Parasites represent the largest population of living organisms on earth. There are so many of them that modern science has difficulty in estimating such exact numbers. People have very different attitudes towards them. Some believe that everything in nature is balanced and that these creatures have the right to live. Others, mostly parasitologists, act as pests that live and feed on someone else's body, as their names suggest.
The vital activity of parasites, whether helminths living in the human body, or microscopic organisms, or insect larvae, causes damage to internal organs. Over time, they cease to function normally, and parasitic infestations spread throughout the body, often resulting in the death of a person. Therefore, most experts consider the problem of cleansing the body urgent.
Signs of parasitic invasion
Parasites in the human body may not manifest themselves for a long time, but under favorable conditions they will begin to multiply rapidly and affect the health of those infected. A person will suffer not only from helminths, but also from the toxins they emit as waste products.
It is very difficult to determine the presence of helminths or other parasites in your body on its own, so any diagnosis should be made by a doctor based on blood, stool and urine tests and other tests. However, you can suspect a parasitic invasion with the following signs:
- unreasonable nervousness;
- digestive disorders;
- decreased appetite;
- severe fatigue;
- anemia.
Symptoms are not specific, but specific to many other diseases. However, if all of these are expressed and a person is in a potentially dangerous situation before their appearance (traveling to tropical countries, contact with stray animals, drinking water from untested sources), the risk of parasitic infection is very high. Therefore, if any of the above factors coincide, it is recommended to consult a doctor and be tested for the presence of parasites.
Medicinal cleansing of the body from parasites
Drug treatment can be started only after receiving test results and studying the patient's history.
Because most antiparasitic drugs are toxic to the liver and kidneys, they should only be used under medical supervision. It is also necessary to choose drugs with medical care, taking into account the type of parasites and the general condition of the infected person. In one case it may be useless in another situation, which is suitable for getting rid of helminths.
The principle of action of antiparasitic drugs
The pharmacological effects of drugs on parasitic worms are focused on biochemical processes in tissues and biological structures. As a rule, most of them have a nervous effect, expressed in different ways:
- By blocking the transmission of nerve impulses to helminths' muscle cells, they eventually become permanently paralyzed. In this case, helminths are eliminated from the body along with the breath.
- In the cells of the parasite, the absorption of glucose is disrupted, which leads to death.
- Disorders of the intestinal tract of parasites.
There are combined drugs that disrupt the bioprocesses in helminth cells and paralyze them.
How to properly clean the body of worms
Use of anthelmintic drugs for other purposes (for example, to get rid of another type of worm or for prophylaxis) or non-compliance with doses can lead to serious complications.
- If you try to get rid of worms with a dose that is not effective enough, the worms will not leave the body, but will begin to move from the body, complicating the patient's condition by infecting other previously untouched organs.
- Removal of parasites containing sufficient amounts of antihelminthic agents may give the impression of a false effect (tests show a negative result if the drug only affects the laying of helminth eggs), but the parasitic activity does not stop.
- Overdose can increase the toxicity of anthelmintic drugs, and in addition to the person's intake will be liver or kidney problems.
So, before you start cleaning the body of parasites, you should undergo a thorough examination and choose the most appropriate drug.
Antiparasitic cleaning with drugs
When a person learns that there are parasites in his body, he is generally shocked and wants to know how to get rid of worms from the body as soon as possible. But there is only one thing to hurry - see a doctor immediately, get an additional examination to determine the type of helminthiasis and choose the appropriate treatment regimen.
The fight against roundworms such as ascariasis, enterobiasis (pinworms) and other helminthiases requires the use of certain drugs prescribed by a specialist.Treatment of enterobiosis
Fighting pinworms called enterobiasis with infection requires special attention.
These parasites can leave the anus at night and release large numbers of microscopic eggs outside the human body.
Thus, eggs can fall on a person's underwear and hands, especially when they are accidentally scratched under the nails. It can then be spread all over the house by dusting upholstered furniture, curtains, walls, door handles and children's toys. They persist for several years and can cause infection in many people. Therefore, special measures should be taken in the house where the person infected with pinworms lives:
- Antiparasitic cleansing of the body should be carried out for all family members and nearby people.
- The house needs wet cleaning every day. First, vacuum the floors and furniture, and then wash the floor with laundry soap (there is more chlorine than household chemicals to clean the worms).
- Wash your hands with soap after cleaning.
- Underwear and bedding should be washed and ironed with as much hot water as possible.
- Wash your hands with soap and water after using the toilet and before eating.
- Cut children's nails short and put them in tight panties or pajamas that need to be washed every day.
Cleansing the body of parasites in the home
People infected with helminths often wonder if it is possible to get rid of parasites at home quickly and how to remove parasites from the human body at home.
It should be noted that the effects of many folk remedies that promise to get rid of parasites quickly have never been scientifically studied, although natural substances - herbs - are used in many medicines that ensure the elimination of parasites.
Recipes for mixtures or herbal infusions may contain sufficient or excessive amounts of the active ingredient, so it is very dangerous to use them alone and can cause the complications described above. A doctor should be consulted to determine the dose and duration of such treatment.
How to cleanse the body - principles of treatment
Complete anthelmintic cleansing of the body should be based on the following principles:
- Destroy helminths with an antihelminthic agent.
- Remove dead or paralyzed parasites from the gut with laxatives or a cleansing enema.
- Antihistamines should be taken during cleansing to prevent allergic reactions.
- In severe cases with visceral damage, restorative therapy is required (eg, hepatoprotectants for liver damage). It is also necessary to clean itself from toxins and toxins caused by the activity of parasites.
- In order to normalize the functions of the whole organism, it is necessary to observe a complete and balanced diet that excludes foods that damage the liver, kidneys and gastrointestinal tract.
The most popular ways to get rid of parasites
It is recommended that you consult your doctor about contraindications before antiparasitic cleansing of the body. At the same time, patients often have an individual intolerance to certain folk remedies.
- Many people think of the simplest but most effective way to use spicy foods - garlic, onion, mustard, pepper. Although this method seems convincing, it is dangerous to clean with this method - the burning of large amounts of food can damage the intestinal mucosa.
- There is a version about the benefits of dry fasting - worms that are supposedly malnourished are literally separated from the body on the third or fifth day. However, this is a misconception: tapeworms, for example, can live for months on their own, without being fed from the outside. It is enough for the head and neck to survive, and the rest of the body can be "eaten" and regenerated. You are not sensitive to hunger and parasites that live in a person's blood, eyes, brain and spinal cord, urogenital system, heart, or cause cysts in these organs.
- Purification with soda or hydrogen peroxide, actively promoted as a technique by a well-known professor, is one of the few methods that deserves attention, but is subject to medical observation of the patient's well-being. Both methods involve a gradual increase in dose from the minimum starting dose to the maximum allowed: soda - 1 teaspoon per teaspoon, hydrogen peroxide - 1 drop of 3% solution diluted in 50 ml of mineral or distilled water, up to 30 drops per day for 3 weeks. However, the course must be prescribed by the attending physician. The technique is ineffective against eggs and larvae of parasites and some adult species.
To get rid of the problem quickly, you should resort to extreme cleansing methods and do not look at how you can destroy unwanted guests in the body. Such zeal ends with the destruction of not only helminths, but also internal organs that are not intended for compulsory therapy with tansy, wormwood and other medicinal plants.
Proponents of natural remedies can consult a doctor on how to get rid of parasites with natural pharmaceuticals that are free of toxic impurities.