Parasites: liver fluke

A lot of different parasites can live in the human body. Some of them affect our health, but some do not influence, some are harmless, and some can do much harm. A person can be a carrier of a parasite for a long time, without knowing it, but feeling such symptoms as discomfort, insomnia, weight loss and much more. To human parasites, we can include lice, cilia, worms and other creatures. Also, in an individual, such an uninvited guest as a hepatic fluke can also settle. It can cause many troubles.

Hepatic fluke: what kind of a parasite

It is a flat worm that belongs to the class of flukes. Korma as in man, it can be found in the organs of small, as well as cattle. The body of this worm is leaf-shaped, which can be up to thirty millimeters in length and thirteen in width. The beloved sites of the sexually mature hepatic fluke are the bile ducts of the liver, which through the fault of the parasite can become clogged. The worm is able to hold tightly to the walls of the vessels with the help of the abdominal and oral suckers; the bile of a person (or other carrier) is not terrible for him, since he has a reliable protective device for this case - a cuticle (a very dense shell that has several layers).

The hepatic trematode is a hermaphrodite, which is very characteristic of the beings of his class. On the day they lay a lot of eggs (up to one million), which then enter the intestines and are removed in a natural way. In the event that the larva has not found the carrier - it dies two days after it hatched. Animals, as a rule, become infected by eating grass, and a person through water.

Hepatic fluke: signs of a parasite

This parasite is not always easy to determine, because in most cases a person writes off all the symptoms for a malaise. However, over time, they become more specific, a person turns to a medical institution where he is diagnosed. Usually the final verdict is made after the results of all necessary tests have been received.

The main symptoms are:

- a rash;

- pain in the muscles, as well as the joints;

- a person becomes very irritable;

Fatigue and weakness;

- working capacity drops;

- fever and fever.

The chronic stage can last up to several years. It is characterized by the following symptoms:

- Constant constipation, which is followed by diarrhea;

- Immunity falls;

- chronic fatigue appears;

- problems with the liver and pancreas;

- Cysts are formed in various organs;

- Muscles and joints are constantly aching;

- children may experience a delay in mental as well as mental development;

- it is quite possible that the body produces tumors.

Hepatic fluke: prevention measures

In cities, it is common to clean drinking water, of course, this purification is done to destroy all kinds of parasites that are in it. Stay in the woods in the countryside or in the countryside, always boil the water obtained from any sources (unboiled water can not be drunk even from the tap), since the likelihood that a liver fluke will enter your body through it is very high. It is also recommended to always thoroughly cook meat and fish. Avoid contact with wild animals, as well as with livestock.

To preventive measures is attributed and elementary hand washing, which from time to time forget not only children, but even adults.

For prevention, as well as treatment, various drugs that are of vegetable origin can be used. It can be pumpkin seeds or tansy flowers. Such drugs are actually very effective and they are often prescribed even by the doctors themselves.