WORMS - parasites living in the body (most often in the intestine) of humans and animals.You may be infected everywhere: According to doctors, about 80% of people are infected with helminths.
To effectively treat worms in adults, the drug must be selected to take into account the type of parasitic living in the body.If not, treatment will not be effective and can be harmful to the health of the patient.
Where and how can you be infected with worms?
You can get infections everywhere: in nature, in a service basis and even at home.The Heelminants are transmitted through unwashed hands, vegetables and fruits are washed, especially those that grow on the ground.
Meat and fish undergoing incorrect thermal treatment can also cause infections.
Helminthosis is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person - through a handshake or contact with saliva.More often than the worms found in children: they are infected through ordinary toys, unwashed hands.
If a family has a child with helminths, all adults also need to go through prevention so as not to become a re -infection for children after recovery.
You may be infected with a pet.Therefore, the language of cats and dogs is necessary regularly - every three months.And after interacting with homeless animals, wash your hands carefully.
Symptoms show the presence of parasites
Signs of the presence of worms in the intestine are a strong change in body weight (weight loss or weight gain due to metabolic disorders), disorders in the digestive system, easily confused with acute or chronic digestive diseases.The main signs indicate that a person has a next invasion:
- Disorders of stool - diarrhea, constipation, loose stool (when the intestine is draps no more than 2 times a day, but the chair is not decorated).
- White up, abdominal pain.
- Nausea.
- Vomit.
- Lack of appetite.
- Pain and spasm in the gut.
In the process of important operation, deep distinguishing toxins can affect people.In some people, they cause frequent headaches, in others - discomfort or disorders of food behavior, for the third skin rash, all types of allergies.
In all cases, on the basis of helminths invasion, the body's protective functions are reduced, weakened immunity.Such a person is more likely to have a cold.
WORMS: Which species parasites in humans?
Not all types of helminths are dangerous for humans: Some parasites only live in animal biology.
About 70 types of helminths are parasitic in humans, divided into 3 main groups:
Roundworms
A few centimeters are achieved in length, in the horizontal section, their bodies are round.This is one of the most common types of helminths.Nematod group includes Pinworms and Ascarides, most commonly diagnosed, especially in children.This also includes blazoles.They live mainly in the gut.
Ribbon
The length can reach 18 m, the average length is 1-5 m.The body is flat, there is a cup on the head, it is attached to the intestinal mucosa.These are ribbons and tapeworms that are mainly derived in the small intestine, but can also settle in other organs.Their characteristic characteristics: Helminth itself, not a larvae, falling into the human body: it mature in the body of an intermediary host.They are contaminated with animals, as well as when using meat and fish that have not been eligible for thermal treatment.
Plane
They have a wide and flat body, a few centimeters long, less often - one and a half meters.These are many types of bias, bicomer, trematod.They can settle in pipes (bile ducts, lacrimal canals and in almost any agency).
How to determine the presence of Helminthias?
The easiest way is to pass the analysis.But for an accurate diagnosis, you need to analyze 3-4 times, because during the period when the parasite does not work, it is difficult to detect their presence.
Antibodies are produced for some types of helminths in the blood.By blood testing, you can determine the presence of these signs and set the type of worm.But for this, you will have to take a few tests - for each expected view.
Who treats Helminthias?
Worms experts are a parasitic expert.But the parasitic doctor is far from all clinics: Usually these experts work as clinics and regional research institutes.
An infectious or digestive doctor based on test results can prescribe treatment mode.It will help you choose the best and safe opposite vehicle for a person will help quickly drive worms without consequences for the body.
In this case itself is quite dangerous: The pills from worms are quite toxic, there are many contraindications.If the choice of worms, the drug is at least not effective.If an overdose, Anthelmintics may cause serious poisoning.