The distribution of worms among the population is very high. Many diseases occur against the background of the weakening of the body by parasites. A theory of the relationship between oncology and worm infection is under development. Therefore, you should not start the situation, but it is better to take preventive measures.
Routes of infection
The rate of spread of the parasites depends on the conditions. In places with high temperatures and high humidity, helminths multiply faster. This indicator is influenced by habits and hygiene standards.
There is an opinion that only children are sick with worms. An adult can be infected with parasites for life without realizing it. Certain categories of people are at risk: hunters, fishermen, pet owners, gardeners.
In the soil (water) there are a lot of mature helminth eggs, which appear there from animal and human feces. Any contact with the ground can become infected with parasites. Pets, children on their toys, adults on their shoes, flies on their legs and wings bring dirt particles into the house. Food products that have come into contact with the soil may also have soil residues.
In an infected person, the eggs of the worms will be on the hands, household items, clothes, furniture. It is not necessary to have direct contact with that person for infection to occur (for example, shaking hands). Just use her door handle.
Among the adult population, the method of helminth infection through food is widespread. By eating insufficiently thermally processed meat, fish becomes the cause of the disease. You can be infected with river fish that have been improperly salted, smoked, or frozen. Infected undercooked meat poses a danger. In the open reservoirs there is a huge number of helminth eggs. They penetrate the human body if accidentally ingested while swimming, diving. It is not recommended to use such water for cooking or it is necessary to boil it for a long time.
Worm eggs are transmitted when insects sting, in the future the parasites will live under the skin. This method of infection is more typical for humid tropical climates. But there are cases of the spread of parasites by blood-sucking insects to other places.
Manifestation of infection
Signs of worms in the body can appear at different times from the time of infection. When roundworm enters the body, symptoms appear on the third day. Symptoms of infection with all other helminths become pronounced after about 3 weeks.
Since this invasion is parasitic, the worms will feed on the host's resources. The signs of their presence will be based on the loss of nutrients by the human body. The course of pathologies (helminthiasis) is acute and chronic. In the acute form, the duration does not exceed three weeks. Usually, there is a connection with parasite infestation. In the chronic form, the duration extends for months, years, decades. It is difficult to make a correct diagnosis, as there is no connection between poor health and the presence of worms. Symptoms are blurry, suitable for other diseases.
Helminths live in several internal organs. Depending on where they accumulate, characteristic signs appear. There may be pain in the joints, muscles - this is a symptom that parasites are localized in the joint fluid, muscle fibers. Arthritis is often misdiagnosed. A sign of the presence of worms in the lungs is asthma, pneumonia, persistent cough that is difficult to treat.
Each parasite releases toxic waste throughout its life. Their action causes an exacerbation of chronic pathologies, the onset of new inflammatory processes. In the nasopharynx can begin sinusitis, sinusitis, in the oral cavity - stomatitis, in the genitals, disease of the appendages, thrush.
Diagnostics
Modern diagnostic methods allow you to determine the presence of parasites in the body, identify their type, age, stage of development. This makes it easier for doctors to come up with a treatment plan, speeds up a person's recovery.
Stool analysis may not always determine infection. For an accurate result, you will need to be tested several times, but the stool may contain eggs from all known helminths. The venous blood test is more informative. Scrape from the anus allows you to identify a number of helminths in the intestine, for example, roundworms and pinworms.
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent test with high accuracy shows the presence of adult worms, eggs in the human body, their variety. If necessary, a study of the secretions of the duodenum is carried out.
Your doctor may recommend that you repeat the tests for a more accurate result. A single negative result cannot guarantee the absence of parasites.
Get rid of the worms
Treatment of the body from helminths is carried out by specialists - parasitologists. Modern medicines have a specific orientation of a broad and narrow nature to different types of worms. The exact cause of the disease must be established, so self-medication is frivolous and dangerous. Medicines are toxic, it is necessary to choose exactly the drug that will be effective against a certain type of parasite.
The main drugs are:
All worming drugs have side effects. These are dizziness, sleepiness, weakness, abdominal pain, bouts of nausea, and other signs of chemical poisoning. Enterosorbents, for example, activated carbon, will help get rid of such negative phenomena (take at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kg of a person's weight).
There are worm drops for sale. It is a convenient dosage form that allows you to more accurately measure the dosage. This is difficult to do with tablets, because they are covered with a protective coating that must never be broken.
What does it mean to treat, the doctor should choose, this will avoid intoxication. After all, it is not enough to destroy parasites, it is necessary to remove their remains from the human body. Continuing to remain in the human body, they will rot, releasing toxins into the blood. From this, you can start hurting again.
The final step in treatment should be recovery. The whole body has undergone destruction, the destructive effect of toxins. Where the parasites moved, traces of their suckers remained. An infection easily joins these bleeding wounds and secondary diseases begin. To prevent such a development of the event, special drugs are taken.
There is a special scheme of what to do when dealing with a parasitic disease. With self-treatment, the patient does not go through all these stages, so it is necessary to seek the help of a doctor. Folk remedies will be a good addition to the classic methods of treatment, effective in the recovery period.
Prevention measures
Parasites cause severe damage to the body. Preventive measures must be taken, especially for people at risk. In the spring and before the first frosts, drug prevention should be carried out. For this, anthelmintic drugs are taken in a single dosage. It is better to choose a drug with a doctor, especially for children.
The rest of the prevention measures serve to prevent parasites from entering the body. If the helminth does not enter the host's body in a timely manner, then it dies. By blocking all ways of penetration, observing the rules of cleanliness and hygiene, you can prevent the multiplication of parasites in your body.