How To Remove Ascaris From The Body?

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How to remove ascaris from the body?

Roundworms are roundworms belonging to the class of nematodes. Roundworms provoke a disease such as ascariasis. The disease is characterized by the migration of parasite larvae through the human body with the further formation of sexually mature individuals. The main symptoms of ascariasis are allergic reactions, pulmonary and abdominal syndrome.

Worms are heterosexual, at puberty they parasitize in the human small intestine. Infection occurs through the fecal-oral route. Roundworms damage human health, provoking inflammatory reactions, exhaustion, nervous disorders, and deterioration of immunity. Infection with these worms is especially dangerous for children and for weakened people. Therefore, you need to know how to remove ascaris from the human body.

It should immediately be noted that ascariasis is a serious parasitic disease that only a doctor should diagnose and treat. This can be a pediatric or adult infectious disease specialist, or a therapist or pediatrician. Therapy is selected taking into account the patient's age, weight, as well as the phase and duration of the invasion. To get rid of ascaris, you will need to take anthelmintic drugs. All modern medicines from this group are highly effective, and if medical recommendations are followed, recovery occurs in 80-100% of cases.

Content:

• How to remove ascaris from the body?
• Side effects of treatment
• Prevention measures

How to remove ascaris from the body?

If roundworms were found in a person in the migration phase, then he is prescribed anthelmintic drugs of a wide spectrum of action:

• Decaris (Levamisole).
• Preparations Arbotekt, Tresaderm, Tetusim, Tresaderm, Mintezol with the active ingredient Thiabendazole.
• Preparations Vormin, Vermakar, Termox, Mebex, Vermox with the main active ingredient Mebendazole.

When a patient has a broncho-obstructive syndrome in parallel, he may be prescribed bronchodilators and glucocorticosteroids.

If helminthiasis is diagnosed in a patient in the intestinal phase, then one of the following drugs is prescribed:

• Pirantel, Kombantrin, Nemocid, Helmintox, in which the main active ingredient is Pirantel pamoat.
• A single dose of Dekaris is possible.
• The drug Piperazine has a weaker effect, but it is approved for use in pregnant women.
• Vormin, Vermox, Termox, Mebex, Vermakar, Vero-Mebendazole.

Two weeks later and a month later, all patients should be re-diagnosed for the detection of ascaris. In addition, people who have had ascariasis are registered with a dispensary. Every year they will need to donate feces for the detection of Ascaris eggs. After three years, patients are removed from the register.

In rare cases, surgery may be required to rid the body of parasites. This concerns such complications of ascariasis, such as: obstruction of the intestinal lumen, biliary tract with the development of cholecystitis, appendicitis or intestinal obstruction.

Side effects of treatment

Since the parasites themselves provoke a general allergy of the body, which can be enhanced by the intake of anthelmintic drugs, the patient is prescribed antihistamines of the latest generation (Zodak, Zirtek, Erius, etc.).

To eliminate dyspeptic disorders and to normalize the function of digestion, a short course of taking enzyme preparations is recommended. It can be Pancreatin, Creon, Mezim. Most often, the patient has a violation of the intestinal microflora, to correct this condition, the patient is prescribed probiotic drugs Linex, Bifiform, Bifidum forte.

Enterosorbents (Polysorb, Polyphepan) are included in the treatment regimen for ascariasis. They are recommended for admission a few days after the end of anthelmintic therapy.

During treatment, the patient must adhere to a dietary diet. It boils down to limiting carbohydrate foods, with the emphasis on animal proteins and foods containing vitamins. Table number 13 according to Pevzner is recommended. You should give up fresh bread, fatty broths and fatty meat. It is not recommended to consume chocolate, cocoa, sausages, cabbage, milk and cream during treatment.

Prevention measures

To avoid re-infection with ascaris, the following recommendations must be observed:

• Hand hygiene after going to the toilet, after the street, before any meal, even before a snack.
• All fruits and vegetables, berries and herbs should be thoroughly rinsed under running water. It should be remembered that the eggs of the worms are covered with a sticky substance that allows them to be securely fixed on the surface, therefore, special detergents can be additionally used to process vegetables and fruits.
• Children should be taught the rules of personal hygiene from an early age.
• Gloves should be worn when handling the soil and it is important to wash hands thoroughly after excavation. This is due to the fact that roundworm eggs become ready for human invasion in the ground.
• Regular loosening of sandpits allows you to destroy the eggs of ascaris in them, as they are afraid of ultraviolet rays.

Uncomplicated ascariasis is treated on an outpatient basis, hospitalization is most often subject to those patients who have complications that require surgical intervention.

Article author: Mochalov Pavel Alexandrovich | d. m. n. therapist

Education: Moscow Medical Institute. IM Sechenov, specialty - "General Medicine" in 1991, in 1993 "Occupational Diseases", in 1996 "Therapy".