Sunday, October 7, 2012

Meet your friendly neighborhood parasites


    All humans have too eat food and drink water to live. It's a very disturbing thought that we can contract worm-like bacteria in our intestines by doing these daily functions. Intestinal parasites (the name sends a chill down my spine) are a type of parasite that live mainly in the human (and also other species) digestive system. There are two main types of intestinal parasites- Helminths (Tapeworms, pinworms and round worms) which cannot multiply in a human body, the other type is called Protozoa which are single celled parasites, which can multiply in the human body and cause severe infections (UMMC).
    There are many types of  side effects one can experience when they unfortunately get an intestinal parasite some of the most common being: Diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting/nausea, gas/bloating, extreme fatigue, weight loss and seeing a worm in your stool (Kucik 2004)
A intestinal parasite taken out of a human.

Whipworm under a microscope.
    So what can you do to lower your risk of intestinal parasites? A study found that vitamin A plays a large role in healthy immune function and if taken daily it has been found to lower your chance of parasitic infection, particularly Giardia (Gaby 2010). Washing your hands after you come in from outside, especially if you have been touching dirt, is very important because they can be acquired by absorption through skin. Another important step is making sure your meat is thoroughly cooked and you are drinking clean water (this is a bigger issue in the 3rd world countries) (Kucik 2004). Also you should be very carefully when traveling, especially too 3rd world countries because they are a very prominent problem with intestinal parasites due to inadequate drinking water and found not being prepared properly and sanitarily.






Gaby, Alan R. "Vitamin A and intestinal parasites." Townsend Letter July 2010: 22.Gale Science In Context. Web. 6 Oct. 2012.


Am Fam Physician. 2004 Mar 1;69(5):1161-1169.
CORRY JEB KUCIK, LT, MC, USN, GARY L. MARTIN, LCDR, MC, USN, and BRETT V. SORTOR, LCDR, MC,    USN, Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
University of Maryland Medical Center- intestinal parasites http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/intestinal-parasites-000097.htm
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2 comments:

  1. JasonOctober 22, 2012 at 3:04 PM

    Hi Cheyenne,

    This was an interesting read. Thanks for the information, it prompted me to seek a bit out on my own as well.

    As a vegetarian bordering on veganism, my main concern was avoiding these parasites on vegetables. Seems a simple washing does a good job of eliminating helminths. I posted the link below in case you wanted it for future posts.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20569015

    Thanks & see you in class,
    Jason

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