The distribution of worms in the population is very high. Many diseases occur against the background of weakening of the body by parasites. A theory of the relationship between oncology and worm infection is under development. Therefore, you should not initiate the above situation, but should take preventive measures.
Pathways of infection
The rate at which the parasite spreads depends on the conditions. In places with high temperature and high humidity, helminths multiply faster. This indicator is influenced by hygiene habits and standards.
It is suggested that only children get worms. An adult can be infected with the parasite throughout their life without realizing it. Several categories of people are at risk - hunters, fishermen, pet owners, gardeners.
In the soil (water) there are many adult helminth eggs, which appear there from animal and human feces. Any contact with soil can be contaminated with parasites. Pets, children on their toys, adults wearing shoes, flies on their feet and wings bring soil particles into the house. Food products that have come into contact with the soil may also have residue.
In sick people, worm eggs will stick on hands, household items, clothes, tables and chairs. It is not necessary to have direct contact with such a person for infection to occur (eg, shaking hands). Just using the doorknob in his house was enough.
Among adults, the oral method of helminth infection is common. Eating processed meat and fish with insufficient heat becomes the cause of disease. You can get disease from river fish that has been salted, smoked, or frozen improperly. Undercooked meat is contaminated with dangerous bacteria. In open-air reservoirs, there are a very large number of helminth eggs. They enter the human body if accidentally swallowed during swimming or diving. Such water should not be used for cooking, or you need to boil it for a long time.
Worm eggs are transmitted when bitten by an insect, in the future the parasite will live under the skin. This method of infection is more typical for humid tropical climates. But there are cases where blood-sucking insects spread the parasites elsewhere.
Manifestations of infection
Signs of worms in the body can appear at different times from the time of infection. When roundworms enter the body, symptoms appear on the third day. Symptoms of infection with all other helminths become apparent after about 3 weeks.
Since this invasion is parasitic, the worms will eat the resources of the host. Signs of their presence will be based on the loss of nutrients by the human body. The pathological process (helminthiasis) is acute and chronic. In the acute form, the duration is not more than three weeks. Usually, there is a connection with a parasite infestation. In the chronic form, the time lasts for months, years, decades. It is difficult to make an accurate diagnosis, as there is no link between poor health and the presence of worms. Symptoms fade, consistent with other illnesses.
Worms live in various internal organs. Depending on where they accumulate, characteristic signs appear. There may be pain in the joints, muscles - this is a symptom that the parasites are located in the joint fluid, muscle fibers. Arthritis is often misdiagnosed. Signs of having worms in the lungs are asthma, pneumonia, persistent cough that is difficult to definitively treat.
Each parasite releases toxic waste during its life. Their action causes exacerbations of chronic pathologies, the onset of new inflammatory processes. In the nasopharynx, sinusitis, sinusitis can begin, in the oral cavity - stomatitis, in the genitals, diseases of the appendages, thrush.
Diagnose
Modern diagnostic methods help determine the presence of parasites in the body, determine their type, age, stage of development. This makes it easier for doctors to map out a treatment plan, speeding up the patient's recovery process.
Stool analysis may not always identify an infection. For an accurate result, you'll need to be tested multiple times, but stool can contain eggs of all known helminths. Venous blood analysis is more informative. Anal curettage allows you to identify a set of intestinal helminths, for example, roundworms and pinworms.
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with high accuracy reveals the presence of adult worms, eggs in the human body, their diversity. If necessary, a study of the secretions of the duodenum is performed.
Your doctor may recommend repeating the tests for more accurate results. A negative result cannot guarantee the absence of parasites.
Remove worms
Treatment of the body from helminths is carried out by specialists - parasitologists. Modern medicine has a specific orientation of broad and narrow properties to different types of worms. The exact cause of the disease must be determined, so self-medication is appropriate and dangerous. Drugs are toxic, it is necessary to choose the correct drug to have an effect on a certain type of parasite.
The main drugs are:
All anthelmintics have side effects. These are dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, abdominal pain, nausea and other signs of chemical poisoning. Enteric sorbents, for example, activated charcoal, will help to eliminate such negative phenomena (taken at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kg of a person's weight).
There are drops from worms on sale. This is a convenient dosage form that allows you to measure your dosage more precisely. This is difficult to do with tablets, as they are covered by a protective coating that never breaks.
Which means for treatment, the doctor should choose, this will avoid intoxication. After all, it is not enough just to kill the parasites, you need to remove their remnants from the human body. Continuing to stay in the human body, they will rot, releasing toxins into the bloodstream. From this, you can start the pain again.
The final step in treatment should be recovery. The entire body has undergone the destruction, the devastating effects of the poison. Wherever the parasites move, traces of their suckers remain. Infection easily joins the bleeding wound and secondary diseases begin. To prevent such a development of events, special drugs are taken.
There is a special program on what to do when treating parasites. With self-treatment, the person does not go through all of these stages, so you need to seek the help of a doctor. Folk remedies will be a good complement to the classical methods of healing, effective in the recovery period.
Preventive measures
Parasites cause great damage to the body. Precautions must be taken, especially for those at risk. In the spring and before the first frosts, it is necessary to carry out insecticide control. For this, dewormers are taken in a single dose. It is better to choose a drug with a doctor, especially for children.
The remaining preventive measures are to prevent the entry of parasites into the body. If the worms do not enter the host's body in time, they will die. By blocking all routes of entry, observing good hygiene rules, you can prevent the multiplication of parasites in the body.