When human parasites have invaded your body, it may not always be clear that they have. This article looks at the common symptoms that you are likely to experience during a parasitic invasion and explains why you are experiencing them and what is happening in your body. Once you learn to pay attention to these subtle clues and signals, you will be better prepared to detect and stop the harmful human parasite infections that can be at the root of many of your health problems.

Chronic fatigue: While the parasites are in your intestines, they effectively feed off the food you eat, stealing all the nutrients, minerals, proteins, vitamins, etc. of your food before your body has a chance to absorb it. This leaves you in a constant state of fatigue, sometimes accompanied by impaired memory and concentration.

Grinding your teeth at night: Abnormal grinding of the teeth at night has been linked to parasitic infections and may be the result of the body’s nervous system responding to foreign internal irritation.

Allergies: When parasites feed on and damage the intestinal lining, this allows large undigested particles to pass through membranes that would otherwise be impermeable. This, in turn, triggers the body’s immune response, signaling inflammatory agents that, in turn, trigger an allergic reaction.

Skin rash: Parasitic worms can cause inflammation, hives, rashes, and other itchy outbreaks on the skin that resemble an allergic reaction. Many parasites enter the human body through our protective skin and into the bloodstream.

Sleep disorder: Some intestinal parasites come out of and around the anus at night to lay eggs, causing an irritating and uncomfortable itch around the anus. These parasites, due to their nocturnal activity, tend to cause sleep disturbances.

Excess gas: Because intestinal parasites eat, they also release toxins within our intestines. Combined with inflammation caused by constant parasitic irritation of the body’s intestinal lining, the results tend to be continuous abdominal gas, bloating, and discomfort.

Diarrhea: Diarrhea is often the body’s defensive response to rid itself of unwanted foreign organisms, but in some cases it may even be the parasites themselves that trigger the response to diarrhea. Parasites can cause a drop in chloride and sodium levels, resulting in watery stools.

Constipation: Some of the larger parasitic worms can literally block the intestines, leading to constipation and infrequent bowel movements. After a while, these stuck foods start to break down in your intestines and this can lead to serious health problems along with great discomfort.