According to WHO statistics, at the current time parasitic diseases are among the most common diseases among the population of our planet. More than 30.0% of people are forced to put up with the presence of these parasites. And they are the cause of many pathologies, including very dangerous for health, for example, cardiovascular and oncological diseases. After revealing helminthiasis at the initial stage of the disease, using a test for worms, one can not only determine to which type they belong, but also prescribe a course of treatment that will effectively and successfully get rid of them.
To understand, is amazed by an organism worms or not, not simply. After all, the signs of worms are very similar to a variety of diseases. For example, a patient's sudden attacks of anger or frequent periods of depression are not always a symptom of a nervous breakdown. This behavior may be due to the presence of worms.
A test for helminthiasis at home
The simplest test for the presence of worms in humans, which can be carried out even at home, is a survey. It is enough to answer positively or negatively to several questions:
- There are itching and irritation of the skin in the anus.
- Diarrhea, nausea, constipation, increased appetite or loss of it, severe weight loss is observed.
- Allergic reactions, irritability, depressive state are frequent - all this can be a consequence of toxins produced by parasites.
- Weakened immunity: frequent colds, bronchitis, aches and joint pains are the result of a deficiency in the body of vitamins and beneficial microelements that "eat" unwanted guests.
If, after doing such a helminthiasis test, you find two or more coincidences, then it is recommended to consult a doctor. A visit to a specialist is necessary, since even the most modern test for worms at home does not allow to determine with 100% guarantee whether there is helminthiosis or not and, moreover, does not determine what kind of helminths the organism is affected. Therefore, it is recommended to undergo a complete examination in a specialized medical institution that has the necessary laboratory and search methods for this.
The main types of tests for worms
At home, to detect worms, except visually, directly looking at the feces, you can use the following methods:
- Express test for worms Klebestreifentest from Infectopharm. With the help of it, it is possible to identify with high accuracy both the worms themselves and their eggs, which are found on the skin in the perineal region( anus of the anus).The express test kit includes a special tape, which should be pasted on the skin in the morning near the anus, then removed and glued to a laboratory slide. As a rule, if an adult or a child is infected, then under the microscope on the glass you can see helminths, their larvae and eggs. It is recommended to repeat it 3-4 times during the decade.
- The test for the presence of worms, which can be carried out at home, is based on the analysis of saliva. In European and American scientific institutes a universal complex helminth test was developed that allows not only to determine the presence of helminthias with high accuracy, but also to reveal which species of parasites is present. The kit of this test includes a disposable container for collected saliva and a set of specially selected reagents, with the help of which it is possible to identify 11 species of the most common types of worms.
The method of determining helminths for saliva analysis has the following advantages:
- After passing the helminth test at home, you can practically with 100% guarantee to reveal not only helminthiasis, but also the type of parasites that caused it.
- Based on the test, you can prescribe drugs for the course of treatment.
- The technique used ensures the detection of the body's damage to worms at the initial stage.
- With the help of the study of saliva, it is possible to identify worms that are not only in the gastrointestinal tract, but also in other human organs.
- Get the result of the analysis quickly.
- Very simple and accessible manipulations for research.
Two drawbacks to this method are:
- large enough cost of a kit for conducting a test for worms by saliva;
- is extremely low prevalence among the population of our country( this is caused both by the high price of the test, and very meager information about it).
Regardless of which of the tests you have detected in your helminths, it is recommended to additionally make a complete laboratory study, and to collect the data obtained, undergo a course of treatment. After all, getting rid of worms is much better for health and more economical than then to restore the internal organs affected by them.