How to Get Rid of Blood Parasites

There are four categories of parasites according to the part of the body they infect: blood, digestive system, organs and sinus cavities. Blood parasites may be further divided into protozoa and blood flukes. The most common protozoa that infect the blood are the Plasmodium species that cause malaria. Schistosoma is the most common blood fluke in humans and is the cause of schistosomiasis. Here's how to get rid of blood parasites.

Instructions

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  Perform an exchange transfusion in life-threatening cases of blood parasites. The infected blood is removed while parasite-free blood is transfused into the patient. The goal of this treatment is to immediately reduce the patient's parasite load to a manageable level.

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  Gather the patient's travel history to determine the parasite's likely resistance patterns. This is especially helpful in non-endemic areas where the parasite may not have been acquired locally.

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  Contact the Centers for Disease Control for the latest treatment. Blood parasites have a complex life cycle and the treatment can be correspondingly complex because no specific medication exists that will eliminate a species such as Plasmodia in all phases of its life cycle.

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  Treat adult patients with a healthy immune status on an outpatient basis. An anti-parasitic agent is administered and the patient's parasite load is measured with a blood smear to determine the current treatment's effectiveness.

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  Identify the particular species of blood parasite. This step is not always necessary, because these diseases are frequently treated with general medication. In cases involving antibiotic resistance, however, an exact identification may be helpful.