water: worms that cause schistosomiasis. Worms affect the skin and the genitourinary system. The main symptoms are expressed:
Another inhabitant is subcutaneous worm filariasis. It is considered the most dangerous species among parasitic worms, since the worm is capable of multiplying in the human body for many years, without showing itself at first. However, over time, the infected person begins to experience symptoms similar to hives, then vision problems develop, bumps form under the skin, and everything ends with a fever.
Get vaccinated to prevent infection with helminths before traveling to hot countries.
Successful treatment of a person for worm diseases is carried out with the correct diagnosis. The difficulty is that the symptoms of parasites are usually similar to other pathologies of the internal organs, as well as signs of allergies.
In order to prescribe the correct therapeutic course, which is guaranteed to eliminate subcutaneous helminths from the body, it is necessary to determine the specific type of pest. To do this, various laboratory tests are performed:
For an accurate determination of the parasite, tests are performed:
For a timely diagnosis of the disease, a person who has noticed atypical itching and skin lesions should go to specialists, and not to one, but to several: an allergist, a dermatologist, a specialist in infectious diseases anda neurologist.
The methods to treat the results of the vital activity of the parasites are varied and are related to the number, the level of the cutaneous lesions, the symptoms and the location. Almost all cases must be treated individually. Regardless of the symptoms, there are several traditional treatments for parasites.
Tick removal under the human skin is carried out with the use of various drugs that can destroy subcutaneous worms and other types of pests. In many cases, doctors prescribe medicine for ascaris.
Antihistamines and antibiotic ointments or gels should be included in the course of therapy. It is advisable to add vasoconstrictor drugs such as epinephrine-resorcinol solution to drugs to combat parasites. Only the correct choice of treatment regimen and dosage will allow you to successfully expel pathogenic pests from the human body.
When a parasite infects a person's internal organs (eg, dranculosis), doctors resort to surgical intervention. Before carrying out the procedure, it is necessary to appoint a comprehensive examination that will allow you to locate the worm in the body. Sometimes worms can even be found in the brain.
It is possible to get rid of parasites that live under the skin with the help of conservative technique and surgery. Therapy sometimes lasts quite a long time, especially with latent symptoms, so in addition to traditional drug treatment, it is useful to add traditional medicine.
The fight against subcutaneous parasites sometimes goes on for years and inaction is fraught with the most unpredictable consequences. Traditional sources for the spread of parasites include water, food, a sick person, and poor hygiene.
Medical recommendations for the prevention of such diseases include the following rules: