More than 10 million people worldwide are infected with helminths every year, according to WHO data.Helminthic infestation is extremely dangerous for the organism due to large-scale damage - mechanical and toxic.Helminths destroy the tissues of the intestines and other organs of the body (even the heart and brain), poison people with phenols, formaldehyde and other dangerous wastes, absorb vital macro- and microelements.Prevention of helminths is important for adults and children.
One of the main difficulties in the fight against worms is their removal from the body.Most drugs only affect adults and cause a serious chemical "blow" to health (therefore they should not be taken often).The cystic forms that remain in the body, the larvae, continue to multiply and destroy the body, reducing its ability to resist infections, chronic diseases and causing the appearance of dangerous pathologies.
Therefore, the primary task is the comprehensive prevention of worms, aimed at preventing their penetration into the body and creating its own protective barrier - normal, healthy microflora in the intestines, a properly functioning immune system, etc.To do this you need:
- take care of hygiene, especially if you belong to a risk group - this includes children who go to kindergarten and school, workers of sewage treatment plants, plumbers, summer residents and gardeners, agricultural and other workers.
- watch the quality of food and water.
- take additional protective measures, as compliance with the first two rules is not enough - take preventive courses of anthelmintic drugs, use natural remedies, special treatment and rehabilitation complexes.
The difficulty of preventing helminthiasis is due to the fact that they enter the body not only through raw contaminated water and unwashed hands, but also through the air through which eggs and cysts are transported, seemingly safe food and other sources.Already two to four weeks after infection, patients develop acute helminthiasis, then it becomes chronic, with different, but always dangerous, symptoms.However, prevention must begin with hygiene and lifestyle control.
Hygienic prevention of helminths
Infection with helminths occurs very often through the skin and contact with contaminated objects - structures in public places, toilets, even banknotes.Therefore, in everyday life it is necessary:
- Wash your hands well after using the toilet, coming from outside, before eating and personal hygiene, cut your nails in time (a long manicure is an additional risk factor).
- perform regular liquid antiseptic cleaning at home.
- monitors the cleanliness of the underwear and utensils used.
- if you have pets, get regular checkups, schedule deworming and treatment, keep pets out of contact with stray dogs and cats, and only walk in designated areas.
- fight mechanical helminth vectors - flies, cockroaches, etc.
When visiting public places you should be extra careful.You can get infected by swimming in open water, a pool, contact with birds and animals, playing on the beach, on a sand beach or on the grass in a park.Particularly vulnerable to worms are young children who explore the world around them "by touch" and try to put everything they see into their mouths.It is impossible for parents to monitor the quality of sand in the sandbox and protect playgrounds and parks from street animals and rodents.Therefore, the issue of anthelmintic prophylaxis for children is very acute.The most unpleasant thing is that you can get parasites simply from the air, walking and not touching the ground.
Food control
Equally responsible with hygiene, you must deal with the quality of products and their processing.Vegetables, fruits and herbs are most often washed in cold water, but this is not enough to kill pests.It is necessary to pour at least boiling water over them.Meat, fish and seafood require long-term heat treatment at high temperatures and preliminary exposure to freezing for several days.
A few more recommendations:
- exclude from your diet rare steaks and raw fish, even sea fish - worm larvae can remain there for a very long time.
- do not eat dry-cured sausages - due to their production technology, helminths are not completely destroyed in them.
- Do not picnic near livestock and poultry farms, open water bodies and other danger areas.
However, even long-boiling meat and using only vegetables from your garden does not provide a 100% guarantee that you are protected from helminth infestation.It is necessary to take additional measures to remove the worms from the body and prevent re-infection.
Preparations and natural remedies for anthelmintic prophylaxis
There are many drugs that doctors prescribe to fight helminthiasis.They are usually taken once or twice because of their high toxicity, but they can destroy the worms' metabolism and remove them from the body.Therefore, people who are concerned about their health take such drugs even without a diagnosis - as a preventive measure.
Most often, broad-spectrum drugs are used for prevention.Medicines differ in the type of active substance, they help in various forms of helminthiasis and should not be taken without prior diagnosis and a doctor's prescription.This can cause even more damage due to 'drug shock'.
Another preventative treatment option is natural remedies.Among the most famous:
- pumpkin seeds (necessarily with a green shell);
- garlic, onion and ginger;
- tincture of walnut kernels;
- herbal teas with tansy, wormwood, felantine and other natural bitters.
The effectiveness of natural remedies is not very high, the dose required for prevention is difficult to calculate, and few people conscientiously eat raw garlic and pumpkin seeds on a regular basis.For complete prevention, "folk recipes" are clearly not enough.
To provide omnidirectional protection against helminthic infestation, to create a constantly "active" barrier and to help the organism fight parasites independently, special complexes are needed.Such products include many drugs that eliminate existing worms, restore the balance of nutrients disturbed by them and gently restore the normal state of the internal environment.
Natural base preparations contain naturally bitter, vital trace elements that absorb helminths (zinc, iodine, selenium, magnesium, copper, etc.) and do not cause side effects.Composite:
- eliminates and protects against 150 types of worms in all forms - cysts, eggs, larvae, adults.
- improves the enzyme activity of the intestines, eliminates dysbiosis, restores the functions of the gastrointestinal tract and liver.
- compensates for the lack of micro- and macroelements, promotes the removal of heavy metals from the body.
- improves the external and internal condition, helps fight a wide range of chronic diseases.
To prevent helminthic infection, it is recommended to take a special complex and drugs in a course of three months (a break of one week is made between each).The anti-parasite and health program is carried out once or twice a year and if you are in a risk group, three to four times a year.