Worms in an adult are much more common than you might think. They and their residues cause significant damage to health and can lead to the onset of various diseases.
Ways to get rid of the problem
You can remove worms from the human body with medication or at home using folk remedies. Each of the methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, several tablets and suspensions are able to guarantee the rapid achievement of the desired result, but they contain toxic substances in their composition. Folk recipes have a milder type of action, but they are less effective, and the treatment process sometimes takes more than a week.
Medical methods of treatment
Anthelmintic tablets will help you quickly get rid of worms. They are highly effective, but these medications can only be taken after consulting a doctor. This is due to the fact that the action of most pills is able to remove only one type of worm from the body. To determine it, you will need to pass special tests.
1. Roundworms and nematodes
This group of parasites includes toxocara, whipworm, as well as the well-known pinworms and roundworms. There are many medications in the form of pills or suspensions for its removal.
- Albendazole medicines.
- Worm tablets of this type may contain levamisole as an active substance.
- Mebendazole is able to remove roundworms from the body.
- High efficiency in treating an adult is shown by pyrantel pamoate-based tablets.
- Medications based on pyrvinium embonate are no less effective.
- Piperazine and carbendazyme are also able to remove worms from the body.
Roundworms in humans can also establish themselves outside the intestines. So completely different pills are used.
In most cases, the above pills only affect adult parasites. Therefore, in order to completely remove them from the body and prevent reinfection, two weeks after starting treatment, it is necessary to take the medication again. In this case, it is very important to comply with the dosages indicated in the instructions, as anthelmintic tablets have quite high toxicity.
Sometimes there is a need for some additional procedures: the use of a laxative or the use of an enema.
2. Getting rid of tapeworms
This group includes taeniasis, echinococcosis, coenurosis, taeniasis, sparganosis, diphyllobothriasis, alveococcosis, hymenolepiasis and so on.
To remove them from the body of an adult, it is better to use pills for worms based on:
- niclosamide.
- Albendazole.
- Melacrine.
3. Get rid of worms
This group of worms includes the lanceolate worm, the Chinese worm, the lung worm, the liver worm, the cat worm. Preparations for flatworms should be prescribed by a specialist.
Treatment with folk methods
People often don't want to get rid of worms with medication and use a variety of home treatments. Folk remedies are often less effective, but they do not have a strong toxic effect. In addition, they are able to eliminate only adult worms. And that means that soon the larvae in the human body can hatch and the problem will resume.
You can treat worms at home in a number of ways, so consider some of the most common.
- It is necessary to cut the head of garlic or onion, pour a glass of cold water and let it ferment overnight. You can get rid of worms by drinking the resulting infusion in the morning on an empty stomach. This should be done in small sips. It is best to strain the infusion before using. It is also possible to use garlic water in the form of an enema, which is done at night.
- Herb infusion. To prepare it, mix pumpkin seed powders and bitter wormwood leaves in a 1: 1 ratio and pour them into a 0. 3 liter bottle. Then pour the vodka to the top and close the lid tightly. The product must be kept warm or exposed to the sun. At the same time, it is important to shake it periodically. The medicine prepared in this way at home is ready to use in 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 eliminate tape and roundworms. To do this, on an empty stomach, you need to eat at least two nut kernels daily.
- You can also defeat worms at home with the help of an enema. To prepare it, you must make a 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. Then the tool must be infused for half an hour in a wrapped form. After that, the milk is filtered and used as an enema solution. It's best to do it at night.
- A more complicated way that people use it at home is as follows. You need to grind 100 grams of peeled pumpkin seeds into 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 on an enema. As a result, the worms in the body die and are removed as quickly as possible.
Drug prevention of the appearance of parasites
The pills are undoubtedly very effective against worms. But many doctors of our time are opposed to 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;
- a person often comes into contact with the earth;
- the child attends kindergarten, school or other institutions where there are a large number of children;
- family members love fishing, hunting, active games on the beach or just outdoors (football, volleyball, and so on).
In such situations, the probability of the appearance of worms in the body is quite high. As a prophylactic drug, it is recommended to take a medicine with pyrantel, as it affects the most common groups of parasites.
general preventive measures
For those who are used to taking pills only if there is a problem, following a few simple rules will help protect yourself as much as possible from the appearance of worms:
- Maintain personal hygiene, wash your hands after using the bathroom.
- Try to eat at home. It's not about going to visit or cafes, it's about having a snack on the street.
- Fruits, vegetables and berries should be washed well before eating.
- Meat and fish must be cooked according to all rules. They must be subjected to heat treatment to disinfect possible helminth larvae.