Many women with enterobiasis want to know why and how the pinworms get into the vagina, can they penetrate further into the uterus, what is the danger of such a complication, what characteristic symptoms does it have? Answers to these questions will help to understand how to prevent the occurrence of such a complication, what symptoms should make you pay attention to the presence of invasion, how to treat vaginal enterobiasis.
So, under what conditions can an oyster get into the vagina? Sometimes the process of oviposition in an adult worm is delayed. This occurs when there is a high humidity threshold near the perineum, when the patient has poorly cleaned the anus after emptying the bowel. Any untidiness in this area causes the pinworm to wander and crawl not only into the vagina, but further into the uterus, and from there and into the fallopian tubes, into the cavity of the small pelvis. Often during the scheduled operations surgeons find encapsulated pinworms on the walls of the peritoneum. This once again proves the fact that they can safely move inside the genitals.
To help pinworms penetrate the vagina is capable of a sick woman. Combing the anus, and then dirty hands touching her vagina, the woman, unaware of it, herself puts the eggs of pinworms in the genitals. Since the intestinal microflora can easily pass into them, favorable conditions are created for the development of invasive eggs outside the intestinal tract. That is why it is so important during the course of the disease to strictly observe all the existing rules of personal hygiene. Here is the list of the main ones:
- In the process of washing, it is important not to move from the anus to the pubis, but in the opposite direction.
- Several times a day you need to change underwear, you need to wear something that was well washed and ironed with a hot iron.
- Once a day after a night's sleep, it is necessary to change the bed or iron it with an iron.
- During the course of the invasion, all patients are strongly advised to shorten the nails and hair around the vagina shortly.
- After each defecation process, it is necessary to wash out.
- Before going to bed at night, it is important to insert a tampon made of gauze into the anus. The perineum should be lubricated with a lot of zinc ointment.
If such prevention is used in parallel with drug treatment, recovery will accelerate. Many items will help prevent pinworm from entering the vagina and into the uterus. At the slightest suspicion of the presence of pinworms in this area, you should immediately seek help from specialists and not engage in self-medication.
The main symptoms of pinworms in the genitals
Not notice the presence of pinworms in the vagina is quite difficult. Helminthes move, making spiral movements. They are the cause of the following pathological conditions. Patients complain:
- On severe itching.
- On redness and inflammation of the vaginal mucosa.
- The sensation of a stir inside the vagina.
- On the pain that occurs during urination.
- On abundant white discharge, uncharacteristic for a given cycle time.
Vaginal enterobiosis has other less characteristic symptoms. This disorder of the stool, constant nausea, increased salivation. Patients report a lack of appetite, a decrease in immunity, and abdominal pain. If pinworms continue to migrate further, there are signs of other, more dangerous pathologies.
The presence of pinworms in the vagina does not pass without a trace. It is it that can cause the development of vulvovaginitis, endometritis, colpitis and salpingitis. If we ignore the presence of pinworms, irreversible processes in the work of the reproductive system of women may occur. That is why in the presence of vaginal enterobiasis in girls, one should not only carefully treat the invasion, but also take care of preventing repeated infections.
How to treat pinworm in the vagina?
It is impossible to get rid of pinworms in the vagina without treatment of intestinal invasion. Otherwise, the infection process will be repeated again. Therefore, to solve the described problem, an integrated approach is applied. Eliminate worms from the vagina can only be if the effect on the whole body as a whole, and not on a separate organ, the uterus, for example. Today there is a whole line of medicines of wide action. For the treatment of infestations of moderate severity, Nemozol, Pirantel, Vermox and Decaris are used. The dose of drugs for the destruction of pinworms is prescribed taking into account the age of the patient and the severity of his condition. And although the course of treatment of vaginal helminthosis is only one day, many drugs have side effects, they must be taken into account when drawing up a treatment regimen.
If the patient has discovered the penetration of pinworms into the vagina, she should contact a gynecologist. Do not be shy. The doctor must confirm the diagnosis and together with the infectious disease specialist or parasitologist make a plan for fighting the pinworms that have penetrated into the uterus or into the fallopian tubes. Only a gynecologist knows how to rinse the vagina from pinworms, how to kill them in the uterus. Only an expert will save the patient not only from external manifestations of invasion, but also eliminate the cause of its appearance, allowing the patient to fully live.
The effectiveness of drug treatment of infestation is possible only if certain preventive rules are observed. Treatment should be continuous, taking into account the life cycle of the parasite. It is important to treat all family members at the same time. If there is a patient with pinworms in the house, special sanitary and hygienic conditions( separate utensils, personal items) should be formed around it. Infected children can not be admitted to general educational institutions. If in a group of kindergartens or in a school class a worm was found in one student, you need to take your child to the nearest clinic and hand over the stools to study. They will help to identify infection at the earliest stages and prevent the occurrence of dangerous complications. It is also useful from the early childhood to instill hygienic culture for all children. Special services are required to conduct educational work among parents. This is the only way you can try to prevent the development of dangerous scenarios.