Helminthic infestation most common and underestimated hazards and childhood diseases. Worms are not to provoke children only insufficient nutrients, organisms, but it causes allergic reactions, reduce chronic poisoning, immunity, diseases and organ damage, and gastrointestinal tract. Parasitosis was not immediately develop symptoms, the disease may be asymptomatic for a long time, or unexplained clinical and laboratory tests in detection only.
Helminth species prevalence and
Acceptance helminthiasis, infection, intestinal worms – are living below the average of the social layers more people about this disease, unhealthy conditions, frequent contact with an infected animal or soil. However, according to statistics in European countries only to detect worms have examined every three patients.
There are more than 300 kinds of helminth in nature, more than 70 kinds widely in Russia, other that can penetrate the human body while traveling in an exotic country. Between any intestinal worms-parasites, talented in the human body there are three groups:
- round with helminths nematodes the most common children parasite (weakened immune systems, whipworm, Trichinella, roundworm);
- ribbon (flat) cestode related to the Wolf (various tapeworms, Echinococcus and lanternsoft);
- parasites-parasites or trematodes, are being opistorhoz why, fascioliasis, chistosos, etc paragonimoz
In most cases, a parasitic worm parasites breed and the intestine, however, eggs and larvae blood to the various organs of the body posted. The most commonly affected organs are the gastrointestinal tract, liver, gall bladder, however, parasites, settlement, Nov tissue, lungs and brain.
Helminthiasis: the route
Tract infection intestinal worms depends on the development cycle properties of them. Some groups, a werewolf, a large "master" in the body, which they live, and multiply, other Dec link. In some cases, parasites in the soil or other conditions need to maturing eggs. But the basic rule of protection from infection, hygiene, the condition in childhood is made every time.
Children age – period continuous immune system do not yet exist, it will greatly increase the possibility of infection parasitosis. Try craving to taste more than one person with soil, sand, helminth eggs any objects increase the possibility of penetration of the body of the child.
The most common worms – roundworm and pinworm – may remain unwashed hands in matters movable appliances (door handles), into the body with the food (poorly washed fruits, herbs, vegetables). Also the risk of spreading worms in contact with an infected person or animal or the place to be seen for visitors of the presence is with them.
Pinworms – provoking reinvasion some helminth: itching, why does female egg deposition, except for pinworms in the process, the anus, causes, patient touching, rubbing, scratching and irritated the surface of the egg parasites and deploy on underwear, sheets, clothes, objects, surfaces. Re-in case the eggs, the remaining bed or in the hand's re invasion, self-infection of the patient. The first infection in children it happens more often institutions, spaces, places, a cumulative set of guys.
What factors increase your risk of developing helminths?
- Non-compliance hand hygiene: hand washing after returning from Jump Street, guest toilet, no food intake.
- Nail biting, thumb sucking, mouth, keeping in the various objects (pencil, pen, toys, etc.).
- Street attending animal existence: even an anthelmintic treatment of dogs and cats brought in by street worm eggs spread in time the fur on its hind legs.
- Failure to follow the rules for processing vegetables, fruits, berries, greens just before consuming.
- Low hygiene home: wearing, exterior painting, timeless floor washing, etc.
Wolf Children: symptoms and treatment of various helminths
Various parasites is not a long time, and its significant clinical development eliminare: the main difference of purpose not to be a parasite-carriers. Therefore, you can mark the plural only in the cases of helminthiasis infection symptoms bright (initially hidden or long-term) and/or decreased immunity of the child, coexisting diseases, helminthiasis which is more pronounced in the background yourself. Exception – exotic species of parasites that cause infection, a strong response to the organism.
Common symptoms of helminth children:
- increased appetite without increase in body mass index;
- salivary secretion increased;
- symptoms, dyspepsia, intestinal gas, irregular stools, nausea, stomach pain, right hypochondrium, intestinal spasms;
- dizziness, headache, increased fatigue;
- the allergic reactions were of passion, not before, or more acute symptoms of allergy;
- sensitivity, irritability, sleep disturbance, attention, memory-related poisoning of the products of helminth life;
- brittleness, hair loss, iron deficiency, and beriberi with the development of the quotation of the bunch;
- often in inflammatory processes of the nasopharynx (sinusitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, etc.) in the genital organs, especially the girls because of the anatomic proximity of the vagina and anus.
Long-helminthiasis in children of age accumulation observed in the standards of height, weight, developmental disorders and diseases, gastrointestinal symptoms, poisoning, anemia, allergies, frequent respiratory illnesses, bacterial and viral etiology, neurological abnormalities.
Usually the first symptoms manifest 2-4 weeks after eggs of the worms after being shot the body. They the number of changes, depending on the noise level, defense, and health status of the child, both helminth species. So, pinworm, why at night, itching in anus, promotes sleep disorders. Toxocarosis is a distinctive cough with symptoms without symptoms respiratory diseases, febrile status, potential choking, seizures, allergic reactions.
A common sight, bruxism, gnashing teeth intestinal worms in a dream denied, a symptom in the body, scientists, medical. Grinding properties associated with the phenomenon of the human nervous system. Though worms, especially pinworms, can irritate, and sleep promoting children's emotional indicators, bruxism reservation is not worm invasions. These events are neurologists and dentists who treatment.
Long evolving clinical helminthiasis intoxication of the organism of all the people.
Diagnostic helminth
In most cases, helminthiasis diagnosed in childhood, thanks to Prevention Research Annual worm eggs in feces. However, this is the most reliable way: if you have negative symptoms and helminth species it should be noted that each analysis can be identified in this way. In this type, the eggs to prevent detection during laboratory research, to analyze the frequency reproduction is not the same time. Known examples are found in the body, one or more of a talented breed of gay individuals, however, throughout the life cycle of damages.
It is recommended that a negative test left be done with the re-discovery 2-3 weeks. The list of studies and an analysis of preventive scraping enterobiasis worms and eggs. Helminth is also in doubt according to the results of blood tests: low hemoglobin eosinophils along with a high level of expression most of the time the presence of the parasites in the body.
Further diagnosis can be applied for Biological Research, phlegm, bile, urine, fecal masses coprograma.
Explore further diagnosis peritoneal organs suspected for echinococcosis, ultrasonic and/or X-ray method. The diagnosis of Opisthorchiasis and duodenal intestinal contents, analysis of drilling using drilling.
Immunological studies help to clarify the type body for damage noise and damaging them. A definitive diagnosis then a treatment method is selected.
Helminths in children medicated treatments
The treatment of helminthiasis is based on two directions in the detoxification of the body and get rid of parasites, allergy, or leveling damage, the Applied current worms.
Vitamin pills to reduce the symptoms the symptoms of poisoning are assigned to (With), iron, vitamin-mineral complexes, glucose infusion geodezja course, etc. in some cases, demonstrates how to use diuretics, antihistamines. When the heart muscle, liver tissue that can be applied to the hormonal drugs.
Senators get appointed to the waste products of the digestive system parasites as maintenance therapy, enzyme preparations, contribute to improve the processes and functioning of digestion, organs, etc.
Highly recommended for any children in the use of drugs helminthiasis great action. Why Doom parasites, drugs, effects, the human body, therefore, this is a drug of choice and dose must be approached with caution.
Folk methods for getting rid of intestinal worms home and definitely not recommended due to the lack of evidence-based database and measure the correct dose of properties and the possible impact on the body of the child.
Principles of treatment of helminthiasis
In most cases, the treatment of helminthiasis in the living area a family member should treat all adults and children. This is just a high infectious askaridoz, but otherwise helminths. For each family member and the doctor take drug, depending on age and health status.
If you have pets regardless of them spending an anthelmintic treatment can be made mandatory after a period of time.
Daily hygienic cleaning and where necessary to make kids live a sick child, the duration of treatment preferably clean carpet, plush toys, bed linen. Underwear and bed linen, underwear, personal towels to change as often as possible (panty – twice a day), all underwear thoroughly after washing and iron.
Necessary to monitor compliance hygiene: hand washing in the toilet after every visit. return the street to use is just a personal towel, to cut short my nails. Rules that treatment may be ineffective without the constant presence, the source, the possibility of contamination from the patient.
Infection prevention intestinal worms
These measures included prevention in the first place, personal hygiene. Hand washing helps prevent the most common worm egg a movable mouth hand and in most cases, the infection.
Connects in the same way as other preventive measures:
- comprehensive (at least for 2-3 minutes under running water) wash strawberries, vegetables, leaves, foliage, before dinner, I suppose if you use raw;
- long-term heat treatment river fish (40-60 minutes) to be eaten before;
- there is timely preventive anthelmintic treatment of pets;
- general cleaning, home because of the rules must be made in accordance with the laws of hygiene.