When pinworms enter the body, then a person's doctors diagnose a disease such as enterobiosis. Pinworms are called round, white worms that settle in the human intestines and can grow up to 1 centimeter in length. Below is a photo of pinworm. Symptoms in adults and children will be described later.
It is not at all difficult to distinguish between females and males, it is enough to pay attention to the tail, it is sharp in females and rounded in males. Most often, pinworms are in the colon, they are fixed there with the help of special suction cups. Worms multiply rapidly, females lay eggs in the human anus.
Pinworms are most often found in young children, but adults are no exception. You can get rid of parasites with the help of medications or use folk remedies for this.
How can pinworms get infected?
It is important to remember that the main route of infection is fecal-oral, so no one is safe from infection. It is not difficult to notice such parasites: when pinworms enter the body, symptoms begin to appear literally in a week. Parasites can enter the body as follows:
- A person can use bedding after an infected patient.
- Use of poorly cooked utensils.
- Contaminated household items that are used for general purposes.
- Drinking contaminated water.
- Penetration of dust with pinworm eggs into the respiratory tract.
After infection, the parasites begin to develop rapidly, and after ten days a person can detect pinworms in the feces. Symptoms may not appear immediately, but itching will appear in the anus.
How do adults get infected?
Often the source of infection is the person himself, who combs itchy places, and then touches other objects, infecting the rest. Adults adopt the ailment from children, using only household items. Pinworms just won’t work, because they multiply quickly. After mating, the female lays eggs and dies, but after herself she leaves about fifteen thousand parasites at a time. An adult can become infected as follows:
- Swallow pinworm eggs with poor quality water.
- Through a handshake from an infected person.
- Food can enter the mouth of a person, on which flies previously landed, and they, as a rule, are carriers of parasites.
- Pinworms can get through animal hair, with dust.
When pinworms appear in adults, the symptoms may be the same as in children. To avoid this disease, you should carefully monitor hygiene, try to eat food in special and proven places.
Enterobiosis and its symptoms
It is not at all difficult to recognize enterobiosis; some people can, without visiting a doctor, make a diagnosis on their own and guess what the problem is. Naturally, to be sure, clinical smear tests should be taken, but other symptoms also need to be addressed. Pinworms appear as follows:
- Severe itching in the anus, which will intensify at night.
- Abdominal pain, which can be localized in different places.
- Decreased appetite.
- There is a desire to go to the toilet, but when you try to defecate, pain will appear.
- Bloating is observed.
- Sometimes the patient may feel nausea and urge to vomit.
- The head starts to hurt and sleep is disturbed.
- In feces, parasites can be considered.
As soon as the first suspicions appear that pinworms have settled in the body, the symptoms also indicate this, it is immediately necessary to begin treatment. If treatment is not started on time, that is, there is a risk of serious complications, first of all, purulent inflammation of the skin. Over time, if pinworms are not removed, then the general intoxication of the body will be added to all the symptoms. Particular attention should be paid to pinworms of a woman, since they may begin to develop endometritis or vulvovaginitis.
If pinworms are present in adults, symptoms and treatment are usually related. Therapy is aimed not only at the destruction of parasites, but also at the prevention of relapse, for this it is necessary to carry out intimate hygiene.
Complications of Enterobiasis
If pinworms continue their development in the intestine, then complications begin to arise over time. The effects of parasites can be as follows:
- Places of combing may be infected.
- Dysbiosis appears.
- The functioning of the nervous system is disrupted.
- Appendicitis may manifest itself.
All complications with enterobiosis are serious, therefore, as soon as the first signs appeared, it is necessary to begin treatment.
Diagnostics
If pinworms have got into the body in children, the symptoms can be noticed soon after infection, and for this it is not necessary to take an analysis of feces, since it is considered to be uninformative in recent years. Given the fact that pinworm eggs are laid near the anus, it is most correct to make a scraping for enterobiosis. To get accurate results, studies can spend at least three days in a row. Treatment (both in children and adults) is carried out in a complex, not only medication is required, but also personal hygiene.
When a person notices certain symptoms at home, treatment for pinworms is associated with taking many modern drugs. But it is important to remember that each medication has its own characteristics and may not always be suitable for children, so the appointment is made by a doctor. When prescribing a medicine, the following factors are taken into account:
- Age of a sick person.
- Patient weight
- The possibility of a chronic disease.
- The degree of pinworm damage.
- Test results.
- How a person feels.
Having an overall picture of the disease, a specialist will be able to find the most appropriate treatment options.
How to treat enterobiosis drugs?
Of the huge number of drugs, the doctor can prescribe one, the most effective:
- One of the most effective drugs is Nemozol. It is used if pinworms have been detected in adults. Doctors prescribe the drug in especially serious cases, when you should act immediately. It is rarely prescribed for children, since it has a large number of side effects.
- When there are symptoms in children, treatment for pinworms is carried out using the drug "Pirantel". The medicine has a mild effect, so it is prescribed even to babies. The drug can be used at any time of the day and regardless of food intake. Having been treated for some time, it is recommended to repeat the course after a month.
- To get rid of pinworms at a time, you can use the drug "Mebendazole". Doctors recommend using the drug after two weeks to avoid re-infection.
- One of the good tools is considered to be Dekaris. This drug is able to simultaneously combat many parasites. From the first time you take the medicine, pinworms have paralysis, after which they begin to go outside.
- The newest drug that can effectively defeat pinworms is Intoxic. After carefully studying the packaging, you can immediately conclude that the drug contains only natural components, thanks to which the symptoms of the disease easily disappear, and the affected organs quickly recover. The drug acts gently on all organs and has no side effects, so it is prescribed even for children.
- A wonderful liquid drug is Bactefort. The medicine not only destroys pinworms, but also enhances immunity. You can take the drug as a prophylaxis.
- The most recent remedy for pinworms is Helmifort. This medication consists of natural ingredients.
Among the huge number of drugs, the doctor will be able to choose the most suitable, so self-medication is by no means worth it.
How to cure an ailment with folk remedies?
You can defeat parasites such as pinworms, folk remedies. Symptoms, treatment of this disease have been known since ancient times. Consider the common ways to combat enterobiasis:
- A great way is to eat pumpkin seeds. A prerequisite is a morning enema for the patient, and in the evening it is necessary to give a laxative for three days to remove pinworms. It is enough for some time to eat raw pumpkin seeds on an empty stomach.
- In a week, you can get rid of pinworms with the help of onions. Before eating, you should drink a glass of onion juice. Preparing the juice is easy, you need to peel the onion and pour boiling water over it, and then squeeze the juice.
- Often can be seen on packaging with wormwood preparations. The fact is that many medications contain wormwood extract. The ailment can easily be removed with the help of tincture of wormwood. The leaves of the plant are poured into a glass of vodka and infused. It is enough to consume two tablespoons per day.
- As a preventive measure, it is recommended to consume more garlic, while you do not have to cook any broths.
- Adults can drink pickled cabbage pickle. But it is important to remember that the brine should be infused for at least a month. You can drink it one glass a day for five days.
- Lemon and sea salt can be great. Squeeze the juice of lemon and mix it with a glass of water. The prepared product should be mixed with one teaspoon of salt. You must drink the medicine in the morning before meals for three days.
- Adults can drink one hundred grams of vodka in the morning on an empty stomach and drink it with strong sweet tea. After half an hour, you should take a laxative. After an hour, pinworms can begin to come out, since alcohol and sugar negatively affect them, and they lose the ability to stick to the intestines.
- Oddly enough, but in the composition of many products includes cloves (above is her photo). With symptoms of pinworms in adults, the treatment of the disease can be carried out with this spice. A clove medicine is prepared as follows: clove powder is diluted in one glass of water (it will be enough to take it on the tip of a knife) and a handful of table salt is stirred. Before a meal, a glass of remedy is drunk, and this continues for five days.
Naturally, this is not all options for folk remedies, how to get rid of pinworms, but they are considered the most common.
What to do in especially severe cases of the disease?
In the case when there are complications and the most unpleasant symptoms suddenly develop, treatment for pinworms should be aimed at reducing complications. The doctor may prescribe these drugs:
- To reduce itching and allergies, antihistamines are prescribed.
- For washing the intestines from mucus of parasites, enemas with soda solution are prescribed.
- If nausea occurs with mass death of parasites, enterosorbents should be used.
It is not enough only to get rid of parasites, it is necessary to take all necessary measures so that they generally do not appear in the body.
How to get rid of pinworms folk remedies in children?
The child’s body is most prone to the disease, therefore, as soon as the first signs appear, the fight against enterobiasis should be started immediately. For a small child, finding effective drugs is much more difficult, therefore, treatment can be carried out with alternative means:
- It is recommended to put enemas with salt water. In a glass of water, it is enough to dissolve a tablespoon of sea salt, make an enema. For the procedure to really help, it must be carried out four times a day for two days.
- An effective method is to take a warm bath, but for this it is necessary to lower only the back of the child, and the legs should be raised up. You can take a bath for half an hour, after which you can find out that a large number of parasites have left the baby. After the procedure itself, it is worth washing the anal passage with laundry soap. Bathing is recommended for a week.
- An excellent tool in the fight against parasites is milk and carrot juice. They rub one carrot on a fine grater, squeeze the juice and mix it with a glass of milk, after which they bring everything to a boil and give the child an empty stomach to drink. It is necessary to be treated with this method for at least four days.
In addition to the use of folk remedies, the doctor will definitely prescribe medication, adults must remember that any treatment will be effective only if you follow the hygiene of your child.
Prevention
No matter how frightening the photo of pinworms looks, symptoms, treatment of this unpleasant ailment can not only be cured, but also prevented. It is enough to follow simple rules of prevention to never encounter this disease:
- Before you start eating food, you should thoroughly wash your hands with soap.
- Make sure that underwear is changed daily.
- Wash vegetables and fruits before eating.
- Do not drink water from dubious bodies of water.
- Follow the hygiene of children.
It is important to identify pinworm infection at an early stage, then the treatment can last only two days. If there are first suspicions of enterobiasis, then you should immediately consult a doctor for qualified help.