Parasites are microorganisms that live and feed on other organisms.Parasites often cause harm to the host.It is customary to divide parasites into species such as zooparasites and plant parasites.Zooparasites include protozoa, helminths, arachnids, insects, and others.Plant parasites include bacteria, fungi, some higher plants, and others.
Viruses are also parasites.In most cases, to live, parasites need to change two or three hosts, thus causing the organism to become exhausted and weakened.They often lead to the death of the owners.Most parasites are the causative agents of many human diseases.In medical terminology, parasites include any creature that leads a parasitic lifestyle.The exceptions are bacteria, viruses and fungi.
Diagnosis of parasites in humans
There are numerous human diseases caused by parasites such as protozoa, parasitic worms, arthropods and pathogenic microorganisms.Protozoan parasites include amoebae, leishmania, lamblia, plasmodium, trypanosomes, balantidia, pneumocystis, toxoplasmia, and others.To parasitic worms: helminths.Arthropods include insects and mites.And pathogenic microorganisms include bacteria and spirochetes that parasitize ticks, fleas, lice, fungi, and pathogenic viruses.
The main goal of parasites is to hide their existence.That is, they live unnoticed in the host's body.The search for parasites involves observing their release (amoebae, segments, worms, pinworms) or the products of parasite reproduction (eggs, protozoan cysts).The diagnosis is performed on feces, urine, sputum or tissue of the human body (blood and lymph nodes).
We highlight a list of studies used for this purpose:
- histological coprogram;
- histological analyses;
- immunological (serological) tests;
- microscopy (hemoscanning);
- electroacupuncture methods (ART - vegetative resonance test).
Analysis using the histological coprogramme method involves the diagnosis of thin sections of a stool sample using optical systems.It allows you to clearly identify body parts of helminths, their eggs and the membranes (cuticles) of the larvae.Thus, helminthiasis is detected.An additional feature of this method is to determine the type of parasites found.
More effective is a serological blood test, which detects antibodies to helminths.This method is also called immunological (serological) testing.The essence of the test is to use various sets of chemical reagents and markers.They are used to identify certain types of antibodies and parasite antigens in human blood.Immunological tests are performed only in medical laboratories.
Microscopic analysis is based on the use of dark field, fluorescent and electron microscopes.This diagnostic allows you to study living or stationary microscopic objects, as well as cellular and subcellular structures.
The electroacupuncture method is based on the use of special devices to identify basic data on the state of human health.This method examines different areas of the skin.
Histological analysis is a common method of examining feces for the presence of parasites of various types.In most cases, it is used to determine helminth infestations in human biomaterial.It can be performed for adults and children.
Hemoscanning (blood test) allows you to determine the state of the main elements of the blood and the purity of its plasma.When performing a test for parasites, which is based on this method, the blood is not processed (i.e. it is not dried or stained).Its study is carried out using a microscope connected to a video camera.Subsequently, the sample of the material under examination is magnified under the microscope by 1800-2000 times.At this time, the monitor transmits the resulting image and also provides the opportunity to take photographs or videos.Hemoscanning allows you to obtain data on the state of the immune system and its activity, as well as identify the presence of bacteria, fungi and helminth larvae.
The VRT (vegetative resonance test) is based on the phenomenon of biological resonance that forms between the drug and the human body.Such a drug serves as a carrier of information about the frequencies of various types of parasites.In 1989, all data on the frequency of various parasites, fungi and viruses were discovered and recorded.It is this type of research that offers the opportunity to evaluate a person's condition at a given time.That is, to establish the level of disorders of the immune system, as well as the viral and bacterial load on the human body, remove toxins, reduce the body's reactions to various antigens and allergens and much more.
In the laboratory where the analysis is carried out using the ART method, special attention is paid to determining the level of eosinophils.It is their overestimated indicator that indicates the presence of allergic reactions caused by parasitic infestations.Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell that can detoxify bacteria.They take part in allergic processes in the human body and can be stained with acid dyes.That is, in other words, eosinophils are indicators of parasitic invasions in the normal state of human immunity.
Pest Analysis: Which is Best?
There are many types of tests, and which one is best is determined by your doctor.The most commonly used tests are blood and stool tests to detect various types of parasites.Among blood tests for parasites the following types can be distinguished:
- blood test for lamblia;
- blood test for opisthorchiasis pathogens (detection of IgG antibodies);
- blood test for echinococcus pathogens;
- blood test for toxocariasis pathogens;
- blood test for trichinosis pathogens;
- blood test for ascariasis pathogens.
The material for research in all of the above methods is blood, which is taken from a vein.
Research material for identifying helminths is feces.Because it is thicker and easier to detect them there.
Who needs to get tested?
Such patients who complain of worsening general health are offered a blood test for parasites.As is known, there are hundreds of families that parasitize the human body.Many of them produce toxins that poison the blood.Some reduce the amount of nutrients.And at the same time, diseases that occur due to the vital activity of parasites are difficult to identify.Because the symptoms are similar to the manifestations of many diseases.A blood test allows you to determine the amount of specific antibodies and immunoglobulins in the human body.It is they who act as parasitic markers.
In many cases, blood diagnosis is also carried out using the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method.This study is considered effective and reliable.Its main advantage is to identify many types of diseases at a time when other diagnostic methods are powerless.
It is also recommended to take a blood test for parasites in preparation for vaccinations, during pregnancy and after completing a course of antiparasitic therapy.This analysis must be performed several times (immediately after treatment and after one to three months).