Worms in an adult are much more common than one might think. They and their waste products cause significant harm 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 drugs or at home, using folk remedies. Each of the methods has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, various tablets and suspensions are able to ensure 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 such drugs 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 worms from the body. To determine this, you will have to pass special tests.
1. Roundworms and roundworms
This group of parasites includes toxocara, whipworms, as well as the famous pinworms and roundworms. There are many drugs in the form of tablets or suspensions for their removal.
- Medicines based on albendazole.
- Worm tablets of this type may contain levamisole as an active ingredient.
- Mebendazole is able to remove roundworms from the body.
- The high efficiency in the treatment of an adult is shown by tablets based on pyrantel pamoate.
- Medicines based on pirvinium embonate are no less effective.
- Piperazine and carbendanzyme are also capable of removing worms from the body.
Nematodes in humans can also settle outside the intestine. So completely different pills are used.
In most cases, the above tablets only affect adult parasites. Therefore, in order to completely remove them from the body and prevent reinfection, 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 dosages indicated in the instructions, since 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. Get rid of tapeworms
This group includes teniasis, echinococcosis, coenurosis, teniasis, sparganosis, diphyllobothriasis, alveococcosis, hymenolepiasis, and so on.
To remove them from the body of an adult, it is best to use worm tablets based on:
- Niclosamide.
- Albendazole.
- melacrine.
3. Get rid of flat worms
This group of worms includes lanceolate fluke, Chinese fluke, lung fluke, liver fluke, cat fluke. Preparations for flatworms should be prescribed by a specialist.
Treatment with folk methods
Often people don't want to get rid of worms with medication and use a variety of home treatments. Folk remedies are usually less effective, but they do not have a strong toxic effect. Furthermore, 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 a variety of 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 brew 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 filter the infusion before use. It is also possible to use garlic water in the form of an enema, which is done at night.
- Infusion of herbs. To prepare it, mix the pumpkin seed powders and bitter wormwood leaves in a 1: 1 ratio and pour them into a 0. 3 liter bottle. Next, pour the vodka all the way 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 periodically shake it. The medicine thus prepared at home is ready for use in one week. Take it 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 duct tape and roundworms. To do this, on an empty stomach, you need to eat at least two walnut kernels a day.
- You can also defeat worms at home with the help of an enema. To prepare it, you should make a gruel of garlic or onions and chop the tansy herb. 50 grams of the resulting mixture must be poured into 0, 5 liters of boiling milk. After that, the tool must be infused for half an hour in a wrapped form. Next, the milk is filtered and used as an enema solution. It is best to do this at night.
- A more complicated way that people use at home is as follows. You need to grind 100 grams of peeled pumpkin seeds into a gruel, add 2 tablespoons of honey and half a glass of water. Use the resulting mixture in the morning on an empty stomach. So for three hours, eat a spoonful every 60 minutes. After the last dose, drink a laxative. After another 1-2 hours, you need to do an enema. As a result, the worms in the body die and are removed from it as soon as possible.
Pharmacological prevention of the appearance of parasites
The tablets are undoubtedly very effective against worms. But many doctors of our time oppose their 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 very often comes into contact with the earth;
- the child goes to kindergarten, school or other institutions where there is 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 likelihood of the appearance of worms in the body is quite high. As a prophylactic drug, it is recommended to take a remedy 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 in case of problems, following a few simple rules will help protect themselves as much as possible from the appearance of worms:
- Maintain personal hygiene, wash your hands after using the toilet.
- Try eating at home. It is not about going to visit or having coffee, but about having a snack on the street.
- Fruits, vegetables and berries must be thoroughly washed before eating.
- Meat and fish must be cooked according to all the rules. They must undergo heat treatment for disinfection from possible helminth larvae.