Intestinal acne or strongyloidosis is one of the most dangerous and unpredictable diseases of the gastrointestinal tract that develops on the mucous membrane of the stomach or intestines. And its causative agent is a parasite - a round worm 1-2 mm in size, which enters the human body from the soil.
Let's figure it out: what are the symptoms of this disease. how does the infection take place and what to do to avoid this infection?
Eel in the stomach and intestines
This parasite really develops on the mucous membrane of the stomach or intestines. Its females, getting into the human body, lay up to 50 eggs per day each. A young individual of the eel, having got out of the egg, leaves the human body with feces. In the natural environment, it grows, passing through 4 stages in its development.
It often happens that an individual of an eel went through only 2 stages in the external environment and again ended up in the human body. Here she is the most dangerous form of this disease!
How do parasites get into our body? Through sweat glands, skin, hair follicles. Further, acne moves into the bloodstream, and then into the lungs and pharynx. In the pharynx, they are swallowed and again find themselves in a person's stomach and intestines.
Transfer through soil
The causative agents of this disease are transmitted through the soil. You can get strongyloidiasis by walking barefoot or lying on the grass, eating unwashed vegetables or fruits, drinking dirty water, or working on the ground / plants without protective gloves.
Self-infection with intestinal acne is also possible. Then parasites can exist in the human body for more than one year. The larvae will mature in the intestine, then go through its wall into the bloodstream, and then go through the entire path described above.
Symptoms, forms of strongyloidosis
Acne has a negative effect on the human body, both mechanically and toxic, because their waste products are poisonous. The activity of parasites leads to inflammation in the intestines, on the walls of which erosion appears, ulcers are formed.
Signs of an acne infestation are:
- skin rash, as well as itching;
- increased body temperature;
- stomach ache;
- nausea and even vomiting;
- headache;
- fast fatiguability;
- irritability.
If the pathology has caused complications, the symptoms become more severe:
- bloating is formed;
- pains become sharper, more frequent;
- there are signs of general intoxication of the body;
- sepsis develops.
Forms of the disease
There are different types of strongyloidosis:
- gastrointestinal, accompanied by diarrhea, abdominal pain;
- duodeno-bilious, which is characterized by lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting;
- allergic with skin rashes and itching;
- nervous, accompanied by irritability and headaches;
- pulmonary, which is characterized by cough and shortness of breath (and bronchitis and even pneumonia may develop).
Treatment and diagnostics
If it is detected in a timely manner, strongyloidosis is quite treatable. But with a neglected form, dangerous complications develop. However, it is quite difficult to recognize this disease at its early stage. However, the presence of acne can be suspected by "causeless" skin reactions, which, as a rule, are combined with gastrointestinal disorders.
To make an accurate diagnosis, the doctor prescribes an analysis of feces for the presence of parasite larvae.
As for the treatment of strongyloidiasis, it is carried out in an infectious hospital. Only then is it effective.
Prevention
In order not to get infected with intestinal acne, you should:
- thoroughly wash any vegetables, fruits;
- observe personal hygiene;
- do not run barefoot on the grass and ground, do not lie on them;
- do not swim in dirty water;
- wear gloves when carrying out construction or garden work;
- drink boiled or filtered water.
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