If a person has worms, the best broad-spectrum drugs are prescribed to get rid of the parasites. Today we will try to tell you what are the most convenient drugs for worms used and provide a list of them. Anyone can face such a problem, not only children, but also adults, therefore, in this case, it is recommended to choose effective pills that provide quick and better treatment. What are these drugs that cleanse worms?
Types of drugs
When choosing a remedy for parasites, broad-spectrum tablets can be used, provided that you do not know the type of worms that live in the body. You can also take the necessary tests to determine the type of parasites, in which case you will no longer need broad-spectrum drugs. In this case, you can take medicines intended for a specific type of human worm.
Today there are up to 80 types of worms in the human body. Such parasites infect the human body from the inside. In children, the most common types of worms are: lamblia, roundworms and pinworms. There is no need to take broad-spectrum drugs against them, and there are about 10 types of pills.
It is forbidden for a person to take certain types of drugs for viral and infectious diseases, during pregnancy, while breastfeeding and during menstruation.
Among them, all worms are divided into flukes, nematodes and tapeworms, each of them is distinguished by individual sensitivity to certain types of medicine. Tablets of the required action should be prescribed to a person depending on the type of worms, taking into account the age and general condition of the body. Only a doctor can choose the right drugs for worms.
Nematode and nematode tablets
This category includes pinworms, whipworms, roundworms and toxocara. For the treatment of this type of worms, tablets and suspensions are prescribed.
Special chewable tablets prescribed by a specialist can also be used against worms.
Tapeworm and tapeworm tablets
This group of human parasites includes: diphyllobothriasis, teniasis, teniasis, sparganosis, echinococcosis, teniarinchiasis and coenurosis. In this case, the doctor can prescribe tablets to cleanse the whole body as a whole.
You can also take pills to cleanse the whole body from dwarf tapeworm, malaria, nematodosis.
Tablets for flatworms
This category includes liver parasites, feline flukes, Chinese flukes and lung parasites. With extraintestinal flukes, a specialist prescribes treatment using some anthelmintic drugs.
Rules for taking drugs
Almost all drugs have an effect on adult human helminths and are not effective against larvae and eggs. If a person has had pinworms, he can become infected with them again, so after treatment, it is recommended to undergo treatment again after two weeks.
There is a reliable way against human worms: after the drug pills are taken in the morning, in the evening you can put an enema to cleanse the body, drink laxatives. It is recommended to drink all tablets for cleansing the body from worms only after consulting with your doctor.
It is necessary to understand that all drugs to get rid of parasites are very toxic, it is important to observe the dosage, take into account the patient's weight, treatment in the hospital may be required.
Taking medication for prophylaxis
If pinworms have been found in someone's body at home, then it is imperative to take medications against various parasites to prevent them. There are often cases where scrapings can show a false result, but children often get infected with parasites. Eggs can be transferred between family members very quickly - through doorknobs, household items, pet hair, baby clothes, bedding, and other items.
Some doctors are against cleansing the body for prophylaxis because pills can be extremely toxic. Alternatively, you can take your worm medicine today and get it tomorrow. It is important to monitor intimate hygiene, adhere to the rules of personal cleanliness, wash your hands before eating food and after using the toilet. Change your linens every morning.
It should be remembered that all means against parasites are extremely toxic to the human body, especially they can be dangerous for children. Home remedies for prevention can include garlic, pumpkin seeds.
Other doctors, in turn, recommend that primary schoolchildren and preschoolers take an anthelmintic drug every six months for preventive treatment. In a place with a large concentration of children, a worm infection often occurs and there may be no symptoms.
A child tries to maintain personal hygiene only from the age of six, so self-infection may occur. If a negative curettage is obtained, but nausea, severe itching appears in the anus, there are abdominal pains, it is necessary to visit a doctor, and the child must be temporarily isolated from other children. In this case, it is recommended to scrape three times.
Take a medicine to cleanse the intestines of parasites:
- If there is an animal in the house.
- Man constantly interacts with the earth.
- If the child arrives in a closed group of children.
- A person regularly travels to various countries.
- He likes to play volleyball, football, fishing, hunting.
Worms in humans are quite common, they can appear during the gestation period, but at this time it is forbidden to take drugs aimed at cleansing the body. These drugs have a toxic effect on the body, they can harm even more than parasites. From the second trimester of pregnancy, only the attending physician can prescribe treatment.
If a pregnant woman has pinworms, there is no point in worrying, you can easily get rid of them, since they live no more than two weeks.
Folk remedies
There are various folk remedies for parasites that can get rid of them quickly, without harm to health.
- Antiworm Collection. Mix one part of chopped dried herb centaury, bitter wormwood, cumin seeds, ground dried pumpkin seeds with two parts ground cloves. Add four parts of toasted flaxseed and chopped tansy flowers. Mix the collection, grind in a coffee grinder and store in a jar with a tightly closed lid. Take according to a specific scheme. The first day: one teaspoon of collection on an empty stomach in the morning 30 minutes before a meal, washed down with a large volume of cold boiled water, sweetened with honey. The second day is also in the morning and 30 minutes before lunch. From the third to the seventh day: one teaspoon in the morning, 40 minutes after lunch and before bedtime. No diet is required with this treatment. It is recommended to repeat the course with a week off.
- Chilli. Adults are recommended to eat as much hot pepper as possible (both ground and fresh), if there are no contraindications to its use. Children are advised to eat plenty of fresh carrot juice and this raw vegetable.
- Enema with garlic. A garlic-based enema can provide an effective treatment for pinworms (knead up to 9 cloves of garlic in a glass of warm water and strain).
- Complex treatment. On the first day of therapy, the patient needs to eat liquid and smoothie food (liquid cereals, soups, yogurt, vegetable puree). In the evening, take laxative salt (25-30 grams of Epsom and Glauber salt for an adult). In the morning of the next day, put on a cleansing enema and drink pumpkin seed medicine on an empty stomach. Drink for 40 minutes, after two hours take a laxative. In addition, after 2 hours the patient also needs to eat, sometimes the worms may not come out immediately, but in the next 1-2 days. Therefore, on the second and third day, it is recommended to put an enema to cleanse the intestines once a day.
- Garlic and milk. Boil a large head of garlic in a cup of milk until soft. Strain the milk, wait for it to cool and put out an enema, leaving it for the whole night: for an adult from a full glass, for a child - 70-100 milliliters, depending on age. Do a similar procedure throughout the week.
- Walnut tincture. Chop four tablespoons of young green walnuts and leave to infuse with a glass of lightly salted boiling water. Insist for 25 minutes, then strain. Drink the resulting infusion throughout the day, alternating it with laxatives. Used to remove tapeworms and nematodes.
- Tansy Tincture. Pour three tablespoons of tansy herb with a glass of boiling water, leave for 60 minutes, then strain. Take 3-5 times a day for one tablespoon.
- Tincture of wormwood. Pour a teaspoon of bitter dry herb wormwood with two cups of boiling water, strain and cool. Take the infusion three times a day, 1-2 tablespoons 20 minutes before meals to eliminate nematodes and pinworms.
- Onion tincture. Onions need to be finely chopped, filling half the bottle with them and pouring with vodka or alcohol. Insist for 10 days. For adults, take two tablespoons every day before meals twice a day. For children, the following recipe is suitable: chop an onion of regular size, pour a cup of boiling water, let it stand for 14 hours and strain. Drink 80 milliliters a day for 3-4 days. Use for the breeding of roundworms and pinworms.
- Tincture of pumpkin seeds with wormwood. Combine the bitter wormwood leaves and crushed pumpkin seeds in equal quantities. Fill the bottle one third with this mixture. Fill the rest of the bottle with vodka. Insist on a warm or bright place for seven days. Take a tincture twice a day, 50 milliliters 30 minutes before dinner and lunch. Drink for two weeks until the worms are completely removed.
Expert advice
It is recommended to take tablets for various types of parasites with extreme caution in young children, during lactation, in the presence of kidney and liver diseases, in agranulocytosis, if the bone marrow is depressed. Babies younger than six months are very sensitive to these drugs.
Before starting treatment, it is important to check their reaction, if there is an allergy, it is necessary to change the drug. You should not self-medicate, as you can only harm your health.