How do I check myself for parasites?
Ramon Grady
2025-07-29 18:18:19
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A fecal (stool) exam, also called an ova and parasite test (O&P) This test is used to find parasites that cause diarrhea, loose or watery stools, cramping, flatulence (gas) and other abdominal illness. CDC recommends that three or more stool samples, collected on separate days, be examined. This test looks for ova (eggs) or the parasite. Your health care provider may instruct you to put your stool specimens into special containers with preservative fluid.
Endoscopy/Colonoscopy Endoscopy is used to find parasites that cause diarrhea, loose or watery stools, cramping, flatulence (gas) and other abdominal illness. This test is used when stool exams do not reveal the cause of your diarrhea.
Blood tests Some, but not all, parasitic infections can be detected by testing your blood. Blood tests look for a specific parasite infection; there is no blood test that will look for all parasitic infections.
Blood smear This test is used to look for parasites that are found in the blood. By looking at a blood smear under a microscope, parasitic diseases such as filariasis, malaria, or babesiosis, can be diagnosed.
Diagnosis of any stool parasite may be difficult; by submitting several stool specimens, your chance of being diagnosed correctly is higher than by submitting just one sample.
Matilda Marquardt
2025-07-29 17:38:18
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To check yourself for parasites, you should first be aware of the three main types of parasites that cause disease in people, which include ectoparasites, helminths, and protozoans. Ectoparasites are parasites that live on the outside of their host, and they can be found in creatures such as fleas, head lice, pubic lice, mites, and ticks. Helminths are parasitic worms that usually live in your gastrointestinal tract, and the main types that affect people include flukes, tapeworms, and roundworms. Protozoans are one-celled organisms that may live in your intestines or blood and tissues, and they may spread through contaminated food or water, person-to-person contact, or through the bite of a vector. Many people may not notice they have an infection because they have few symptoms. They affect millions of people throughout the entire world. Parasites feed, grow or multiply in a way that harms your body.
Oswald Marquardt
2025-07-29 16:50:48
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A pharmacist can help if you have small, white worms in your poo that look like pieces of thread or extreme itching around your anus, particularly at night. You might be asked to provide a sample of poo so it can be tested for worm eggs. See a GP if you find a large worm, a piece of worm or worm eggs in your poo, have a red, itchy worm-shaped rash on your skin, have sickness, diarrhoea or a stomach ache for longer than 2 weeks, or are losing weight for no reason. Go back to the GP if your symptoms do not get better in 2 weeks or you keep passing live worms in your poo. You can check what different worms look like to help identify them.
Izaiah Johns
2025-07-29 15:24:38
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You can check for pinworms by looking for eggs around your anus. The eggs hatch in your small intestine. At night, female adults lay eggs around your anus. The process can cause anal itching. Scratching the area and touching a surface without washing your hands transmits the eggs. You can also check for other types of intestinal parasites by looking for symptoms such as anal itching or other unpleasant symptoms. Intestinal parasites include helminths and one-celled organisms called protozoa.
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