Parasitic diseases are very common among people. Worms slowly but surely undermine human health. Most parasites prefer to live in the digestive organs, but some types of worms can spread throughout the body. For example, from the intestine with blood flow they can get into almost any organ. The brain, lungs, liver, eyes and even the nose can become a habitat and the breeding of worms. How can you recognize the presence of worms in the nose?
Some species of worms migrate throughout the body, so they easily enter the nasal cavity. Worms can stay there for a long period of time or use it to go outside. Helminths initially enter the lymphoid ring - this is a cluster of lymphoid tissue located in the pharynx and oral cavity. From there they can migrate to pharyngeal openings, salivary glands, ears and brain.
If the helmet of worms have become adnexal sinuses, then a person can form cysts there. But there may not be any symptoms, such formations are usually discovered by chance. Sometimes worms in the nose can cause the following symptoms: inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, runny nose, fever, and an unpleasant smell.
In the event that helminths are localized in the nasopharynx, and then fall through the auditory tubes in the ears, they can cause incomprehensible noise in the ears, dizziness and hearing loss. Some people develop seasickness. In addition to the above-described signs of helminthic invasion in the nose, general manifestations of the presence of worms in the body should be noted: weakened immunity, general intoxication of the body, weakness, runny nose and poor sleep.
What kinds of worms live in the nose?
Most often in the nose are fumed. These worms can live in almost any human body. Ascariasis is a fairly common disease, it affects more than 1 billion people around the world. Infection occurs through food contaminated with soil, because the eggs of these worms ripen exclusively in the ground.
The main victims of these parasites are children, in adults the immune system is more developed, so it can cope with the invasion of "uninvited guests".But this does not mean that helminths in the nose or in another organ can not start in an adult. Once immunity weakens, parasites easily penetrate the body.
Signs of the presence of worms in the nose may be caused by the larvae of flies that predominantly inhabit India and the United States. The disease Myiasis muscosa is very dangerous, it is characterized by such symptoms as runny nose, dizziness, insomnia, sneezing attacks, and also almost always swells one part of the face. In addition, with helminthic invasion there is an unpleasant odor from the nose and pus.
The fly lays the larvae already on the damaged mucous membrane, so at risk people with chronic rhinitis. Larvae mainly inhabit the posterior part of the nasal sinus. Their prolonged presence there can lead to the destruction of not only the mucous membrane, but also the skeleton. In advanced cases, such parasites can cause meningitis.
Worms in the nose are very serious, because they can get into the brain, ears and other organs and cause serious complications. That is why at the first signs of the presence of worms in the body it is necessary to undergo a survey. The sooner a treatment is prescribed, the greater the chance of a speedy recovery.