Worms in children – a common enough phenomenon, as they are more susceptible to environmental influences, and the worms in her body covered with dirty hands, through the Sand, and poorly washed food (vegetables and fruit). Some of the worms through the blood of the mother to the child in utero, and, therefore, he appears to be already on the light with the parasites live with him in the intestines or other digestive organs.
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis and treatment
- The Folk Medicine
Unfortunately, the parents have no Chance to protect your child from this scourge, because the worms in the child may occur after he is pool purchased in the polluted water, Pat roads-a cat or a dog, eats mytoe Apple, etc. to be Of the sick child to a healthy only eggs of such parasitic intestinal parasites such as pinworms and dwarfish tsepen – infection with other helminths requires a maturation of these eggs in the organisms and intermediate hosts (cats, dogs, cattle, fish, etc.). Therefore, the infection with other helminths child can occur with the consumption of meat or other products of infectious animals or by direct contact with them.
In a word, worms in children hard to avoid, and even if the parents from an early age to accustom the child to the rules of personal Hygiene, still can pick up the child, the infection, the communication with the children on the Playground, play in the yard or in Kindergarten, etc.
The most common worms in children age found in newborns and younger preschoolers. This is the tract due to the insufficient development of the immune system and the barrier function of the gastrointestinal tract.
Prevention of parasitic worm infections and their dissemination) must be to comply with these simple measures:
- Wash your hands after a walk on the street;
- Avoidance of close contact of the child with homeless animals (and sometimes home, too, if you have the suspicion that, for you to helminths);
- regular cleaning of the house with the removal of dust and wash floors;
- thorough washing of fruits and vegetables before consumption, as well as the complete heat treatment of foodstuffs, such as meat, fish, etc.
Also the prevention of the spread of worms is the soap available to each member of the family to be your hygiene items – towels,. Also important is the use of each spoons, plates, cups and other utensils.
Symptoms
Signs of tapeworms in children have to be explicitly be hidden or expressed. According to estimates of experts, 8 out of 10 children are infected with helminths, however, in most cases, the symptoms of the disease did not show. This does not mean that helminths not pose a threat to children. On the contrary, a latent Form of the disease, when the symptoms are absent, is even more dangerous. First, because in the body of the child can occur in the processes, caused severe complications on the background of the infestation of worms, and, secondly, because such a child is a source of infection for others (children, parents) can, thus the infection can spread rapidly.
If it is worms in children, symptoms of the pathology of the obschtscheklinitscheski character. Such a child will complain:
- Absent-mindedness;
- Weakness;
- Listlessness;
- Irritability;
- Moodiness.
In most cases, these symptoms of worms in children will take the parents to the complex nature of the search to re-educate the child applied corrective methods. More specific symptoms of helminthic infestation may cause during the active breeding, in the time of the Migration through the body, as well as in cases in which the cause for the development of complications in the child.
Of course, any type of worms can lead to their own specific symptoms. For example, the main symptom of pinworm – severe itching in the anal region in the night. But there are signs on all types of worms, including:
- Violation of the night's sleep, tooth pain, teeth grinding (at night);
- Digestive complaints (constipation, diarrhea, mucus in the feces, blood in feces, etc.);
- cramp-like pain in the area of the navel (this area is a place of localization of most of the helminths);
- Skin reactions in the Form of atopic Dermatitis.
To understand that the child has worms, even in the presence of cough, not associated with a catarrhal disease, against the background of well-being (happens in the case of the Migration of some species of worms in the body), nausea and vomiting, flatulence, and, of course, when you leave the parasites together with the kalovymi masses that you can see with the naked eye.
It may seem that the damage is due to the deworm the child's body is not too important, as the disease not the cure (probably the worms themselves will die with time). But, in fact, on the question about how one should symptoms of worms in children as early as possible – as soon as the first. Because otherwise, there is the risk that the child remain in the physical and mental development, and some of the complications from the inflammation of the Appendix to acute intestinal obstruction or even Perforation of the intestine. In addition, according to the doctors, more than half of all skin diseases in children is a result of the presence of parasites in your body are not carried out, the treatment of.
Noteworthy are several groups of symptoms in dependence of helminths, parasitic in the body of the child. So, if a child is in the body, worms live in the class of the nematodes (round worms), the symptoms are similar to the above, but in other Helminthiasis other specific symptoms, should be based the treatment. So, if whipworm and trihozefaleze in children, there is a disorder of the chair, with admixtures of blood and mucus in it. It is also vomiting out flatulence, pointed to lagging in the mental development of the child of a younger age.
Opistorhoze in the case of a child the temperature to sub rises-feverish indicators, appear to be skin rashes, swollen lymph nodes and the liver. Also he has pain in the lower abdomen and right upper quadrant, nausea and vomiting, disturbances of the digestive tract. Against the background of this infestation of worms, if not treated in time, can develop severe pancreatitis and other complications.
If toksokaroze, the common in children under 4 years of age, children suffering distinct allergic cough, you appear itchy rashes on the skin, and affects the lungs, joints, liver and many other organs. If this disease is not treated in time, probably, the development of irreversible damage to the eyes, chorioretinal inflammation, keratitis, and other serious injuries.
Diagnosis and treatment
Most can be of Helminthiasis used by a stool sample. There is a superficial examination used in enterobiose (cockroaches) and the in-depth examination of faeces for worm eggs. Accompanying study, the analysis Kala on disbakterioz is. And the blood assigned to the image.
In some cases, the study of blood is in the DNA of certain varieties of worms. But this analysis is expensive and not always justified, since the DNA can stay longer time in the blood, so that even if the child no worms, the analysis can be positive if he was once sick, one or other of the worms Invasion.
The treatment involves use of the tablets against worms in children. Unfortunately, drugs, the destruction of worms, have a sufficiently high toxic effect on the entire organism, so that such a treatment only in cases of diagnosis of Helminthiasis justified. Drugs against worms in children are divided into several groups, each of which acts on certain types of worms.
As mentioned above, drugs that can of worms for children, the doctor chooses, taking into account the multiple features. He determined that most of the drugs have cause a devastating effect to one or the other helminthic infestation, as well as what medications the least harm to the body of the child, helping him in the shortest possible time to get rid of the disease and the severity of the symptoms.
Treatment, allowing the worms to get rid of, usually takes place in two stages – preparations take even two weeks after the first course of the taking, which, in connection with the development cycle and the propagation of many parasites, and the inability to destroy their eggs, if you are in the inactive state. Unfortunately, in some cases, this can only by surgical intervention, for example, if there's a blockage of the lumen of the intestine and intestinal obstruction have been developed to get rid of worms.
The methods of traditional medicine in the fight against helminths
There are numerous popular methods to get rid of the worms in no time, without harm to the health of the child. Of course, traditional methods must be used with caution – best to consult with your doctor to understand this or that means of worms folk remedies for children (taking into account the peculiarities of your organism and the state of health).
Folk methods, to parasites, to get rid of, suitable for both small children and larger children. Thus, the treatment of parasites in the body of infants is in this way, the warm garlic-broth prepare and as mikroklizm for the Baby. Or newborn still fit such folk remedies for the treatment of parasites in the body, such as:
- Introduction cloves of garlic into the Anus at pinworm;
- Carrot juice, on an empty stomach, with honey;
- Enema with a decoction of garlic in warm milk.
Unfortunately, for infants ways to get rid of pinworms folk medicine, not so much, since it is prohibited the reception of many of the products on the devastating effect of helminths. But for older children and for adults, the possibilities are numerous and efficient, among them:
- Use of the Infusion of wormwood with milk;
- Broth elecampane and celandine to the same parts;
- the absorption of prandial hemp seed oil;
- the consumption of pumpkin seeds.