Tapeworms, causes, symptoms and treatment


1.General information

Tapeworms, or cestodes, are one of the classes of many thousand-year-old taxon of worms, which over millions of years have almost perfectly adapted to a parasitic lifestyle in humans, animals and even plants. Three classes of such helminths (worms) are dangerous for humans. In addition to tapeworms, trematodes (flukes) and nematodes (roundworms) can also parasitize the human body - and in total there are, according to various sources, from 250 to 400 species of potential parasites, but in any case these are several hundred possible variants of helminthiasis.

Cestodoses (diseases caused by tapeworms) exhibit both features common to all helminthiasis and their own specificity.

Thus, tapeworms have a very complex, multi-stage life cycle, during which they usually change several hosts. However, this does not interfere, but, on the contrary, contributes to the very high adaptability and “survivability” of this parasite (in particular, worms of some species can, under unfavorable conditions, devour their own body, but the remaining 5-10% of it turns out to be quite viable and quickly recovers) . Helminths have lost their own digestive system during evolution - they simply do not need it, since they receive all the final nutrients in abundance directly from the host organism, literally sucking vital resources out of it (which explains the characteristic clinical picture). Tapeworms got their name due to the specific morphology of the mature individual: having attached itself, for example, to the intestinal wall, the tapeworm continuously grows from the neck, forming a kind of segmented “tear-off tape.” The mature posterior segments, called segments in parasitology, carrying huge quantities of fertilized eggs, are periodically evacuated with feces, in which they can be found in the form of disgustingly moving flatworms (white, gray-yellow or another shade).

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Face cream Evalar Laura - reviews

Emily

I used Laura SPF 50+ to protect my skin from sunburn... and in the end I also noticed a rejuvenating effect (this is rare)... of course, in addition, I try not to neglect the rule of sunbathing at the right hours... but everything together does its job)

mango

The cream is very suitable for my skin, I am using it now, since the sun is already active and pigmentation may just begin, this is a feature of the skin. So I apply Lora cream in the morning and reapply once during the day if I spend a lot of time in the sun. but if you work in an office, then I think applying it in the morning will be enough... I just sweat sometimes and worry that the cream may stop working and have to be renewed. The tube is small, it won’t last long, but that’s even better, it’s better to buy fresh cream more often than to use the old one, because the old one may simply deteriorate and stop working

Maryana Grigorievna

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I work in a beauty salon and know a large number of anti-aging creams. Many visitors to the salon speak well of the Laura cream. When using it, positive dynamics are observed, fine wrinkles and other imperfections on the facial skin disappear. The skin becomes more toned. My opinion is that this cream can replace plastic surgery and Botox injections.

Laura

https://sponzhik.ru/lora

Girls, the sooner you start taking better care of your skin, the better!

My skin became good after the Lora cream, but the pills finally “finished it off”. They act from the inside, so the effect is different, deeper, the skin is not just moisturized, it is moisturized from the inside, so when I wash my face now I don’t feel any tightness at all, whether the surface protective layer has been washed away or not.

The skin was very dry, it was constantly peeling, constant creams saved the day, I applied them to my face 4 times, since the skin was eating everything up, after lora tablets it became much better, I walk calmly all day and don’t think about tightness and dryness, all the peeling is gone, I can wear it normally I couldn’t afford both light BB creams and thick foundations before, as all the peeling was immediately emphasized.

It seems to me that it’s all about hyaluronic acid and wild yam extract, or rather its phytoestrogens. I didn’t always have such problematic skin, I didn’t have such dryness before, but with age... sometimes you need to drink natural remedies, creams won’t save you forever, I’ve already learned this the hard way...

Anna

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Tired. I'm tired of everything. From advertising, from relatives. From people's indifference. She was once young and very beautiful. Well, I’m still beautiful, but I’m getting older! Where are we without him? He always makes himself known. You see a far from young, boastful girl looking at you from the mirror. More like a wrinkled Shar Pei, noble and proud. But who needs this pride if they have been turning to you for a long time? And not out of respect, but precisely because of the way you look... Probably, such a cry from the heart can only be written in reviews. At least someone will understand. After all, you shouldn’t talk about this to four of the same old women whom you call friends? They'll laugh! They will say that it’s been a long time since you looked at your passport? And they themselves also yearn for their youth. And not to say that they are just old women, but they don’t try to refute this. I don’t want to talk about myself... Although. I’m 54, which doesn’t seem like much, but it’s already a lot. You start to hate the mirror after forty. When seemingly even small wrinkles around the eyes turn into sagging skin over time. Previously, they could be called facial expressions, because she smiled and cried, and only then were they visible. And now they are with you all the time... I haven’t seen anything in 54 years! Dear mother! You can write a book, not a review of a cream. If it weren’t for memory, if it weren’t for photographs with my young husband, who is no longer there. After all, before everything was for him: beauty and sex, joy, and tears. And now for whom? Only for myself. If you know this, please like it, it’s fashionable now! A whole story came out with this Laura cream. I stand at the mirror, massage my chin, try to straighten the corners of my mouth with my fingers. I've been trying for a year now, almost every day. Of course, there is a result - your fingers have become stronger! I take the face cream, apply it to the skin, apply light makeup on top of it in the morning, and in the evening, after removing the makeup, apply the cream again. "Laura". It's like an actress, not a cream. And all I can say is that in half a month (I took special photographs) there are changes, small, but visible! I specifically looked at the composition of a very expensive French cream - the composition is identical. Use it, girls. There really is a result!

Alina

https://www.komy-za30.ru/health/evalar-lora-otzyvy

I am very pleased with the cream. I have skin prone to redness, my eyes are sensitive to almost all creams I have ever used. There was pain, tears, and redness. There are no problems with this cream. At some point, everything worked out. Ideal under makeup. Does not roll, does not shine, does not dry out. And the skin became noticeably fresher and more elastic. And of course creams will not correct deep wrinkles and swelling. You need to watch what you eat, drink and how you live. Of course heredity.

Catherine

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I am 33 years old, wrinkles began to appear around my eyes and the skin on my cheeks became uneven. I bought the Laura complex, maybe it was just my imagination, but my skin condition became much better after just a week. This is not nasty girl, this is a very good drug!!! It feels like Evalar’s ​​competitors are writing nasty things. The composition there is the simplest: grass and vitamin E. That is, those supplements that the body needs, like food! Better watch the program “beauty is the territory of deception”))))) those who don’t like Laura, what do you wash your hair with and what is included in each shampoo!!!! Sodium!!! This is why the eyes are red and spots on the body, etc. and the poison is the strongest inside you (it accumulates for years)!!!

kisa2004

https://otzovik.com/review_4366574.html

Advantages:

Excellent cream.

Flaws:

Not detected

Hi all! Today we will talk about anti-wrinkle face creams. Of course, this cream is not mine, but my mother’s. She uses it often. This cream is created based on natural oils from all over the world. It is flavored with mango and neroli as well as ginseng extract. Mango butter: saturates the skin with vitamins and promotes its rejuvenation. Neroli oil: nourishes and moisturizes the skin, actively fights wrinkles. Ginseng extract: promotes the regeneration of skin cells, preventing their aging. Shelf life is three years. Volume 80 ml. Mom really likes this cream. The skin is soft after the cream. The cream does not leave an oily sheen and is absorbed into the skin very quickly. Mom recommends this cream to everyone if necessary. Thanks to all!

kwas

https://otzovik.com/review_2108352.html

Advantages:

effective, natural, inexpensive cream

Flaws:

No

A lot of good things have been written about Evalar products and I agree with this. Most of this company's cosmetic products are distinguished by their quality, safety (natural ingredients) and low price. I met Evalar face cream from a friend. When I was visiting her, after a shower in the bathroom, a friend offered me her cosmetics, although I don’t like to smear other people’s, I decided to try this particular cream from many bottles and tubes. And you know, I liked it, so I decided to buy the same cream for myself. The cream is inexpensive and not too cheap; for a 30 ml tube I paid 267 rubles. Due to my age, it’s time for me to have wrinkles and they are there (damned), there’s no escape from them, but you can disguise them and hide them for a while. I used this cream for almost two months (I applied it only at night), that is, the cream is very economical. What did I discover after two months, there were fewer wrinkles on my forehead, my face seemed younger, my skin became smooth and velvety. That is, this cream lives up to its name “Cream Laura from Evalar - anti-aging face cream.” And completely safe, unlike plastic surgery and injections. In the Evalar cream I found the following substances: peptides (amino acids that strengthen the dermal layer of the skin and enhance collagen production), hyaluronic acid (strengthens the synthesis of collagen and elastin), wild yam extract (accelerates the renewal of skin cells). As you can see, everything is organic and natural. I applied this cream as follows. I thoroughly washed my face and neck with moisturizing soap, wiped it dry with sanitary napkins and then applied cream. You only need to take a small amount and apply with light massage movements until the cream is completely absorbed by the skin. In my opinion, a good alternative to famous brands. I recommend it, you won't regret it.

Nora Baeva

https://otzovik.com/review_3097907.html

Advantages:

Pleasant smell, easily absorbed

Flaws:

Price

I bought this cream for myself a month ago. I’m 30 years old and already showing signs of wrinkles. So my impression: the composition is not bad, the price is too high. I didn't notice any significant changes after using it for a month. It will work as a moisturizer, but no more...

Anita855

https://irecommend.ru/content/khoroshii-krem-kachestvo-vyshe-tseny-mne-nravitsya

Good day everyone!

I will share my impressions of using Laura Evalar anti-aging cream. I have used several tubes so far. I always buy it at the pharmacy, fortunately, now it is always in stock there. I admit, I didn’t immediately decide to buy it. I thought it was just another nonsense. But, inspired by positive reviews, I bought it anyway. Costs from 350 to 550 rubles in pharmacies.

Cream volume 30 g, in a box (I immediately threw it away, I don’t like storing boxes). The cream is in a tube, the cap can be unscrewed, I did not experience any inconvenience in using it. The cream itself is white. Everyone knows what effect peptides and hyaluronic acid have on the skin - a real storehouse of youth. This cream has it all.

My skin: aged (unfortunately, I’m 34 years old, not 16 in general), mostly oily, with enlarged pores.

I am not one of the people who believe that cream can erase all existing and future wrinkles. But it is quite possible to keep the skin in excellent condition, nourish and moisturize.

Impressions from the cream:

I’ve been using it for about a year, albeit intermittently, 2 times a day; if I forget, I can do it once. What can I say, I like the cream. It perfectly nourishes, moisturizes, evens out skin tone, and does not clog my pores. I think it takes great care of the skin. True, it leaves a slight shine after application, but it doesn’t irritate me at all. Moreover, having lightly powdered the skin, nothing shines anymore. The skin is elastic and nourished.

As for wrinkles, I don’t believe that they can be erased like an eraser, but on moisturized and nourished skin there will be fewer of them than on dry and dehydrated skin.

Therefore, I recommend Laura anti-aging cream with peptides!

Lex-Ta

https://irecommend.ru/content/otlichnyi-krem-dlya-litsa-mne-idealno-podoshel-v-kachestve-nochnogo

Surprisingly good quality products. I purchased a complex

Laura tablets and

eye cream. The dietary supplement did not suit me, but I really liked the cosmetics.

They are produced in a convenient tube, the cream inside is only 30 grams. But it is used sparingly, melts on the skin upon application, and spreads easily, so you don’t need a lot of it for one application.

I've been using it since the new year, almost 2 months. According to the manufacturers, the product should awaken its own synthesis of collagen and hyaluronic acid, which are so necessary to prolong the youth of the skin.

But in my opinion this is a utopia and nothing more than a marketing ploy. For any cosmetics to work as effectively as possible, you need to eat right and give up bad habits.

And the Laura peptide complex should theoretically have an effect if you use everything at once - dietary supplement and both creams. That's why I bought them all. But the pills didn’t work for me, alas.

But nevertheless, as a caring agent it acts excellently on the skin. Absorbed in seconds, gentle, light, with a pleasant herbal-cosmetic aroma.

The skin after it is fresh, in all areas, both in the cheeks and in the T-zone.

Ingredients of Laura face cream.

As you can see, it is not ideal, but there are no most dangerous and dubious ingredients. Thanks for that too.

The only thing I didn’t like was that it didn’t suit my makeup. Manufacturers have already spoiled me with their BB and CC, and I have lost the habit of applying 3 layers of different creams. Laura needs a mattifying agent, since the area of ​​her nose and forehead will become shiny in a couple of hours.

It would be possible to adapt, but when you already have a good cream for cosmetics, there is no special desire.

So I use it every day at night. Excellent care, I am satisfied with everything. It is inexpensive, you can even buy it just for a sample.

Now I'm setting my sights on the serum as soon as the cream runs out. I'm happy with the results, Evalar surprised me with the appearance of cosmetics. We are waiting for more interesting new products.

2. Reasons

Almost all helminthiasis, including cestodiasis, belong to the so-called. “diseases of dirty hands” and more often affect children, although the likelihood of becoming infected does not depend biologically on age. Infection occurs orally (although some species can enter the body transdermally or aspiratively), through contact with contaminated food, touching objects, etc. Helminth eggs that fall on your hands, if not removed, sooner or later end up in the intestines.

In addition to dirty hands, general pollution in the region should also be cited as epidemiological factors, especially if it is combined with a low socio-economic level and a climate favorable for parasites. It is no coincidence that the most severe epidemiological situation regarding helminthiases, including cestodes, is observed in the poorest countries of Africa and Asia.

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Tablets Evalar Laura tablets

I decided to purchase the Laura dietary supplement primarily because of the hyaluronic acid in the composition, because... At the moment, this is the only domestic drug that contains it at an affordable price of 315 rubles. for 36 tablets. (while I'm waiting for hyaluronic acid from iherb https://ru.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Hyaluronic-Acid-With-MSM-120-Vcaps/3325#p=1&oos=1&disc=0&lc=ru-RU&w=Now%20Foods %2C%20Hyaluronic%20Acid%2C%20with%20MSM.&rc=84&sr=NULL&ic=2)

Why did I need this acid? First of all, because it is part of the synovial fluid. This fluid is essentially a lubricant between the joints; when there is not enough of it, the joints begin to rub against each other (from here a specific crunching and clicking occurs), which leads to further destruction. And I have osteoarthritis of the knee, so I desperately need it! And everyone else whose knees click or crunch, their joints hurt and swell, or are over 35-40 years old. (For the best effect, you need to take it with type 2 collagen, which can easily be found in regular food gelatin)

Hyaluronic acid has another wonderful property - it keeps our skin youthful and healthy. It, like a sponge, retains water in our skin cells, preventing wrinkles from forming. Scientists have long proven the fact that the external impact in the form of creams and gels is minimal and almost unnoticeable. A positive effect can only be achieved with internal use (dietary supplements or products containing it, or injections).

These consequences of taking hyaluronic acid certainly made me happy. My age is already approaching 30 years, my skin is starting to lose its elasticity, why not moisturize it from the inside?

Read more about the dietary supplement "Laura".

Firm. Well-known in the Russian pharmaceutical market.

The manufacturer's main promises are written on the packaging

Reducing the depth and severity of wrinkles Increasing skin elasticity Improving complexion

There is information that the dietary supplement is intended for people over 30 years old.

There are a total of 36 pale purple tablets in the package, weighing 1.2 g. Very large in size. It is recommended to take 1 piece. during meals for at least a month.

Contraindications: individual intolerance, pregnancy, lactation period.

The box contains instructions and a small advertising booklet with other products. Including from the same anti-aging Laura series (face cream, eye contour cream, sunscreen)

Now about the main thing! Compound.

Before purchasing, I decided to check the composition of this drug, the ratio of microelements to the daily dose. I looked through the entire Internet, all the reviews there were, even their official website, but I couldn’t find anything! I asked my mother to buy the pills because... It was a long way for me to go to where they were sold with a one-year-old child. When I got the pills, disappointment came with them...

1 tablet contains:

Wild yam extract 300 mg - its recommended dose has not been established

Vitamin C 90 mg. – 128.6% of the daily dose

Vitamin E 10 mg - 100% of the daily dose

Hyaluronic acid 7.5 mg - 15% of the daily dose.

Hyaluronic acid unfortunate 15%!!!!!! But this dietary supplement was purchased only for her sake!

Compound

In fact, for 315 rubles I bought vitamin C (which can be replaced with ascorbic acid for 35 rubles) and vitamin E (a daily sip of flaxseed or hemp oil easily replenishes this too). Oh, yes, I forgot about wild yam extract.

Yam has high nutritional and medicinal properties. It is rich in fiber, vitamin C, B vitamins, macroelements: phosphorus (55 mg), magnesium (21 mg), potassium (816 mg), calcium (17 mg), and sodium (9 mg), microelements: zinc and copper , iron, selenium, manganese.

The effectiveness of this plant has not been proven; according to some sources, this yam may also be poisonous.

I will wait for hyaluronic acid from iherb, there is 100 mg of it. included (for two tablets)!

So decide for yourself, dear ladies (and gentlemen, just in case), whether you should buy this drug or not. I myself have been drinking it for 2 weeks, and I don’t feel any positive or negative effects on myself. I'll finish it, but I definitely won't buy any more.

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3. Symptoms and diagnosis

No parasite has any "interest" in detecting its presence or, worse, in killing its host.

Cestoid invasion can be latent for a long time, asymptomatic, or with an imitation of the clinical picture of other diseases.

Flat tapeworms (for example, bovine tapeworm, pork tapeworm, broad tapeworm) can reach gigantic sizes in length - up to 8-10 meters - remaining unrecognized for a long time. There are cases where helminths were discovered only after the development of a clinical picture of mechanical intestinal obstruction and appropriate emergency intervention. However, today such cases in civilized countries are quite rare: cestoid infestations can be detected in the early stages.

Typical symptoms of cestodosis are nonspecific and are caused by three factors: mechanical damage to the intestine, intoxication with waste products of the parasite and an immune-allergic reaction. In the acute phase, it is the immune response to the antigens of the larvae that have entered the body that predominates: fever, muscle and joint pain, enlargement of the spleen and liver, edema, pneumonia, and sometimes meningoencephalitis can be observed.

The constant, chronic presence of parasites affects metabolism - body weight, performance, general immunity, the content of hemoglobin in the blood and the vitamins and microelements necessary for the body, which simply do not reach the owner, decrease. Psychoneurological symptoms can be significantly pronounced, which are usually associated with other, non-parasitic causes - or they simply find it difficult to qualify them as idiopathic pathology or refer the patient for further specialized examination to related specialists (which, of course, is more correct).

The question, repeatedly raised by parasitologists, about the possible carcinogenic effect of helminthic (in particular, cestodosis) invasion is investigated and discussed.

Echinococcosis is a very dangerous disease caused by the larvae of one of the tapeworms. With echinococcosis, closed, parasite-infested cysts are formed that can be present in the body for years, in some cases decades, until the sudden rupture of the cyst leads to rapid and most often catastrophic consequences.

Considering that the echinococcal colony can be localized in the liver, brain and spinal cord, lungs, kidneys, and occasionally in the heart or bone structures, it is not surprising that the release of cystic contents can cause fulminant (fulminant) meningitis, peritonitis, acute respiratory, renal and cardiac -vascular insufficiency, myocardial infarction and other severe complications up to and including sudden death.

Diagnosis of cestodosis involves coproscopy, i.e. detection of detached segments or migrating larvae during microscopic examination of stool, immunological tests, radiography (for example, hydatid cysts in a cold, asymptomatic phase are more often detected on an X-ray by chance, during an examination for another reason). In various situations (depending on what kind of parasite is supposedly present in the body), an analysis of blood, bile and other biological fluids, as well as serological tests visualizing instrumental methods, may be informative and appropriate.

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4.Treatment

In the most severe cases (see above), urgent or emergency surgical intervention is necessary for life-saving reasons. In other situations, etiotropic treatment is carried out with anthelmintic drugs (self-medication is strictly excluded!), the spectrum of which at this stage is very wide, the action is selective and targeted, and side effects are minimized - which makes it possible to successfully and radically expel almost any helminth from the body. Important tasks, however, remain the exclusion of reinvasion (for this purpose, in some cases, examination and treatment of the entire family is prescribed with simultaneous sanitization of living conditions), as well as somatic and immune rehabilitation of the patient.

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