The most accurate tool for diagnosing helminthiases are laboratory studies. The most common method of checking whether there are worms is to hand over samples of stool and blood for analysis. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, therefore it is recommended to conduct a comprehensive examination to clarify the diagnosis.
If you or your child has a specific symptomatology, it is recommended to check for worms in a specialized medical institution.
Testing feces samples for worms gives a fairly accurate result, for the presence of their larvae and eggs. But it is not always possible to diagnose by results of analyzes. This is explained by the fact that parasites have specific phases of development, different locations of localization, therefore, it is not always possible to find the presence of worms in the human body in a sample of feces. To obtain more accurate results, it is recommended to conduct laboratory testing of stool specimens at least three times during the week.
A helminth test for blood tests can not be carried out at home. When examining human blood samples, antibodies are detected that appear as a result of the body's reaction to the toxins released by parasites. Due to the fact that more than 150 species of parasites that can live in humans are currently known, the method of diagnosing worms by blood is not sufficiently effective.
How to check if there are helminths?
It is well known that the main indicator on the basis of which a person's worms are suspected is excessive leanness amid increased appetite, morning sickness and abdominal pain after eating. These symptoms allow you to suspect at home or children of parasites, but the final diagnosis can be made only after checking for worms in the laboratory. Since the symptomatology can indicate gastrointestinal disorders, metabolic disorders and other diseases.
The presence of worms in the adult body at home is indicated by the following symptoms: bloating and periodic pain in the abdominal cavity, diarrhea and intestinal obstruction, heaviness in the stomach after eating. Many, having found out in themselves such symptoms, start to drink various drugs, sit down on a diet. In the case of parasites, such measures are ineffective. Before starting treatment, you should check your worms. Moreover, if the following symptoms are added to this symptomatology:
- appearance in the anus of unpleasant sensations: burning, itching and pain;
- vomiting and a feeling of nausea;
- frequent colds and decreased immunity;
- regular cough, which does not go away even after treatment with traditional medicines;
- skin rashes and inflammations: rash, hives, boils.
Worms also affect the functioning of the nervous system. Such signs as increased nervousness, depression and others, which were written off earlier for stress and general fatigue from the rhythm of modern life, can be a consequence of the influence of toxins released by parasites.
In women, helminthiasis presents itself as an inflammation of the ovaries and a violation of the usual cycle of menstruation, and men have a problem with potency and prostatitis.
How to check if there are worms in a child at home?
In children, the symptoms of the appearance of helminths in the body are the following:
- Explicit digestive problems. Quite often in babies such problems are a normal phenomenon, which is eliminated by special therapy. But if traditional methods do not help, you should immediately check the children for the presence of worms.
- Anxiety symptoms include itching in the anus.
- The eyelids begin to peel off.
- Hair and nails become brittle.
- Unusual behavior: a child may be lethargic and drowsy or, conversely, too active.
- Large selection of saliva. If this is not the cause of the growth of the teeth, then you should pay attention to it.
- The dream became restless. The kid constantly turns, cries, pulls the legs and handles.
Presence of all these signs should alert parents, is an occasion for visiting the doctor, checking smears, stool and blood for worms. Also these signs can be with such diseases as weak immunity, metabolism is broken and GI disease.
The most significant and obvious sign of the presence of worms in the body is the presence of larvae or fragments of parasites in the feces. To check up, whether there are helminths, in house conditions it is possible, having visually studied contents of a pot of the kid. If the white feces of the worm or larvae are visible in the feces, this is a direct excuse for starting treatment. On the video you can see how the parasites look. Such a home check should be done late in the evening when the parasites have peak activity and the breeding phase.