Worms in adults are more common than thought. They and their wastes cause significant damage to health and can trigger the emergence of various diseases.
Ways to get rid of the problem
You can remove worms from the human body with medicine or at home, using folk remedies. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, various tablets and suspensions can guarantee rapid achievement of the desired result, but contain toxic substances in their composition. Folk recipes have a milder type of action, but are less effective and the treatment process sometimes takes more than a week.
Methods of medical treatment
Anthelmintic tablets will help you quickly get rid of worms. They are very effective, but the drug can be taken only after consulting a doctor. This is due to the fact that the action of most tablets is able to remove only one type of worm from the body. To determine this, you need to pass a special test.
1. Ringworms and Nematodes
This group of parasites includes toxocara, whip worms, as well as the well -known cream worms and ringworms. There are many drugs in the form of tablets or suspensions for its removal.
- Albendazole medication.
- Tablets of this type of worm may contain levamisole as the active ingredient.
- Mebendazole is able to remove ringworms from the body.
- High efficiency in the treatment of adults is demonstrated by tablets based on pyrantel pamoate.
- Pirvinium embonate-based drugs are no less effective.
- Piperazine and carbendanzyme are also able to remove worms from the body.
Ringworms in humans can also settle outside the intestine. Then a completely different pill is used.
In most cases, the above tablets only affect adult parasites. Therefore, to completely eliminate it from the body and prevent re -infection, two weeks after the start of treatment, it is necessary to take the drug again. In this case, it is very important to adhere to the dosage indicated in the instructions, because anthelmintic tablets have a relatively high toxicity.
Sometimes there is a need for some additional procedures: the use of laxatives or the use of enemas.
2. Get rid of tapeworms
This group includes taeniasis, echinococcosis, coenurosis, taeniasis, sparganosis, diphyllobothriasis, alveococcosis, hymenolepiasis, and so on.
To remove it from the body of an adult, it is better to use tablets for worms based on:
- Niclosamide.
- Albendazole.
- melacrin.
3. Get rid of flatworms
This group of worms includes scalpel-shaped worms, Chinese worms, lung worms, liver worms, cat worms. Preparations for flatworms should be prescribed by a specialist.
Treatment with folk methods
Often people do not want to get rid of worms with medication and use various treatments at home. Folk remedies are usually less effective, but do not have a strong toxic effect. In addition, they can only eliminate adult worms. And this means that soon the larvae in the human body can hatch, and the problem will resume.
You can treat worms at home in a variety of ways, so consider some of the most common.
- It should cut a head of garlic or onion, pour a glass of cold water and let it brew overnight. You can get rid of worms by drinking the resulting infusion in the morning on an empty stomach. This needs to be done in small sips. It is better to filter the infusion before use. It is also possible to use garlic water in the form of an enema, which is done at night.
- Herbal infusion. To prepare it, mix pumpkin seed powder and bitter wormwood leaves in a ratio of 1: 1 and pour into a bottle of 0. 3 liters. Next, pour the vodka over the top and close the lid tightly. The product should be stored warm or in the sun. At the same time, it is important to shake it periodically. Medicines prepared in this way at home are ready for use within a week. Take twice a day half an hour before meals (lunch and dinner). The dose needed to get rid of parasites is 50 grams at a time.
- Folk remedies can also help get rid of tapeworms and roundworms. To do this, on an empty stomach, you need to eat at least two walnuts per day.
- You can also beat worms at home with the help of an enema. To prepare it, you need to make garlic or onion porridge and cut the tansy grass. 50 grams of the resulting mixture should be poured into 0. 5 liters of boiling milk. Next, the tool must be inserted for half an hour in a wrapped form. After that, the milk is filtered and used as an enema solution. It is better to do it at night.
- The more complicated methods that people use at home are as follows. You need to grind 100 grams of peeled pumpkin seeds into a porridge, add 2 tablespoons of honey and half a glass of water to them. Use the resulting mixture in the morning on an empty stomach. Then for three hours, eat one tablespoon every 60 minutes. After the last dose, drink a laxative. After another 1-2 hours, you need to put an enema. As a result, the worms in the body die and are removed from it as quickly as possible.
Drug prevention against the appearance of parasites
Tablets are certainly very effective against worms. But many doctors in our time oppose its use for preventive purposes. The only exceptions are when:
- worms were found in one of the family members;
- there are animals in the house;
- one is in very frequent contact with the earth;
- the child goes to a kindergarten, school or other institution where there are a large number of children;
- family members love fishing, hunting, active games on the beach or just in the fresh air (football, volleyball, etc. ).
In such cases, the likelihood of the appearance of worms in the body is quite high. As a prophylactic drug, it is recommended to take medication with pyrantel, as it affects the most common group of parasites.
General preventive measures
For those who are accustomed to taking the pill only if there is a problem, following a few simple rules will help protect themselves as much as possible from the appearance of worms:
- Take care of personal hygiene, wash your hands after using the toilet.
- Try eating at home. It’s not about going visiting or cafes, but about snacking on the street.
- Fruits, vegetables and berries should be washed thoroughly before eating.
- Meat and fish must be cooked according to all rules. They must undergo heat treatment for disinfection of possible helminth larvae.