Symptoms When You Have a Parasite

Where does the parasite come from? What is it? Is it normal to have one? Why do you need to get rid of it from your system if you are hosting one? Who are commonly affected with it? You usually heard of parasite in children, are they the most prone to have it? Does it affect people at any age? Can it be cured? Then you come to ask yourself, ‘Do I have a parasite?’ Here are some of things you need to know about it.

Parasitism is not an illness. It is an organism that benefits from its host. There are lots of types of parasites. Some are:  ectoparasites and endoparasites, epiparasite, social parasites. Ectoparasites live on the surface of the host e.g. mites, mosquitoes. Endoparasites live inside the host and that includes all the parasitic worms and this type is the focus of this article.Epiparasites is one that feed on another parasite and the social parasites invade the hosts.

The parasitic worms are the type of parasites who live inside your body. Humans are their favourite host. It can grow as long as 12 feet inside your body. One kind of parasitic worm is tape worm. It can live in your body for several years. You can get it by eating raw beef and pork. Worm grows easily in the meat and when we intake the food, that creepy thing grows inside us without our knowing. Another kind is the hookworm.

Hookworm is smaller than tapeworm and lives in the small intestine. It slowly sucks the nutrients in your blood that made you malnourished and anaemic. Pinworm is one that pinches your anus at night. They lay their eggs in your anus and if you feel the pinching sensation and touch it with your finger and then unconsciously you put your hand in your mouth the result is you take the pinworms inside you and they reproduce again.

If you have a tapeworm, you will notice at the worst cases that you have variety of diseases like seizures and swelling of the brain. Most infections that is caused by the said parasite has no symptoms, you can only notice a wiggling sensation during defecation. The hookworm parasite creates more problem than first parasite mentioned. Since they suck all your nutrients, your body get nothing from the food you eat and therefore weaken your growth. With all three mentioned parasites, pinworm is the least to give you worry.

Getting parasitic worm is more prone to tropical and sub tropic areas especially to the areas with very poor sanitation. Children than adults are most likely to get it because they are into their experimentation stage wherein they touch everything and use their hands to take food without washing.

If you think that you felt some of the mentioned symptoms then your question ‘Do I have a parasite?’ maybe true. But you are now in the time where the world has a remedy for everything. You can seek help from your doctor or a holistic health practitioner for a natural method of eliminating such parasites. To get more information about living a healthy lifestyle, please click here.