Parasitosis is one of the most common diseases that occurs at any age, regardless of gender. Infection in children occurs particularly often in the warm season. The risk group also includes people who come into contact with homeless animals and do not follow the rules of personal hygiene.
Helminths are first found in the gastrointestinal tract, already formed worms can penetrate through the intestinal mucosa into the liver, lungs and even the brain, moving through the circulatory system.
Sign
The presence of parasites is indicated by several main symptoms of infection, but there are also distant signs as a result of the activity of worms. An infected person can develop diseases not related to the gastrointestinal tract.
Typical symptoms:
- active weight loss, while appetite only improves, the person eats a lot;
- Fatigue, apathy, causeless irritability;
- memory and concentration problems, absent-mindedness;
- muscle weakness and pain.
There are various helminths that can cause other diseases. For example, giardia provoke problems with the digestive tract, pork tapeworm leads to sharp weight loss, roundworms lead to allergic manifestations and even bronchial asthma. Worms (liver fluke) transmitted by cats cause symptoms such as pain in the liver, high body temperature.
Important!For a child's body, infection with helminths is especially dangerous, since the child still has weak immune defenses, and they multiply quite quickly and spread throughout the body.
It is also important to consider that the child's stomach is smaller, but the worms grow in the same way, since there is a strong stretching of the organ, they can occupy it completely, with extremely unpleasant consequences.
In a child, helminthiasis is indicated by poor sleep, irritability, loss of appetite(when worms fill the stomach), fatigue, indigestion. These are typical signs of the presence of Ascaris or Giardia in a child's body.
The adult body already has a number of enzymes that partially protect against infection. They are located in the mouth, which becomes a significant barrier to larvae entering.
Worth knowing!In response to the infection, patients develop a severe allergic reaction.
Worms impair the immune system, the protective mechanism decreases, the function of the liver and the entire digestive tract is disturbed. An infected person becomes susceptible to various seasonal infectious diseases, colds, flu and others. The treatment of these pathologies already requires more effort and a lot of time.
There is a division of parasites into species, there are intestinal and extraintestinal. The former enter the gastrointestinal tract and multiply there, while the extraintestinal ones spread to the muscles, liver, heart, lungs, under the skin and other organs. The latter are very dangerous, since they can get everywhere with the bloodstream and disrupt the functioning of any organ.
Roundworms, pinworms, toxocara (intestines) give the following manifestations:
- allergic rash, acne, acne on the face and body;
- fragility of hair and nails;
- the appearance of papillomas, various types of warts;
- seborrhea and roughness of the skin.
Protruding papillomas often appear in people with helminths on the body. Other manifestations of infection include progressive weight loss, bad taste, and bad breath. The patient begins to sleep restlessly and wakes up in the middle of the night.
In severe cases, worms can provoke cardiovascular diseases, benign and malignant tumors.They can cause epileptic seizures and symptoms of diabetes. Teeth grinding can be observed at night, but this does not prove the presence of the disease.
Attention!The human liver is particularly negatively affected by the liver fluke, which leads to a strong inflammatory process of the organ. In the event of an infection, the liver duct becomes blocked, which at the same time negatively affects the vascular system.
It is dangerous that at the initial stage the disease does not manifest itself in any way, but when its causative agents grow up, a vivid clinical picture of the disease is already visible. Very often a person turns to the wrong specialist, because worms cause various pathologies that hide the real cause of the disease.
The liver fluke can cause the following symptoms:
- high body temperature up to 39 degrees;
- dermatological manifestations in the form of rash, reddening of the skin;
- pain in the epigastric region;
- an increase in the liver is observed when the organ is felt;
- dyspeptic manifestations, diarrhea followed by constipation.
Without treatment, a person's condition gradually worsens, symptoms increase, and dangerous signs of serious infection already appear. The patient develops insomnia, irritability, nervousness, unreasonable loss of strength. There are also distinct pains in the abdomen and back, biliary colic. Often, infection is accompanied by such a manifestation as the formation of cysts of internal organs.
The most common signs of infection:
- Violation of intestinal function against the background of large helminths, which can lead to constipation;
- constipation, which is the result of a blockage in some parts of the intestine;
- diarrhea, which occurs when helminths excrete substances such as chloride and sodium while not leaving the body with feces;
- bloating, pain as a result of accumulation of worms in the upper intestine;
- Itching in the anus, night tremor is an obligatory symptom of pinworm infection.
Treatment with folk remedies
Alternative medicine recipes have no quality assurance, but they have been tested for years and millions of people have encountered a problem. Methods of home treatment are primarily aimed at improving the general condition of a person and only then, if possible, at eliminating the cause of the disease.
Important to rememberthat any folk remedy can adversely affect health and further aggravate the existing disease, so it is imperative to consult a doctor before treatment.
Conventional medicine recommends starting treatment with a change in diet, which is also confirmed by doctors. It is necessary to increase the amount of foods such as pomegranate, peppers, garlic, onions, grapefruit, pumpkin seeds and apple cider vinegar in the diet.
Recipes of traditional medicine are effective in the early stages of infection, when the spread of helminths in the body has not yet occurred. It should also be noted that fasting is not a cure, you will not get rid of parasites in this way, but it can lead to exhaustion of the body, which can no longer cope with worms.
To get rid of worms, pharmacy preparations should be used in parallel with folk remedies.There are so-called anthelmintics that should be considered for treatment and prevention.
Effective traditional medicine:
- aloe vera- the plant stimulates peristalsis, is a natural antibacterial agent, destroys allergens;
- anise- Along with a laxative, it helps relieve intestinal spasms. For cooking you need 3 small spoons of the plant, pour 150 ml of boiling water and leave for 20 minutes.
- angelica- the plant eliminates muscle pain, but the remedy is contraindicated for pregnant women and people with diabetes;
- barberry- For cooking, you need to brew 3 grams of root or 2 teaspoons of berries per 150 ml of water, boil for 15 minutes, and then drink twice a day.
- baking soda- You need to dissolve a quarter of a teaspoon in water and drink before going to bed.
- elecampaneis a natural digestive stimulant that helps with indigestion.
It is also effective to use cat's claw, paprika, coconut and calendula for treatment. Carrots, for example, are an affordable way to get rid of pinworms in young children. You need to eat some grated carrots on an empty stomach daily.
But garlic is the most effective and well-known anthelmintic. It destroys more than 20 species of parasites. For a therapeutic effect, it is enough to eat a clove of garlic with meals.
Troychatka
Troychatka contains several components that actively fight helminths. These are walnut, wormwood, cloves.
The cloves must be finely chopped. From walnuts you need the green shell of a young plant. It is necessary to grind the product (about 15 pieces) and pour 0. 5 liters of alcohol. Insist for a month. Wormwood for cooking must be dried, and then chopped in a blender.
Clove seeds boost immunity and kill worms. On the first day you need to take 1/5 teaspoon, then increase the dose to 2/5, from the third day you need to use a full spoon.
Wormwood powder should be consumed 1 pinch on the first day, washed down with plenty of water. On the following days, the dose is increased by 1 pinch.
Nut tincture should be taken at the rate of 1 drop per 100 ml of water on the first day, then the dose is increased by 1 drop daily.
The approximate duration of treatment is 14 days.
When choosing treatments, it is important to remember that without a change in diet, the process may be delayed. To get rid of worms, you need to comprehensively study folk recipes, pharmacy products and a diet.