Parasites are microorganisms that live and feed on other organisms.Parasites often cause damage to the host.It is customary to subdivide parasites into species such as zooparasites and plant parasites.Zooparasites include protozoa, helminths, arachnids, insects and others.Plant pests include bacteria, fungi, some higher plants and others.
Viruses are also parasites.In most cases, in order to live, parasites must change two or three hosts, in which they cause exhaustion of the organism and its weakening.Often leads to the death of the owners.Most parasites are the cause of many human diseases.In medical terminology, parasites include any creature leading a parasitic lifestyle.The exceptions are bacteria, viruses and fungi.
Diagnosis of parasites in humans
There are a number of human diseases caused by parasites such as protozoa, parasitic worms, arthropods and pathogenic microorganisms.Protozoan parasites include amoebae, leishmania, lamblia, plasmodium, trypanosomes, balantidae, 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, pathogenic fungi and 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 consists of observing their release (amoebas, segments, worms, pinworms) or the products of parasite reproduction (eggs, protozoan cysts).The diagnosis is made on stools, urine, sputum or tissues of the human body (blood and lymph nodes).
Let us highlight a list of studies that are used for this purpose:
- histological coprogram;
- histological analysis;
- immunological (serological) tests;
- microscopy (hemoscanner);
- electroacupuncture methods (ART - autonomic resonance test).
Analysis using the histological coprogram method involves diagnosing thin sections of a stool sample using optical systems.It allows you to clearly identify parts of the body of helminths, their eggs and the membranes (cuticles) of the larvae.Thus, helminthiases are 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 reagents and chemical markers.They are used to identify certain types of parasite antibodies and antigens in human blood.Immunological tests are carried out only in medical laboratories.
Microscopic analysis relies on the use of dark field, fluorescent and electronic microscopes.This diagnosis makes it possible to study living or fixed 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 stool for the presence of parasites of various kinds.In most cases it is used to determine helminthic infestations in human biomaterials.Can be made for adults and children.
Hemoscanning (blood test) makes it possible to determine the state of the main elements of the blood and the purity of its plasma.In a parasite test based on this method, the blood is not processed (i.e. it is not dried or colored).Its study is carried out using a microscope connected to a video camera.Then the sample of the material under study is enlarged under a microscope by 1800 to 2000 times.At this time, the monitor broadcasts the resulting image and also offers the possibility of taking photos or videos.Hemoscanning allows you to obtain data on the state of the immune system and its activity, as well as to identify the presence of bacteria, fungi and helminth larvae.
The VRT (vegetative resonance test) is based on the phenomenon of biological resonance which forms between the drug and the human body.Such a drug acts as a carrier of information about the frequencies of different types of parasites.In 1989, all frequency data of various parasites, fungi and viruses were discovered and recorded.It is this type of research that makes it possible to assess the state of a person at a given moment.That is, to establish the level of disorders in the immune system, as well as the viral and bacterial load on the human body, eliminate 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 capable of detoxifying bacteria.They participate in allergic processes in the human body and can be colored with acid dyes.In other words, eosinophils are markers of parasitic invasions in the normal state of human immunity.
Parasite analysis: which is best?
There are many types of tests, and which one is best is determined by the treating physician.The most commonly used tests are blood and stool tests to detect various types of parasites.Among the blood tests for parasites, the following types are 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 research material in all of the above methods is blood taken from a vein.
The research material for identifying helminths is feces.Because it is most often and easiest to detect them there.
Who should be tested?
A blood test for parasites is offered to patients who complain of a deterioration in their general health.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 resulting from the vital activity of parasites are difficult to identify.Because the symptoms resemble the manifestations of many diseases.A blood test helps determine the amount of specific antibodies and immunoglobulins in the human body.They are the ones that act as parasitic markers.
In many cases, blood diagnostics are also carried out using the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method.This study is considered effective and reliable.Its main advantage lies in the advantage of identifying many types of diseases at a time when other diagnostics are powerless.
It is also recommended to have a blood test to detect parasites in preparation for vaccinations, during pregnancy and after undergoing antiparasitic treatment.This analysis should be carried out several times (immediately after treatment and after one to three months).