Worms - parasites that live in the body (most often in the intestines) of humans and animals.You can be infected anywhere: according to a doctor, about 80% of people are infected with helminths.
To effectively treat worms in adults, medicines must be selected taking into account the types of parasites that remain in the body.Otherwise, the treatment will not work, and may endanger the health of the patient.
Where and how can you get infected with the worm?
You can take infections where: in nature, in the establishment of catering and at home.Helminants are transmitted through uninvited hands, vegetables and non -washed fruits, especially those growing in the soil.
Meat and fish that have undergone insufficient heat treatment can also cause infection.
Helminthosis is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person - through a handshake or contact with saliva.More often worms are found in children: they are infected through ordinary toys, uninjugated hands.
If the family has children with helminthiasis, all adults also need to be prevented so as not to be a source of re -infection for children after recovery.
You can be infected from a pet.Therefore, cats and dogs are needed regularly - every three months.And after contact with homeless animals, wash your hands carefully.
Symptoms that indicate the presence of parasites
Signs -The presence of worms in the intestine is a sharp change in weight (weight loss or weight due to metabolic disorders), disorders of the digestive system, which is easily confused with acute or chronic gastrointestinal disease.The main signs indicating that someone has a helminthic aggression:
- Disruption of stools - diarrhea, constipation, fluid stools (when the intestines are emptied no more than 2 times a day, but the chair is not decorated).
- Inflatable, colic.
- Nausea.
- Vomit.
- Lack of appetite.
- Pain and cramps in the intestine.
In the process of important activity, worms distinguish toxins that can affect people.In some cases, they cause frequent headaches, in others - irritation or behavioral disorders, for third skin rash, all kinds of allergies.
However, against the background of helminthic invasion, the body's protective function is reduced, immunity weakens.Such people are more likely to suffer from colds.
Worms: What species is a parasite in humans?
Not all types of helminths are harmful to humans: some parasites live in animal organisms.
About 70 types of parasitic helminths in people, divided into 3 main groups:
Round worms
A few centimeters are achieved long, on the horizontal part of their body they have a round shape.This is one of the most common types of helminths.Nematod groups include pinworms and ascarides, most often diagnosed, especially in children.This also includes blazoles.They live mainly in the intestines.
Bow
The length can reach 18 m, the average length is 1-5 m.His body is flat, there is a suction cup in the head, which is attached to the intestinal mucosa.These are ribbons and tape worms that are rooted primarily in the small intestine, but can also settle in other organs.Their characteristic features: Helminth itself, not larvae itself, falling into the human body: it mature in the mid -host body.They are infected with animals, as well as when using meat and fish that have undergone insufficient heat treatment.
Flat
They have a wide and flat body, reaching a few centimeters long, less frequently - one and a half meters.These are a variety of tendencies, bikomers, trematodes.They can settle on the channel (biliary, lacrimal canal and almost any organ).
How to determine the presence of helminthias?
The easiest way is to pass the stool analysis.But for the right diagnostics, you need to take the analysis 3-4 times, as during the parasitic period, it is difficult to detect their presence.
Antibodies are produced for several types of helminths in the blood.With blood tests, you can determine the presence of this marker and establish a type of worm.But for this, you need to take some tests - for every look.
Who treats helminthias?
The main helminth specialist is a parasitological-infection specialist.But full-time parasitologists are far from each clinic: usually these experts serve as regional clinics and research institutions.
Infectious diseases or gastroenterologists based on test results may prescribe the treatment regimen.It will help you choose the best anti -miles and a safe way for someone who will help quickly drive the worm without the effects of the body.
Self in this case is quite dangerous: tablets from worms are quite toxic, have a lot of contraindications.If the choice of worm type, the drug is at least ineffective.If the dose exceeds, anthelmintic can cause serious poisoning.