Intestinal worms in children – quite common because they are more sensitive to the effects of the environment, and helminth parasites in their body fall in with dirty hands across the sand, and badly washed by the food products (fruit and vegetables). Some helminth parasites transmitted by blood from mother to child in utero, and, therefore, it appears in the light against the parasites residing in the intestine or other organs of digestion.
- The symptoms
- The diagnosis and treatment
- The popular medicine
Unfortunately, the parents have no chance to protect their children from this scourge, as, in children, the worms may appear after it has been bought to a fouling of the body of water, tap court a cat or a dog, eat of it and not wash apple, etc .. Of the sick child to the health are only of the eggs of these parasitic parasites, such as pinworms and dwarfish tsepen – contamination of other helminth infections requires the maturation of these eggs in organizations intermediate hosts (cats, dogs, cattle, fish, etc). Therefore, the contamination remains helminth infections can occur when the consumption of a child of meat or other products that contagious animals, or even in direct contact with them.
In a word, intestinal worms among children is difficult to avoid, and even if the parents at a young age to teach the child to respect the rules of personal hygiene, either way, a child can catch the infection, to communicate with the children on the playground, playing in the yard or in the garden of children, etc
The more often intestinal worms in children are discovered in a new-born baby and the young preschooler. This is due to the failure of the development of the immune system and barrier of the gastrointestinal tract.
Prevention of parasitic infestations (of the infection and of their distribution) must be in compliance with these simple activities:
- the washing of the hands after a day of walking in the street;
- avoid close contact of the children with the homeless animals (and sometimes at home, if there is a suspicion that at them helminthes);
- regular cleaning of the house with the removal of the dust and wash the floors;
- wash thoroughly fruits and vegetables before eating them, and complete the thermal processing of these foods, such as meat, fish, etc
The prevention of the spread of worms is the presence of every member of the family of his hygiene items – towels, soap. It is also important to use separate spoons, plates, cups, and other kitchen utensils.
The symptoms
The signs of worms in children may be explicit or hidden. According to the estimates of experts, 8 out of 10 children are infected by helminth parasites, but in most cases, the symptoms of the disease are not. This does not mean that helminths are not the children of the threat. Conversely, the hidden form of the disease, when symptoms are absent, is even more dangerous. First of all, because in the body of the child may occur on the process causing severe complications over the bottom of the worm invasion, and, secondly, because such a child could be a source of contamination for others (children, parents), because of what, the infection can spread quickly.
If found intestinal worms in children, the symptoms of the disorder will first wear clinical the nature. This child will complain of:
- distraction;
- weakness;
- apathy;
- irritability;
- mood swings.
In most cases, these symptoms of intestinal worms in children, parents to take because of the complex nature, aimed at rehabilitating a baby, or to apply the correction methods. More specific symptoms cause worm infestations in breeding period, in the period of the migration on the body, and also in cases where the cause of the appearance of complications in the child.
Of course, each type of worms can cause your specific symptoms. For example, the main symptom when the pinworm – itchy anal area, appearing in the night. But there are symptoms that are inherent to all types of worms, among which:
- the violation of a night's sleep, gnashing of teeth (in the night);
- of dyspeptic disorders (constipation, diarrhea, mucus in the stool, blood in stool, etc);
- pain, cramps in the navel area (this area is the place of location of most of the helminths);
- skin reactions in the form of atopic dermatitis.
To understand that, in children, the worms you can also if you have cough, it is not linked with the colds of the disease, the merits of good health (this can happen during the migration of certain species of worms on the body), nausea and vomiting, flatulence, and, of course, at the exit of the parasite with the influx, as one can see with the naked eye.
It may seem that the damage caused by helminths to the body of the child is not too important, therefore, to treat the disease is not necessary (taupe, helminths themselves would perish with time). However, thinking about the question, how to display intestinal worms in children, the sooner the better – as soon as the first symptoms. Indeed, in the contrary case, there is a risk that the baby will be lagging behind in the physical and mental development, and that it will develop complications ranging from inflammation of the appendix, and ending acute intestinal diseases obstructive or even a perforation of the bowel. Similarly, according to the doctors, more than half of all diseases of the skin in children are the result of the presence in their bodies of parasites, the treatment of which is not carried out.
It is necessary to distinguish several groups of symptoms, depending on wormers, parasites in the body of a child. Thus, if a child in the body live to the class of nematodes (roundworms), the symptoms are similar to above, but other helminth infections may be other specific symptoms, which must guide the treatment. Thus, when whipworm and trihozefaleze in children have a disorder of the chair, with the impurities of the blood and mucus in it. Note also bloating, vomiting, a delay in the mental development of the child at a young age.
When the opistorhoze of the child, the temperature increases up to the sub-febrile indicators appear skin rashes, increase the lymph nodes and the liver. In addition, it will be pain in the belly and right upper quadrant, nausea and vomiting, disturbances in BOWEL functioning. In this context, worm infestation, if it is not treated in time, may develop heavy pancreatitis and other complications.
When the the larval migrans, which occurs in children up to 4 years, children suffer from severe cough with allergies, they have itchy rash on the skin, and affects the lungs, joints, liver and many other organizations. If this disease is not treated in time, probably the development of ocular lesions, irreversible, of chorioretinitis, keratitis and other serious violations.
The diagnosis and treatment
To install most of the worms, you can, from the analysis of the feces. There are superficial of the research applied to the enterobiasis (scraping) and an in-depth study of the feces on eggs of helminths. The records of investigation is an analysis of the stool to the proliferation of bacteria. And also assign a blood test.
In some cases, the study shows the blood on the DNA or other varieties of de-worming. But this analysis is costly and is not always justified, because the DNA can be extended from time to persist in the blood, therefore, even if the child does not have earthworms, the analysis can be positive, if it had some worm infestation.
The treatment involves use of tablets for intestinal worms in children. Unfortunately, drugs that destroy helminths, have a fairly high toxic effect on the whole body, therefore, such a treatment is justified only in the case confirmed the diagnosis of helminths. Medicines against intestinal worms in children are divided into several groups, each of which works on certain types of de-worming.
As it has already been said above, the medication of worms for the children chooses a doctor, taking into account multiple characteristics. It determines which drugs can have a devastating effect on these products or other worm of the invasion, and what are the drugs that cause the least harm to the body of the child, to help him in the shortest possible time to get rid of the disease and severe symptoms.
The treatment helps to get rid of worms, usually carried out in two phases, the drugs take once again by two weeks after the first course of the reception, which is associated with the cycle of the reproduction and development of many parasites, and the inability to destroy their eggs, when they are in an inactive state. Unfortunately, in some cases, to get rid of de-worming only with the help of a surgical intervention, for example, when an obstruction of the intestinal lumen and has evolved from a bowel obstruction.
The methods of traditional medicine in the fight against helminths
There are many traditional methods to get rid of the worms in the shortest possible time, without harm to the health of the child. Of course, the methods should be used with caution – it is best to consult your doctor in order to know one time or another tool of traditional medicine of earthworms for the children (taking into account the peculiarities of their body and state of health).
The traditional methods to get rid of the parasites, are suitable for both very young children and adults. Thus, the treatment of parasites in the body of the infant can be carried out in the same manner as preparing a hot broth of garlic and used as mikroklizm for the child. Or even the new-born are adapted for the folk remedies for the treatment of parasites in the body, such as:
- introduction the cloves of garlic into the anus at pinworm;
- carrot juice, taken on an empty stomach with honey;
- an enema with a decoction of the garlic on the hot milk.
Unfortunately, for the children at the udder ways to get rid of pinworms remedies are not so many, because it is forbidden to receive many products with helminths devastating effects. But for older children, as well as for adults, the ways are numerous and effective, among them:
- the consumption of infusion of wormwood with milk;
- the decoction of valerian and celandine in equal proportions;
- reception on an empty stomach hemp oil;
- the consumption of pumpkin seeds.