Worms, on the way out!

To avoid


Yet none of the mother decided not to deprive my baby of fun playing in the sandbox or pet the neighbor's dog. And it is not necessary. Just give protection from worms. "Wash your hands before eating (and not only! - this is what should be the motto of your entire family. Worms love dirty hands, unwashed vegetables and fruits, raw water. If you have a cat or dog, make animal analysis to identify these parasites. The baby is already crawling? So, street shoes put them in closed cabinets, and his stroller, don't leave in the hallway and protray wheel after returning.




Twice a day my floors with disinfectants. Toys baby several times a week copy with soap under running water. An older child accustom to the rules of hygiene. On the street watch that he did not take in her mouth objects from the ground, do not play with stray animals. And of course, carefully obrabatyval fruits, vegetables, berries and boil gently for about the water.





Pinworms


Pinworms are the most famous and common. These are small round worms that are very thin, completely white, resembling hairs. Appear in the feces of the child or at the entrance to the anus. Females of these worms are usually slightly larger than males (their length is about 12 mm). Live pinworms at the junction of the small intestine with a thick, but at night the females crawl into the anus to lay there for hundreds of testes from immature larvae. They ripen for 4-6 hours and become independent, making it is easy to get again into the body of the child. Pinworms cause the disease called enterobiasis.




A child becomes infected with pinworms quite easily. Eggs can be in house dust, soil, toys, infected food products. Pinworms live up to six months. But due to the huge number of deposited eggs and their number is constantly restored.




The crumbs appears severe itching in the anus (mainly at night). But not only. Sleep disturbances, abdominal pain, incontinence. Girls pinworms often creep in the outer genitals, causing irritation. To detect this type of worms is very difficult, because the eggs appear in the feces every day. So the doctor prescribes to do scrapings within 3-5 days in a row (the first time the analysis may not identify pinworms). If you notice your baby these symptoms, faster call your pediatrician.





Roundworm


Roundworm - round worms (up to 10-12 inches). This white and pink worms with pointed ends. They can survive in the human intestine. The female lays per day up to 250 thousand eggs. In the external environment in the eggs, larval development, which lasts from 10 to 12 days. In the human body, the larvae of this parasite are quite complex chains of development, resulting in a fall in the small intestine. After two months, this is an adult worms that lay eggs. A person can survive from one to several hundred Ascaris.




A child becomes infected with Ascaris through the mouth. The microscopic eggs of the Ascaris resistant to various stresses, and can reside in soil, on the surface of objects in the folds of the linen. Dirty hands, clothing, toys and infected vegetables, berries and fruits cause ingress of worms in the body.




The patient ascariasis may be cough, shortness of breath, increased body temperature. Appear rasstroistv digestion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or, conversely, constipation, pain in the abdomen. The kid is dramatically thinner. Becomes irritable, he disturbed sleep. Sometimes, ascariasis manifests itself by sudden vomiting with the release of worms. Sometimes this kind of worms reveals only the analysis of a feces. So as soon as possible to begin treatment, it is necessary to pass it. In addition, the pediatrician will examine your skin crumbs. When the Ascaris it appear rash.




Treatment




For the expulsion of pinworms and Ascaris are drugs: levamisole, mebendazole, Pyrantel. Of course, antihelminthic therapy is prescribed only by a pediatrician. He selects the appropriate drug and dosage for a baby. Don't forget that the treatment of worms carried out simultaneously to all members of the family. As prophylaxis watch the purity of the hands and nails of the child. Every night kupi baby. After washing proglacial linens and pajamas crumbs hot iron.





Phytotherapy


For the treatment of some types of worms can make use of natural means. Well pinworms and Ascaris garlic. Of course, it is difficult to imagine that a little bit just a little bit. Simply add the garlic in the silage puree for a few seconds until tender. But not peruserstub, if the baby had suffered an intestinal infection. One-year-old pipsqueak offer to eat every day on an empty stomach pumpkin seeds. And the three-year portion needs to be increased to 100 grams. During the week, put baby microenema with decoctions. For him 1 tbsp. tansy skipti with 50 ml of milk and 2 medium cloves of garlic.

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