Despite the development of civilization and modern medicine today, the world is inhabited, multiplied and damaged by various microorganisms. These include bacteria, germs and worms. 70-80% of people in the world are infected with helminths. These are the most terrible enemies of man to be fought.
Helmet samples and their larvae use the human body for their own development and reproduction while extracting nutrients from it, depriving the carrier of all the necessary micro- and macro-nutrients. They can live not only in the intestines, but also in the muscles, lungs, liver, joints, leading not only to the destruction of organs, tissues and systems, but also to many diseases leading to death. Therefore, everyone needs to prevent different types of worms to prevent complications caused by helminthiasis.
Methods of penetration of helminths into the human body
Given the number of helminths living in the human body, they can enter the carrier in many ways. Children are most often infected because they often play in the sand, come into contact with soil and animals, and do not always eat well-processed berries. Adults are most often infected by their children or by not following basic hygiene standards.
Experts have identified the following ways for helminths to penetrate the body:
- If a person sits down to dinner without washing their hands after an active day, they will consume the microbes, bacteria and intestinal worm eggs collected during the day along with the food, leading to infection. Invasion can also occur when a person pulls their dirty hands into their mouths.
- Unwashed vegetables or fruits come into contact with the infected soil or limbs. Insufficient processing of such products as described above will lead to infection.
- Poorly processed meat and fish products. Processing of meat products is necessary to kill intestinal worm larvae, preventing them from entering the body and starting to develop.
- The use of untreated water can also serve as a source of infection as there may be worm larvae in the water.
- Flies and insects come into contact with the soil containing helminthic eggs, as a result of which they can carry worm larvae on their paws and place them on food consumed by humans.
- By swimming in open water, a person can swallow water containing parasitic wallpaper and thus cause an infection.
- In direct contact with contaminated soil, worm invasion can also occur because some worms can enter the human body through microcracks in the skin.
- Regular treatment of pets is necessary as the animals do not follow a nutritious diet at all and often eat raw meat from mice infected with tapeworms.
- Exotic cuisine, water from an uncontrolled source, foreign insects and animals can strike people right away because not all products are well processed in exotic countries (there are countries where a raw food diet or bloody meat is welcome).
Symptoms of helminth infection
Sometimes the disease can occur without symptoms, so an annual examination of the body for helminthiasis is recommended. The diagnosis must be made by the whole family because an infection in one person puts the other members of the family at risk. If signs of helminthic invasion appear, a doctor should be consulted immediately for timely medical attention.
Helmamples cause the following symptoms:
- Physical weakness and elevated thermometer values.
- Pain in the head and swirling.
- state of apathy.
- Abdominal pain.
- Itchy sensation in the anus.
- Spleen and liver enlargement.
- In the form of skin rashes, dermatosis or hives.
- Nausea, diarrhea with constipation and vomiting.
- Anemia, hypovitaminosis.
- Bad smell from the mouth.
- Sudden weight loss or sudden hunger may occur, which may lead to obesity.
After hearing his complaints, the parasitologist will prescribe cures to eliminate the helminthic symptoms and their pathogen, depending on the severity of the invasion. If no larvae of the worms were found during the study, it recommends medications for prophylaxis.
Advantages and disadvantages of worm prevention
Many people are wondering whether it is still necessary to take action and specifically use anti-worm treatments to prevent it? Here, the opinions of experts differ. Some believe that preventive treatment is not necessary because a non-specific technique is sufficient to prevent invasion and use folk remedies.
Others argue that only drugs are a barrier between large-scale invasion and health, so only pharmacological drugs help prevent the outbreak of helminthiasis in the general population.
It is well known that it is easier to prevent a disease than to get rid of it later, and prevention against various worms makes it possible to prevent large-scale invasion by destroying individual helminths in time.
Useful tips. To prevent infection in the whole family, we recommend that you take a tablet of the worms in the spring and fall, regularly use folk remedies that allow the body to create a microflora that is not suitable for helminths, and apply non-specific preventative measures that protect againstaccidental entry of parasites into the body. This is especially true for people who keep pets and consume poor quality food.
Non-specific anthelmintic prophylaxis
These preventative measures allow you to protect yourself from attacking helminths at no financial cost.
This will require:
- Follow the rules of hygiene regularly: change the bed and underwear in time, perform wet procedures, wash your hands with soap and water before eating (especially after visiting public transport, bathrooms and shops).
- Visit the beach in beach shoes. There are many helminthic larvae in the soil, which enter the sand from the feces of the animal and enter the human body through cracks in the legs. Even after walking on the beach in slippers, it is recommended to wash our feet with soap to prevent the worms from settling in our body.
- It is worth washing fruits and vegetables, frying meat and fish to destroy the worm larvae available in these products.
- Strengthen the immune system to make it easier for the body to cope with worm infections and diseases caused by parasites.
- Perform anthelmintic therapy on pets because they too become infected with the worm and pass it on to humans.
- Do not drink water from uncontrolled sources. Worm larvae can live in water for a long time, so it should be boiled before drinking and it is better to completely replace it with purified water.
Sometimes a person does not have the opportunity to apply these security measures, such as during a long trip by train, bus, and so on. At this time, parasites have the ability to penetrate and attack the defenseless body, so it is necessary to prevent worms in children and adults.
Prevention of helminths in humans: drugs
There are currently a number of anthelmintic medications available, but it is not recommended to prescribe treatment on your own. This should be done by a professional who is familiar with the properties of the drugs and knows the proper dosage for the body. Preventive treatment for worms in humans should be aimed at killing young worms and maintaining the body.
As you know, many drugs are forbidden to take with alcohol. This reduces the effect of the drug and increases the side effects. If the treatment is to achieve a positive result, alcohol should be excluded from the diet 1 week before the medication and for 30 days after the prevention of the worm infection.
Folk methods for the prevention of worms in humans
Traditional medicine is also showing good results in preventing helminthiasis. Some herbal remedies create an uncomfortable atmosphere in the digestive tract in the lives of worms, forcing them to leave the host. Consult your doctor before using prescriptions, as their bitter properties may further damage those suffering from gastrointestinal or kidney disease.
- Walnut tincture on alcoholprepare as follows: take a glass of chopped walnut wall, pour a glass of vodka. The finished infusion can be taken in one day, 5-7 drops on an empty stomach for 10-15 days.
- Empty and tansy decoction: initially need to grind the herbs, resulting in 2 tbsp. Pour boiling water into the spoons of the collection, stick to it and take 100-150 ml. within a month.
- Garlicit has no contraindications and is available to everyone. To prevent helminthiasis, eat 2-3 cloves of garlic daily.
- Pumpkin seedsthey have good antiparasitic activity. You should eat 2 cups of pumpkin seeds on an empty stomach at least once a week. You can also make healing anthelmintic tinctures from this product.
- carrot rootwill be useful for the prevention of helminths in the form of juice. Crush 1 carrot, strain the juice and drink before eating.
- Ashes of harnesses: long-known healing properties of ash. The ashes of the ridges have anthelmintic properties, so they are still used today. To prevent helminthiasis, add 1 teaspoon of ash to a glass of milk and drink on an empty stomach.
Medicines according to the above prescriptions should be taken once a week. If a person has not been protected against helminths for a long time, these funds should be drunk daily for 2 weeks and then switched to weekly use.
Traditional medicine offers a number of anthelmintic agents to combat parasitic worms. In the old days, grandfathers and great-grandfathers used these devices because they affected worms and did not harm the human body. Consequently, prevention with folk remedies does not require much effort and drug expenditure, but it cannot do without drug prevention, especially if the presence of the initial stage of the invasion is suspected.