Worms and mucus are quite common. Why does it arise and what are the causes of the appearance of these impurities in human feces with helminthiasis? This is a kind of signal that the human digestive system is in danger. Everyone knows that parasitic worms in the process of their vital activity in the host's body cause him huge, often irreparable damage. Adult individuals and larvae injure the walls of those organs that they have chosen for their place of residence and cause various diseases. Slime in worms may indicate that there was a mechanical damage to the walls of the intestine, and they began an inflammatory process. In this case, there may be accompanying symptoms - impurities of blood in the stool, fever and pain in the abdomen.
Mucus in feces with worms looks like whitish inclusions and is caused by round and ribbonworms that live directly in the intestine. It can also be excreted without stool. Parasites stick to the walls of the intestine, injuring their shell. The human body in response to this begins to allocate an increased amount of mucus, which must protect the intestinal tract from the worms that have settled them and facilitate their excretion along with feces, serving as a kind of lubricant. In order to more accurately determine which part of the intestine is damaged by helminths and determine their appearance for the purpose of appropriate treatment, the specialist should know the following information:
- When the small intestine is damaged, the patient's bowel movements are watery in nature, and the impurities in them are in small amounts, closely mixed withfaeces;
- In the event that damage to mucous worms occurred in the large intestine, the mucus will cover the entire surface of the bowel movement.
When carrying out diagnostic tests, a specialist pays close attention to this, since this information will help him with the selection of a suitable medication aimed at destroying the parasite that was localized in the human gastrointestinal tract.
Mucus in the throat with worms
The cause of mucus in the throat are helminths or their larvae living in the lungs and bronchi. The most famous are the pulmonary flukes and the ascarid larvae. The first person lives in the respiratory system of the person constantly, attaching to the walls of the organs with hooks, and the larvae need oxygen for further growth, so they occupy the lungs temporarily, but also cause serious damage to the person. Both these types of worms damage the walls of the lungs and bronchi, causing a cough with phlegm and the presence of mucus in the throat.
Such helminths as ascarids, or rather their larvae, can settle in the human nasopharynx. Once they are settled there, the patient begins a similar symptomatology. The larvae of these worms damage the internal part of the nasopharynx, thereby causing an increased secretion of mucus that the person swallows, bringing the parasites back into the digestive organs, or coughing up. Of course there can be other reasons for such symptoms of helminthiosis, but in any case if they last for a long time and the ENT or gastroenterologist does not find the objective reasons for this unpleasant sign, it is worth to visit an infectious disease doctor who will help to find out which worms triggered the appearance of mucus and pick up the mostadequate treatment. Self-anthelmintic preparations should not be selected, as they all have increased toxicity and, instead of being useful in case of inappropriate use, can be harmful.