Worms in an adult are much more common than one might think. They and their residues cause significant damage to health and can provoke 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 of the methods has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, various tablets and suspensions are able to guarantee the rapid achievement of the desired result, but contain toxic substances in their composition. Popular recipes have a milder type of action, but are less effective and the treatment process sometimes takes more than a week.
Medical methods of treatment
Anthelmintic tablets will help you get rid of worms quickly. They are very effective, but such medications can only be taken 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 it, you will need to pass special tests.
1. Roundworms and nematodes
This group of parasites includes toxocara, the whipworm, as well as the well-known breastworms and roundworms. There are many medications in the form of tablets or suspensions for their removal.
- Medication Albendazole.
- Tablets from worms of this type may contain levamisole as active substance.
- Mebendazole is able to remove roundworms from the body.
- High efficacy in the treatment of an adult is shown by tablets based on pamoate pirantel.
- Medications based on pirvinium candies are no less effective.
- Piperazine and carbendazim are also capable of removing worms from the body.
Roundworms in humans can also be located outside the intestines. Then completely different pills are used.
In most cases, the above tablets only affect adult parasites. Therefore, to completely remove them from the body and prevent re-infection, two weeks after starting treatment, it is necessary to take the medications again. In this case, it is very important to follow the dosages indicated in the instructions, as anthelmintic tablets have a fairly high toxicity.
Sometimes some additional procedures are needed: the use of a laxative or the use of an enema.
2. Removal of tapeworms
This group includes taeniasis, echinococcosis, coenurosis, taeniasis, sparganosis, difilobotriasis, alveococcosis, hymenolepiasis, etc.
To remove them from an adult's body, it is best to use worm tablets based on:
- Niklosamidi.
- Albendazole.
- Melakrin.
3. Get away from flatworms
This group of worms includes spear beating, Chinese beating, lung beating, liver, cat. 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 a variety of home remedies. Folk remedies are usually less effective, but do not have a strong toxic effect. In addition, they are able to eliminate only 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 different ways, so consider some of the most common.
- It is necessary to chop the head of garlic or onions, pour a glass of cold water and let it cook 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 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 the pumpkin seed powders and bitter wormwood leaves in a 1: 1 ratio and pour into a 0, 3 liter bottle. Next, pour the vodka to the top and close the lid tightly. The product should be kept warm or in the sun. At the same time, it is important to shake it periodically. The medicine prepared in this way at home is ready for use within a week. Take twice daily 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 tapeworms and roundworms. To do this, on an empty stomach, you should eat at least two walnuts a day.
- You can also defeat worms at home with the help of an enema. To prepare it, you need to make a clove of garlic or onion and grind the tansy herb. 50 grams of the resulting mixture should be poured into 0. 5 liters of boiling milk. The tool should then be injected for half an hour in a rolled form. After that, the milk is filtered and used as an enema solution. It is better to do it at night.
- A more complicated way that people use at home is as follows. You need to grind 100 grams of pumpkin seeds peeled into wheat, 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 a tablespoon every 60 minutes. After the last dose, drink a laxative. After another 1-2 hours, you should place an enema. As a result, worms in the body die and are removed from it as soon as possible.
Drug prevention of the occurrence of parasites
The tablets are definitely very effective against worms. But many doctors in our time oppose their use for preventive purposes. The only exceptions are when:
- worms were found in one of the family members;
- there are pets in the house;
- a person very often comes in contact with the ground;
- the child goes to kindergarten, school or other institutions where there is a large number of children;
- family members like fishing, hunting, active games on the beach or just in the fresh air (football, volleyball, etc. ).
In such situations, the likelihood of worms appearing in the body is quite high. As a prophylactic medicine, it is recommended to take a medicine with pyrantel, as it affects those groups of parasites that are most common.
General preventive measures
For those who are used to taking pills only if there is a problem, following a few simple rules will help you protect yourself as much as possible from the appearance of worms:
- Maintain personal hygiene, wash your hands after using the toilet.
- Try to eat at home. This is not about going to visit or cafes, but about eating lightly on the street.
- Fruits, vegetables and berries should be thoroughly washed before eating.
- Meat and fish should be cooked according to all the rules. They should undergo thermal treatment for disinfection by potential helminth larvae.