According to WHO data, more than 10 million people in the world are infected with helminths each year.Helminth infections are extremely dangerous for the body due to widespread harm - mechanical and toxic.Helminths destroy the tissues of the intestines and other organs of the body (even the heart and brain), poison humans with phenolic toxins, formaldehyde and other dangerous waste products, absorb important macro- and microelements;Preventing helminths is important for adults and children.
One of the main difficulties when fighting worms is their removal from the body.Most drugs only affect adults and cause serious chemical damage to health (so they should not be taken regularly).Cysts that remain in the body, larvae, continue to multiply and destroy the body, reducing the ability to resist infections and chronic diseases and causing the appearance of dangerous pathologies.
Therefore, the main task is comprehensive prevention of worms, aimed at preventing their penetration into the body and creating its own protective barrier - a normal, healthy microflora in the intestines, a normally functioning immune system, etc.To do this, you need:
- pay attention to hygiene, especially if you belong to a risk group - this includes children studying in kindergartens and schools, wastewater treatment plant workers, plumbers, summer residents and gardeners, agricultural workers and others;
- Pay attention to the quality of food and water;
- In addition, take protective measures, because compliance with the first two rules is not enough - carry out preventive courses with antihelminthic drugs, use natural remedies, special treatment and rehabilitation complexes.
The difficulty in preventing helminths is due to the fact that they enter the body not only through contaminated raw water and unwashed hands but also through the air through which eggs and cysts are carried, seemingly safe foods and other sources.Already two to four weeks after infection, the patient develops acute helminthiasis, which then becomes chronic, with varying but always dangerous symptoms.However, prevention must begin with hygiene and lifestyle control.
Preventing helminth hygiene
Helminth infections very often occur through the skin and contact with contaminated objects - structures in public places, toilets, even banknotes.Therefore, in everyday life it is necessary to:
- Wash your hands thoroughly after going to the toilet, coming in from outside, before eating and personal hygiene, cut your nails on time (long manicure is an additional risk factor);
- Regularly perform wet antiseptic cleaning at home;
- monitor the cleanliness of underwear and utensils used;
- If you have pets, carry out regular check-ups, deworming and scheduled treatments, prevent your pets from coming into contact with stray dogs and cats, and only travel in special places;
- fights with mechanical vectors of helminths - flies, cockroaches, etc.
When going to public places you need to be especially careful.You can become infected by swimming in open water, swimming pools, coming into contact with birds and animals, playing on the beach, in a sandbox 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.Parents cannot monitor the quality of sand in the sandbox and protect playgrounds and parks from street animals and rodents.Therefore, the issue of preventing helminths in children is very urgent.The most unpleasant thing is that you can get infected with parasites just from the air, while walking and not touching the ground.
Food control
As responsible as hygiene is, you need to handle the quality of your products and how they are prepared.Vegetables, fruits and herbs are often washed with cold water, but this is not enough to kill parasites.At least it is necessary to pour boiling water over them.Meat, fish and seafood require long-term heat treatment at high temperatures and preliminary storage in the freezer for several days.
A few more recommendations:
- exclude from your diet rare steaks and raw fish, even marine fish - worm larvae can survive there for a very long time;
- do not eat dry sausages - due to production technology, helminths are not completely destroyed in them;
- Do not organize picnics near livestock and poultry farms, open water areas and other dangerous areas.
However, even boiling meat for a long time and using only vegetables from your garden does not 100% guarantee that you are protected from helminth infections.Additional measures must be taken to remove the worms from the body and prevent reinfection.
Natural preparations and remedies for prophylactic treatment of helminths
There are many medications prescribed by doctors to treat helminths.They are usually administered once or twice due to their high toxicity, but they can destroy the worms' metabolism and eliminate them from the body.Therefore, people who care about their health should take such drugs even without a diagnosis - as a preventive measure.
Usually, broad-spectrum drugs are used for prevention.These drugs differ in the type of active ingredient, they help treat different forms of helminthiasis, and they should not be used without prior diagnosis and doctor's prescription.This can be even more harmful due to “drug shock”.
Another preventative treatment option is natural remedies.Among the most famous:
- pumpkin seeds (must have green skin);
- garlic, onions and ginger;
- walnut tincture;
- herbal infusion with tansy, wormwood, celandine and other natural bitters.
The effectiveness of natural remedies is not high, the dosage needed to prevent disease 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 multidirectional protection against helminthic penetration, create a constantly "active" barrier and help the body independently fight parasites, special complexes are needed.These products include a number of drugs that help eliminate existing worms, restore the balance of nutrients disturbed by them and gently restore the normal state of the internal environment.
Preparations of natural origin contain natural bitter substances, important trace elements that help absorb helminths (zinc, iodine, selenium, magnesium, copper, etc.) and do not cause side effects.Complicated:
- removes and protects against 150 types of worms in all forms - cysts, eggs, larvae, adult worms;
- improves the enzymatic activity of the intestines, eliminates dysbiosis, restores the function of the gastrointestinal tract and liver;
- compensates for the deficiency of micro and macro elements, contributes to the removal of heavy metals from the body;
- improves external and internal condition, helps fight a variety of chronic diseases.
To prevent helminth infections, it is recommended to take a complex and special drugs for a period of three months (with a week break between each).Anti-parasitic and health programs are held once or twice a year, and if you are in a risk group, three to four times a year.