PARASITE INFECTION

PARASITE INFECTION 

A parasite is an organism that lives by feeding off another organism, often called a host. Parasites can cause harm to the host by feeding on it or consuming some of the host’s food, resulting in a range of unpleasant symptoms and health conditions.

While some parasites don’t cause noticeable symptoms, some grow, reproduce or invade healthy functioning systems, making their hosts sick, resulting in parasitic infection. For instance, some parasites may consume your food and leave you hungry after meals, resulting in an inability to gain weight. Others may feed off your red blood cells causing anemia or lay eggs resulting in itching, irritability, and even insomnia.

Where the parasite uses your body and is a life form itself. It can live on its own and/or “rent "space in your body. Another example of a parasite is Malaria. Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite transmitted by infected mosquitoes

Types of Parasites diseases:

Malaria, Body lice, Head lice, Food borne illness, Kala azar, Giardia infections

• How long can parasites live in your body?
• They can live in a person for 30 years. If you swallow the eggs, they can go through your intestines into other parts of the body to form cysts
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Some of the most common signs of a parasitic infection include: (by the toxins released by the parasites into your bloodstream.)

1. Stomach cramps and pain.

2. Nausea or vomiting.

3. Dehydration.

4. Weight loss.

5. Swollen lymph nodes.

6. Digestive problems including unexplained constipation, diarrhea or persistent gas.

7. Skin issues such as rashes, eczema, hives, and itching.

8. Continuous muscle and joint pain.

9. Fatigue, even when you get enough sleep

10. Depression or feeling of apathetic (no interest)

11. Never feeling full, even after a big meal

12. Constant hunger, even when you’re eating enough

13. Iron deficiency/anemia

14. Grinding your teeth during sleep

15. Unexplained feelings of anxiety

16. Recurrent yeast infections

17. Itching of the anus or vagina

18. Itching, redness, irritation, and an unusual discharge from the genital area

19. Trouble falling asleep or waking up multiple times during the night

20. Picking at the nose

21. Fever & chill (malaria)

22. Headache

NOTE: These symptoms may look similar to the signs and symptoms of other digestive diseases. Therefore, it’s essential that you confirm your condition with a diagnosis. 

Causes:

Eating raw or poorly cooked meat, vegetation polluted by contaminated water, improper disposal of animal and human waste and walking barefoot on soil and sand, they enter by boring into the feet and enter when eating with unwashed hands.. Scratching the anus will transfer worm eggs on your fingers to anything else you touch. Biting nails, a bug bite, or sexual contact, mosquito bites,