Intestinal worms in humans

The types of intestinal worms in humans

Worms, or helminths, that is, the worms are parasites, which live in the animals and plants that feed and reproduce inside living organisms. We're not an exception.

- According to statistics, every inhabitant of the third of the Earth is infected by parasitic worms. It is assumed that there is not an adult, to a life which it is not housed, would be in the body or a worm of earth, - said well-known in the network of physician, the family physician.

In the daily life of almost all worms, parasites, people call the worms of earth, to not think of how, in fact, of the species of these ugly creatures.

Among all the helminths parasites, capable of existing in the human body, we can distinguish three main groups:

• nematodes are related to the round helminths: pinworm, whipworm, Trichinella, ascaris;
• strips, or worms, belonging to the cestodes (different types of tapeworms, the tapeworms and tapeworm);
• parasites of gills or fluke, causing opisthorchiasis, fascioliasis, schistosomiasis, paragonimoz, and other diseases.

The reasons for earth worms to man

The collective name for the diseases caused by worms of the earth, and helminth infections. It occurs when the human body fall the larvae or eggs of helminths. This can occur for the following reasons:

• the man does not respect the elementary rules of hygiene: not washing hands after a walk in the street, after the visit of people and after going to the toilet, not wash before meals;
• the cause of worms in humans is often in the habit of biting nails, sucking her fingers, to hold in the mouth of various objects: pens, pencils;
• the risk of infection by worms of the earth is large, if there are pets, including walking around in the streets.
  - Even if timely anthelmintic therapy dog and the cats may carry eggs of worm, backed up to the street on the legs, the wool, precise the doctor.
• you can be infected by the worms, if not treated in hot water of vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs that you are going to eat;
• dangerous to drink unboiled water from an unknown source or to wash him food;
• untreated properly, the meat and fish it is a chance of contracting the disease. The consumption of improperly heat-treated beef - bovarius tapeworm, the pork - pork tapeworm in a little salt and raw fish inhabits broad tapeworm;
• catch earth worms and in the house, if it is rarely cleaned, wear shoes in the street, avoid the washing of floors;
• the worms can be transmitted from an infected person, if you have with him, full crockery, linen, you for a long time with him in the same room.

It is obvious that most of the causes of worms in humans is based on the non-observance of rules of hygiene. Following his home and his animals, he may never encounter these parasites.

The treatment of helminths in humans

The treatment of the earthworms of the man involved in the physician if the patient is an adult or a pediatrician, if intestinal worms in children.

- Self-medication in the case of earth worms commit in no case the penalty: drugs used in the treatment of helminths, quite heavy for the body, says the doctor.

Usually, in the treatment of worms in the human applies a comprehensive therapy, whose goal is not only to destroy the parasites, but also to eliminate the consequences of their activity. Therefore, some of vermis drugs is unlikely. To treat often of all members of the family, because the people in the narrow circle easily contaminate each other.

With medication, can be attributed to the intake of vitamins and enzymes that improve digestion. For a more effective treatment to the person must follow a diet, limit carbohydrates: pastries.

- If in the house there are animals, they really need to spend anthelmintic treatment twice a year, if not all, of the treatment efforts will be in vain, says the doctor.

The tablets can we apply it?

Worms – the problem is very delicate, which drives many people to self-medicate. Advertising is constantly reiterated that the pills can in a blink of an eye to solve the problem. However, many do not notice that in advertising of any kind, an indication that prior to the application, it is necessary to consult a doctor. This is not simple words, we have already said, that the drugs against intestinal worms are very serious and can cause damage when uncontrolled reception.

As a treatment of intestinal worms in humans apply:

• de-worming medications that they eat worms;
• antihistamines that can help you if they have an allergy to massively flowing parasites;
• chelating agents, which is eliminated from the body of harmful substances and waste products of parasites.
• the supplementation of iron, vitamin B12, folic acid – they help the anemia.
• hepatoprotectors to protect the liver.
• probiotics.

It applies most often to high-level and in the same time low-toxic drugs.

- The multiplicity of the medication determines the doctor-infectious diseases, on the results of the physical examination, the complaints, the analysis of the patient, " explains the therapist.

The traditional methods of treatment

As a folk remedy for treating worms in children and adults may be eaten dried, pumpkin seeds. According to the doctors, they contain cucurbitina, destroy worms of the earth. However, to rely on the miracle of the healing of earthworms with the help of pumpkin seeds is not worth it.

The parasites living in the body, is very dangerous. Without much of a treatment under the supervision of a doctor, complications can occur: the worms spread throughout the body. They may enter the gall-bladder, and ducts enter the ducts of the pancreas. The parasites are capable of causing an occlusion of the bowel, and anemia - reduction of hemoglobin.

In daily life, use only with the quality of the water, it will avoid the appearance of parasites.

When should you consult your doctor?

When any suspicion of helminthiasis need to make an appointment at the doctor: a general practitioner, a paediatrician or a doctor morbis infectiosis.

The common symptoms of intestinal worms in man it is:

• malaise, weakness, fatigue;
• the allergy, for example, a skin rash, cough, asthma;
• decrease or increase in appetite;
• nausea, vomiting without intoxication;
• the pain in the abdomen;
• diarrhea or constipation;
• a reduction of the mass of the body, even if the appetite is good;
• sleep problems, insomnia;
• inflamed or enlarged lymph nodes;
• an increase in temperature for no reason;
• the pain in the muscles and joints without charges;
• the snoring or teeth grinding during sleep;
• the presence of worms in the stool;
• itching in the anal region (often at the time of the pinworm).

- Highlights two phases helminths: acute and chronic. The first lasts 2 to 8 weeks after the penetration of the parasite into the body. Most often in this period is now expressed an allergic reaction to worm. After about two months of the acute phase becomes chronic and the symptoms depend on the pathogen, that the man was seized, and his place of habitat, " explains the doctor.

Prevention of worms in humans

The main rules of prevention of worms of the earth, as humans, we tend to digest even in childhood, sometimes simply do not respect:

• It is necessary to carefully wash hands with soap before eating, after using the toilet, after the ride on the street.
• It is necessary to wash vegetables, fruits, vegetables, and after swimming "flush" with the boiling water.
• Meat, fish and seafood need a long heat treatment.
• In the daily life, you must use only the quality of the drinking water.
• Each member of the family must have the means of personal hygiene and the dishes.
• The house to keep it clean, to make regular wet cleaning.
• Pets should be regularly carried out on preventive care to anthelmintic treatment.