Helminths that develop in a person are the cause of various diseases. Medical statistics have recorded 300 pathological conditions caused by parasites. Distinguish between the intestinal and extra-intestinal nature of the origin of infection:
- The larvae are found in the intestines.
- They are found in the lungs, kidneys, liver, brain, and other organs.
Common types of helminths
Worms penetrate the body of adults and children. Babies are most often infected by contact with animals (stray cats, dogs), ignoring careful hand hygiene. Worms damage individual organs and cause a general deterioration of health. Roundworms and pinworms are considered common - round-shaped worms, photos of which are ubiquitous on the Internet. Popular types of tapes: tapeworms, tapeworms. An adult broad tapeworm reaches 9 meters. Its useful life is 25 years.
In medical practice, the popular diagnosis is enterobiasis, an intestinal infection caused by pinworms. Parasites are compact in size, rarely reach a length of 1 cm, lead an active lifestyle at night for 1, 5-2 months. There is enough time for pinworms to lay their eggs in the skin around the anus. The larvae contribute to the rapid development of the disease. After laying eggs, pinworms die, but fertile offspring are rapidly increasing the population in the tissues of the human body.
The second popular diagnosis in medical practice is ascariasis. The disease is caused by large types of pathogens, reaching a length of 20 cm. They live in the small intestine, roundworms are invisible to the eye. It is difficult to find pinworms in stool. Its useful life is from one to several years.
Causes of worm infection.
What are the causes of the disease? What situations become a platform for the development of a dangerous infection? Based on data analysis, experts identify the following factors:
- Biohelminths (tapeworms) enter the body with meat dishes that have not undergone a full heat treatment. The best prevention of contamination is to boil, fry, and steam meat for food. Raw beef is a breeding ground for beef tapeworms, pork - pork tapeworms.
- Raw fish is an excellent breeding ground for broad tapeworm and opistorchosis. If the dishes are cooked in insufficient temperature conditions and people eat them, the tapeworm penetrates the body and fixes in the mucous tissues. An important rule for those who like to go to nature is that you cannot wash dishes in bodies of water, it is forbidden to wash food in rivers, to rinse your hands without soap in lakes, as the water is often contaminated with harmful larvae .
- Roundworms are found in the soil with the feces of living things. Digging in the beds, touching the sand with your hands, loosening the soil with your fingers, you can easily pick up a dangerous pest. If you do not wash your hands well at home with soap, the disease is guaranteed.
- Household infection is a likely option for getting an infection. The method of transmission is touching and shaking hands. Handrails in transport, doorknobs in public places, wardrobe numbers and seeds bought at the bazaar from grandmothers become breeding grounds for infection. Money is considered especially rich in maintaining the infection. In one day, a paper bill goes a long way, collecting germs and bacteria from dozens of dirty hands. The prevention instructions are always simple: you should wash your hands well with soap and water after returning home from the street and before each meal.
Flies, mosquitoes, and other insects are considered dangerous. The winged insects transfer the eggs on their legs and proboscis, after which they deposit the larvae in the food. An insect bite also causes disease. The most common type of transmission is animal hair. By petting a puppy or cat on the street, you risk getting an infection. A pinworm egg that has fallen out of the fur of a domestic kitten can sustain its life for about six months. A dangerous infection easily attacks a person at the first opportunity, it is freely transmitted by contact with infected objects.
It is difficult to detect the symptoms of a disease immediately after it enters the body. In the early stages, there are no signs of the disease. Parasites need to multiply. The decision to perform a special analysis does not reach the carrier of the infection right away. Allergic reactions in the body and mild itching in the anus are rarely directly associated with helminthic invasions. If these signs are not eliminated for a long time, and no antihistamine helps to eliminate the undesirable consequences of the disease, laboratory analysis with a high degree of precision establishes the presence of worms in the body.
How does the illness emerge?
The presence of parasites in the body of an adult leads to the manifestation of the following reactions:
- Allergic skin rash. The efficacy of antihistamines is not always confirmed in practice in the presence of worms. From time to time, unreasonable eczema, urticarial spots, papillomas, acne and boils appear on the body.
- Anemia - Iron deficiency develops rapidly in the blood of an infected person. By removing everything valuable from the host's blood, the worms deplete it, remove nutrients and substances.
- If you do not know how to get rid of frequent coughs, what to drink against an unpleasant phenomenon, if the best pharmacy remedy is powerless and does not give any results, then you may soon need pills from worms. At least it is worth checking for this pathology and passing stool for eggs when an obsessive cough persists for a long time.
- Inflammatory process. If you are suddenly struck by all the misfortunes, including pneumonia, rhinitis, bronchitis, and the like, this should alert you, along with other symptoms listed in this section.
- If you cannot go to the bathroom at home without an enema, there is a reason to be careful. Longworms accumulated in the stool may block the passage of stool through the intestines. Another reaction is also likely, when the body itself tries to get rid of intoxication with the help of diarrhea and diarrhea. Loose stools can last from a couple of days to a month. In this case, the feces have a pronounced viscous character.
- The long debate about whether a general decrease in immunity can be considered a feature of invasion has not yet found an exact answer to the question. But, along with other symptoms, this factor has a legitimate right to exist.
- You may not know what the disease looks like, but this does not mean that you have managed to avoid infection. Noting the general nervousness that has recently increased, signs of bruxism (pathological grinding of the teeth) that have appeared in a dream, depressive states of the psyche, looking for worm eggs. Analysis may show dangerous symptoms.
- Rapid weight loss is considered a consequence of the loss of nutrients for the body.
- Feeling of bloating, increased gas formation.
- The presence of white bubbles in the vestibule of the mouth, inside the lips.
- When the tissues are traumatized, which is accompanied by the movement of helminths, joint pains appear, discomfort in the work of the musculoskeletal system.
It is difficult to say how many symptoms must be due to the above factors. You should not go to the doctor when you have found multiple matches in a large list. However, if you have more than 5 of them, and it is impossible to establish the true reasons for the manifestation of violations, there is a reason to be cautious and visit a specialist. It is the doctor who can diagnose and determine how to eliminate the worms in a short time, so that you can return to your usual way of life.
Symptoms of worms in children
It is not too difficult to identify if children have worms. The presence of diseases such as opisthorchiasis, ascariasis, or diphyllobothriasis can be determined by passing a special test. The following symptoms contribute to the diagnosis:
- Hyperactivity and excessive restlessness of the baby. It seems like he can't stay still.
- Itching and burning in the anus. It is difficult for a baby to control himself and the desire to scratch prevails over the rules of decency instilled by the parents. Obsessive scratching is not difficult to notice.
- Excessive salivation at night, during sleep, and upon waking.
- Taking into account that helminths actively absorb valuable substances and components in the body, an uncontrollable craving for sweets is awakened in children. Children are asked to give them sweets and all kinds of delicacies to drown the "scarcity" that forms in the body.
When reading reviews on the net, you pay attention to how parents register a strange anomaly in the behavior of their children. Not in all situations parasites can be found in the structure of the stool. Worms can be identified by scaly skin on the eyelids, split ends of hair, brittle marigolds, drowsiness and lethargy, by a general decrease in immunity. Having diagnosed three or more of the above mentioned signs, you should immediately consult a doctor. The specialist will conduct the necessary investigation and make an accurate diagnosis.
Helminthic invasion: complications of the disease.
Worms eat everything that is valuable within us. By sucking up vitamins and minerals, helminths deprive cells of the ability to function normally. In the process of vital activity, parasites secrete anti-enzymes. This protects them from death within the human body. Due to the spread of toxic substances in the blood, the carrier manifests bronchial asthma, dermatitis of varying severity and other similar diseases.
By devouring white blood cells, helminths cause irreparable damage to the immune system, destroying it and destroying it. Lack of calcium, manganese, iodine, silicon and other important substances - all these are the consequences of the life of worms in our body. One of the most common faults that all carriers face is dysbiosis. Destruction of the normal intestinal microflora is a normal condition in the presence of parasitic invasion.
An interesting video seems to show how worms live and reproduce in the human body. Moving along the mucous membranes with the help of suction cups, spikes and hooks, they cause irreparable damage, piercing its surface and irritating nerve endings. This often leads to necrotization of the mucous membranes and the appearance of internal bleeding. Parasitic microorganisms can have irreparable consequences. These include blindness caused by toxocars, migraine caused by intestinal worms, high blood pressure and epilepsy.
But one of the most serious consequences can be the infection of a pregnant woman with intestinal worms. By penetrating the developing embryo, the parasites cause disruptions in the formation of the baby's bronchopulmonary system, intrauterine growth retardation. Considering that mothers cannot take broad-spectrum antibiotics and the list of approved drugs is very limited, roundworms find a free environment for reproduction. When a child is born to an infected mother, his height and weight are significantly behind the indicators of a healthy baby.
Methods for diagnosing the disease.
To make a diagnosis, you need to contact the clinic in your place of residence or a pediatrician at any paid medical institution. After presenting your bothering symptoms to your doctor, you will receive a referral for laboratory investigation. The diagnosis is confirmed by a routine worm egg test, for which it is necessary to collect feces in a specialized container and bring the material for investigation. A situation is possible when the suspicion of parasites is high, but the analysis does not give a positive result. In this case, the study can be duplicated several times in a row.
The method of treating worms: from A to Z
There are many methods of treatment. Among them:
- drug therapy;
- proven recipes and home remedies;
- special anthelmintic devices.
One thing is known for sure: it is imperative to get rid of the infection, otherwise the damage caused cannot be compensated in any way. The doctor will tell you which medicine to choose and which treatment option to give preference to. Only a qualified specialist can make a decision on the methods of exposure. The information in this article is for guidance only. If you do not consult a professional, the price of health can be too high and the time lost to self-medication can be incredibly expensive.
Stages of therapy
The question of how to be treated must have an unequivocal answer, in a comprehensive way. It is important to follow the sequence. In the first stage of purification, it is customary to use oils and sorbents. Popular recipes suggest starting with pumpkin (flax) oil. Activated charcoal or any other profile suspension with a similar spectrum of action will help to remove toxins from the tissues. You can find out what drug names exist from your pharmacist by contacting the nearest pharmacy. Helminths are known to be intolerant of bile, so it is recommended to use formulas that stimulate its production.
In the second stage, pills are used, individually selected by a doctor. They are selected based on the specific clinical picture.
Despite the fact that today in the pharmacy you can find almost any medicine, it is not advisable to prescribe it yourself. An incorrectly calculated dose and an incorrectly chosen drug can cause irreparable damage to the work of the main systems of life, disrupting their normal functioning.
Enzymes, immunostimulating agents, and vitamin-mineral complexes will help stabilize impaired functions after treatment. If allergic reactions are observed, the use of antihistamine formulas is recommended.
Herbal medicine, enemas and diet.
Folk recipes recommend the best herbs to get rid of worms. Among them are centaur, birch buds, valerian root, zhoster, helenium. For adult patients, tincture of wormwood, tansy, and St. John's wort are effective. In addition to using herbs, experts advise following the principles of a healthy diet.
For the period of vaccination or the use of powerful drugs, it is necessary to adjust the diet, get rid of spicy and salty foods, smoked and fatty foods. Emphasis should be placed on:
- dairy products;
- vegetarian diet;
- herbal ingredients;
- fruits and vegetables.
Experts advise eating nuts and garlic every day, drinking a tablespoon of castor oil on an empty stomach in the morning. You should eat in small fractional portions with a large number of approaches to the table (at least 5-6 times). Of the additional procedures, an enema with a soda solution (10 grams per 1 liter of warm water), as well as room temperature milk infused with garlic, turned out to be good.
Therapeutic devices
Special devices have appeared on the market relatively recently. Its operating principle is based on the use of electromagnetic waves of a certain frequency. The most famous are the Zapper and Det devices. However, studies carried out have shown that the effectiveness of the impact of the equipment is high only in adult worms. In addition, the action of the devices has a negative effect on blood cells, destroying their original structure. The use of equipment can have a beneficial effect, but only if the practice of an integrated approach is applied.
In addition to the listed options, other technologies are known. Among them, the expulsion of oxygen from parasites, when their habitat drastically changes their physicochemical data. The bottom line is simple: on an empty stomach, a small tube is inserted into the stomach, which delivers oxygen under pressure to certain portions. The tissues and mucous membranes are saturated with oxygen, and helminths leave the host due to unfavorable living conditions. The procedure has no side effects, so it is recommended for adults and children.
Ozone therapy is of interest. With the help of ozone-enriched solutions, microclysters, herbal teas and intravenous preparations are used. The essence of the method is similar to the previous one. Ozone, along with oxygen, blocks the parasites' respiration. As a result, they are forced to leave the body of the carrier of the infection.
Traditional methods and recipes.
Almost all popular recipes are taken orally in the morning on an empty stomach. Particularly popular are a decoction of bitter wormwood, walnut leaves boiled in boiling water and fresh carrot juice. Healers use a tincture of pomegranate peels and an extract of birch buds. The simplest, but no less effective method of therapy is pumpkin seeds. The delicious delicacy is incredibly effective. It is necessary to click on a healing potion three times a day, at least 100-150 grams in one approach.
Another traditional remedy is herring with onion rings bathed in vegetable oil and lemon juice. But you should eat the plate on an empty stomach twice a day. You cannot drink it for several hours. Given the amber that the herring gives off, it is best to stay home the day you consume the product.