Worms in an adult are much more common than one might think. They and their waste products cause significant damage to health and can provoke the appearance 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, various tablets and suspensions are able to guarantee the rapid achievement of the desired result, but contain toxic substances in their composition. Folk recipes have a milder type of action, but are less effective and the treatment process sometimes takes more than one week.
Medical methods of treatment
Anthelmintic tablets will help you quickly get rid of worms. They are highly effective, but such drugs can be taken only 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 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 drugs in the form of tablets or suspensions for their removal.
- Albendazole medicines.
- Tablets from worms of this type may contain levamisole as the active substance.
- Mebendazole is able to remove roundworms from the body.
- High efficiency in the treatment of an adult is shown by tablets based on pyrantel pamoate.
- Medications based on pirvinium embonate are no less effective.
- Piperazine and carbendanzyme are also capable of removing worms from the body.
Roundworms in humans can also settle outside the intestines. Then 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 re-infection, two weeks after the start of 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, since anthelmintic tablets have a fairly 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 best to use tablets for worms based on:
- Niclosamide.
- Albendazole.
- Melacrin.
3. Get rid of flatworms
This group of worms includes the lanceolate fluke, Chinese fluke, lung fluke, liver fluke, cat fluke. Preparations for flat worms 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 treatments. 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 a variety of ways, so consider a few 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 better 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 powders of pumpkin seeds and bitter wormwood leaves in a ratio of 1: 1 and pour them into a 0. 3 liter bottle. Next, pour vodka up to the very 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 in a 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 eliminate tape and round worms. To do this, on an empty stomach, you need to eat at least two walnut kernels daily.
- 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 grass. 50 grams of the resulting mixture should be poured into 0. 5 liters of boiling milk. Next, 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 is best to do it 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 gruel, 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 need to put an enema. As a result, the worms in the body die and are removed from it as soon as possible.
Drug prevention of the appearance of parasites
Tablets are undoubtedly 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 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 are a large number of children;
- family members love fishing, hunting, active games on the beach or just in the fresh air (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, since 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 some simple rules will help to protect themselves as much as possible from the appearance of worms:
- Maintain personal hygiene, wash hands after using the toilet.
- Try to eat at home. This is not about going to visit or a cafe, but about snacking on the street.
- Fruits, vegetables and berries should 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.