Worms - Parasites living in the body (very often in the intestine) of humans and animals.You can be infected everywhere: according to doctors, about 80% of people are infected with helminths.
In order to effectively treat worms in adults, drugs must be selected taking into account the type of parasites living in the body.Otherwise, the treatment will be ineffective and could damage the patient's health.
Where and how can you be infected with worms?
You can collect the infection everywhere: in nature, in a catering institute and even at home.Elminants are transmitted through unwashed hands, badly washed vegetables and fruits, in particular those growing in the ground.
Even meat and fish that have undergone insufficient thermal treatment can cause infections.
Elmintosis is transmitted by a sick person to a healthy person - through a handshake or contact with saliva.More often there are worms in children: they are infected through common toys, unwashed hands.
If the family has a child with elmintiasis, all adults must also undergo prevention in order not to become a source of re -infection for the child after recovery.
You can be infected with a pet.Therefore, the anthravity of cats and dogs is regularly necessary, every three months.And after contact with the animals from homeless, he washes his hands carefully.
Symptoms indicating the presence of parasites
The 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, which are easy to confuse with an acute or chronic gastrointestinal disease.The main signs that indicate that a person has an elmintic invasion:
- Fei disorder - diarrhea, constipation, liquid stools (when the intestine is emptied no more than 2 times a day, but the chair is not decorated).
- Swelling, colic.
- Nausea.
- Vomit.
- In appearance.
- Pain and spasms in the intestine.
In the process of vital activity, the worms distinguish toxins that can influence people differently.In some, they cause frequent headache, in others - irritability or disturbance of eating behavior, for third -party rashes - all types of allergies.
In any case, against the background of the elmintic invasions, the protective functions of the body are reduced, immunity weakens.Such a person is more likely to suffer from colds.
Worms: Which parasitic species in man?
Not all types of helminths are dangerous for man: some of the parasites live only in animal organisms.
About 70 types of helminths are parasites in people, who are divided into 3 main groups:
Round worms
Some centimeters are reached in length, in the transversal section their body has a round shape.This is one of the most common types of Elmininti.The Nematod Group includes Pinworms and Ascarides, which are often diagnosed, especially in children.This also includes blazoli.They live mainly in the intestine.
Tape
The length can reach 18 m, the average length is 1-5 m.The body is flat, there is a suction cup on the head, which is attached to the intestinal mucosa.These are ribbons and tapeworms that take root mainly in the small intestine, but can also settle in other organs.Their characteristic characteristic: Helminth himself, not a larva itself, falls into the human body: mature in the body of an intermediate guest.They are infected with animals, as well as when they use meat and fish that have undergone insufficient heat treatment.
Dish
They have a wide and flat body, reach a few centimeters in length, less often - a meter and a half.These are various types of prejudices, bicomer, Trematod.They can settle in the ducts (biliary channels, tear and in almost all organs).
How to determine the presence of Helmintias?
The easiest way is to pass the analysis of the stool.But for an accurate diagnostic, it is necessary to take an analysis 3-4 times, because during a period when parasites are not active, it is quite difficult to detect their presence.
Antibodies are produced in some types of helminths in the blood.For blood examination, it is possible to determine the presence of these markers and establish the type of worms.But for this you will have to do some tests, for every expected aspect.
Who treats Helmintias?
The main Elminti specialists are a parasitologist infectious disease specialist.But full -time parasitologist is far from in every clinic: usually these specialists work as regional clinics and research institutes.
A specialist of infectious diseases or gastroenterologist based on test results can prescribe a treatment regime.It will help you choose the best anti -Miglia and safe means for a person who will help to quickly drive the worms without consequences for the body.
The car -in this case, is quite dangerous: the tablets of the worms are quite toxic, they have many contraindications.If the choice of the type of worms, medicine will be at least ineffective.If the dosage is overcome, the antielmintics can cause serious poisoning.