The incidence of a variety of helminth infection among some categories of the population is incredible: between the children ostritsy, between the hunter - trihinellez, fishermen and fish lovers.
In addition, with the presence of worms in humans, symptoms do not always manifest, if it occurs, disguised under other diseases of the liver, intestinal tract, gall bladder, etc, Of which man can years to heal and not knowing the true cause of this discontent, through 1 or more courses of de-worming drugs, are retrieved. In our article we will explain general and specific signs of worms in humans.
As worms enter the human body? There are 3 main sources of income of helminth eggs in the body:
The main mechanism of any most common infection is via the faecal-oral, that is to say, the eggs of the worm the person who just swallowed along with the food, the water, the less some infestations occur by the bite of infected insects. Poorly prepared meat and raw fish of course, and this is how they can get worms at a distance and the violence in the home over and through the soil?
After any contact with the earth, the sand, must not only wash the hands and thoroughly clean the nails, it is best to have a look sheared the nails, especially the children. The foods that grow in the land of greens, vegetables, fruits, berries, mushrooms, everything related to the earth requires a careful washing under running water and scald with boiling water. They allow pets, mainly dogs and cats, walking in the street, take him to the house of the mass of the sewage, and the children who play with them susceptible of maximum risk of infection, the animal can easily infect any type of helminth. The fly, are also important messengers of helminths, while in the public baths, places where live cattle, and the of the fly, then it is very quiet and sit in the products of the feeding, the distribution of the eggs on their wings and the legs.
If you have the infection of the worms surround you, it is very easy. When the female worm crawls the night of the intestines, it is sent to about 5 000 eggs near the anus, which causes itching, the child who comb itchy place, spear in hands, nails, underwear, bed linen. Do not wash hands immediately, in all the objects that are referred to to remain many hundreds of eggs - the handle of the door, clothes, food, toys. Then, the infection process is unclear, at the hands of another child or an adult, he makes use of these objects also are deposited the eggs, and not washing hands before eating, fall into the mouth of the healthy person.
A large number of worm eggs found in the open water, in-pit water. Therefore, those who live in rural areas or in the home field, you must use a bactericidal filter and make sure to boil the water, it is also dangerous to swallow water when swimming in open water.
Everyone knows that worms is, basically, the problem of the children. In the first place because they are more susceptible to the development of helminth infection, as well as barriers of protection in the childhood and the body are not complete in its fair measure, the acidity of the stomach is less than that of an adult. In the second place children of preschool age, assimilating the world, they test all surrounding objects not only hands, but also in the taste. And the parents, with all the desire can accustom your child to the clarity of the compliance of the rules of personal hygiene without reminders, only 3-6 years, which puts them at risk of infection, not only the child, but of all members of the family.
It must be remembered that none of the worms may not grow and multiply in the human body, each type has its own period of time, after you die, for example, that of the worms is only a few weeks, the ascarids for about a year. Outstanding adult eggs, necessarily have to get out of your body, either with the stool or on the skin near the anus, in the external environment, in the soil, and then, as they mature outside of the human body and falling down into it again, begin to be activated and to parasitize.
As they multiply in the human body worms may not be, the increase in the number of adults in the intestine of the infected person, since it is only possible when it becomes infected again, when the eggs again come through the mouth in the body. That is to say, apart from re-infestation, which is only possible when it does not meet strict standards of hygiene and some of the prevention activities, in the case of the presence of earthworms, for example, the person could get rid of the worms in 3 to 4 weeks without any treatment. But it is not so easy to follow these rules to infants and young children of school age.
One of the most brilliant of the symptoms, the signs of the worms in the man is - the dramatic thinning, paleness of the skin (anemia), haggard appearance, as well as itching in the anus. But they are only the most obvious and popular of signs, known by all, who are the great infection. However, there are other symptoms that the person perceives as a manifestation of other diseases and go to the doctor, often without success, to cure, not knowing the cause indirectly of their onset or exacerbation.
If helminths are located in the intestine and not in the tissues and organs, the main signs of the presence of the worms, the man has gastrointestinal dysfunction, such as constant diarrhea, chronic constipation, nausea or regular vomiting, abdominal pain, especially near the navel, pain in the right upper quadrant, swelling (abdominal distension). These symptoms of the presence of worms in human can be, and are mild, and to be more intense and prolonged, this depends on the strength of the infection. Some species of worms in the process of growth distinguish hormone-like substances that cause diarrhoea, and with an enormous growth of large worms can partially obstruct the bowel, causing constipation.
In the course of your life earthworms distinguish themselves from the mass of toxic substances, and the stronger the infection, the more intensity of the symptoms of intoxication of the organism, the negative action on the nervous system of children and adults.
This is manifested by headache, dizziness, in combination with nausea - in these cases, the person may take this as a migraine, and it is, medicines for pain medicines. There may also be pain in the joints, increase body temperature up to low-grade digits or even fever.
Also the lack of vitamins and nutrients that you lose the man by helminth infection, in complex with the oppression of the nervous system leading to the development of chronic fatigue syndrome, permanent drowsiness, and laxity, it appears the anemia, children can become more capricious, irritable, they are disrupts sleep, it may be the insomnia, the cries in the night, a nightmare dreams, due to the distraction and lack of attention, children can fall behind in their studies.
To the worms in the man worsens the condition of the skin. The products of the life of the worms kill the body and become the cause of what similar to the proteins are perceived as allergens, manifested by skin reactions. Eruptions on the skin – is the result of the release of histamine from fat cells and the accumulation of the liquid part of the blood in the tissue. For the same reasons that may arise, various allergic reactions, such as local - hives, itching of the skin, usually, allergic rhinitis, dry cough, bronchial asthma. The infected, worms human, the symptom may be the lamination of the nail, brittleness of hair and nails, the cracks in the heels.
What is toxic, as well as the deprivation of the person part of the nutrients, vitamins and minerals, leads to a significant reduction of the host immunity. This can manifest itself or the exacerbation of chronic diseases, or begin various inflammatory processes in the nasopharynx - sinus infections,sinusitis, stomatitis (stomatitis children, stomatitis adults), even the girls and women it is possible the development of various inflammatory processes of the genital organs - of vulvovaginitis bacterial vaginosis (highlight with the smell of fish), even the inflammation of the appendages of the womb in girls is considered possible due to the long helminthic invasion.
There is the opinion that the snoring and gnashing of teeth at night are also a symptom of the worms in the man, however, this is only a guess.
Depending on where in the body is located helminths are divided into:
Cavitary worms are mostly thin and the large intestine human, there are nearly 100 different species of helminths, which live in different sections of the intestine. Species such as the ascaride, the choice of lentets, is located in the small intestine, and ostritsy, dwarfish tsepen - in the lower third of the small intestine, vlasoglav dwells in the large intestine.
Fabric intestinal parasites live in the intestine and in the tissues and organs of the human body in the muscles, the lungs, the brain (cysticercosis), liver (echinococcosis), and even in the lymphatic vessels (filariasis), etc Ascaride refer to the fabric, since in the primary development phase can in the blood in the form of larvae affect any organ.
The symptoms of helminth infection directly depends on the type of parasite, their location in the body and the intensity of the infection. As they rapidly produce signs of the worms after infection? So, for example, already in 2-3 days after the infection, the person may experience deterioration of their state of health, in the majority of cases of infection of the other types of worm infections - the first symptoms of worms in man are produced after 2-3 weeks, as well as of the disease, have an incubation period of 6 to 18 months.
Danger of infection from intestinal worms, is that when there is only one species in the intestine, helminths often asymptomatic. Some of the symptoms may appear when large numbers of worm, for example, the choice of lentets or áscarisa, or when the great infection.
To check for possible invasion, you can count the number of affirmative answers in the following signs of the appearance of worms in the human body:
When the 7 of positive responses - the risk of helminthic invasion of a 15 and more positive responses is very large the probability of helminth infection and should consult a doctor, give you three times the lime in the eggs of the worm, the general analysis of blood, analysis of blood giardiasis, scraping(three times).