Enterobiasis is one of the most common human helminthic invasions. Although this disease is considered to be mostly a childhood disease, adult people get sick at least once. The danger of this type of helminthiasis is that pinworms cause numerous problems in their body. The consequences of their harmful activities can be very serious. In the case when the pinworms were not detected for a long time and their treatment was not adequately treated, they cause such serious complications as:
- Acute appendicitis caused by the penetration of pinworms into the appendix;
- Peritonitis, which occurs due to the pinches of the small intestine and free exit into the abdominal cavity;
- The big danger of these worms is that they become the main cause of the development of dysbiosis or exacerbation of infectious diseases of the intestine. This is due to the fact that pinworms cause disturbances in the ratio of useful and pathogenic microflora;
- In the late diagnosis of this disease, larvae of parasites easily enter the areas of the anus area, which leads to the appearance of inflammation and the formation of local festering in the perineum and on the buttocks.
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pinworms The danger of these parasitic worms is that they cause the development of a large number of complications, although they do not pose a serious threat to the health and life of the patient, but are quite unpleasant both physically and morally. In addition, with enterobiasis, the patient has a negative symptom, significantly impairing the quality of life. In order to find out most accurately all the harmful effects caused by pinworms, it is necessary to understand them in more detail.
A typical symptom of this helminthic invasion is a nighttime itch in the perianal region, which in the absence of treatment of a large accumulation in the intestinal tract of parasites becomes permanent and provokes the emergence of large calculi in the anal folds, for which the inflammatory process is peculiar. But not one itch becomes a consequence of pinworms. Settled in the intestines pinworms cause a huge number of violations in various organs, and that is why many people are interested in what happens to the body during the development of this helminthiasis. The answers of specialists to the most frequently asked questions of patients will fully understand this.
You can often hear the question of whether the pinworms harm the fetus? The answer to it is of great interest to many pregnant women, because enterobiasis is the most frequent invasion and no one is immune from its occurrence. Specialists note that the main danger for the infection of these small worms in the class of nematodes during the period of bearing a child threatens the future mother, and not the fetus. It consists of the following:
- Pinworms quite easily creep into the genital tracts of a pregnant woman and cause irritation and inflammation of the mucous membrane, accompanied by bacterial infection and severe itching;
- The intolerable nocturnal itch caused by pinworms is dangerous for a future mother by triggering insomnia, which leads to nervous system disorders. Such a condition of a pregnant woman can cause great harm to the fetus;
- These helminths, calmly moving around the intestines, can easily crawl into the appendix and cause an acute appendicitis, which is also quite dangerous in the period of bearing of the child.
Negative consequences of vital activity of pinworms occur not only in pregnant women. In most cases, enterobiosis causes microbiological disturbances in the composition of intestinal bacteria, which leads to a deterioration in the absorption processes and, accordingly, patients with this scourge greatly lose weight. The intensified process of losing weight in this helminthiasis also arises because parasitic worms of this species secrete a large number of toxic substances that poison the body and reduce appetite. In the case when pinworms are localized in the intestines of a child, in addition to a strong decrease in appetite and weight loss of the baby, they cause still a delay in his physical and mental development.
A dangerous consequence of pinworms is the development or possible complication of the patient's hemorrhoids. In this case, hemorrhoids can arise because parasitic worms damage the intestinal mucosa or anus surfaces, and also almost always provoke the appearance of constipation in the infected people. In order to get rid of this unpleasant consequence of enterobiasis, first of all it is necessary to destroy the worms and only after that to proceed to the direct treatment of hemorrhoids provoked by helminthiasis.
What is the danger of pinworms for an adult?
In every adult patient, the response to this type of helminth is individual and the consequences of their presence in the body, as well as the concomitant symptomatology, cause less harm than in children. In some people, the signs of the disease may not appear at all until the time when the number of parasitic worms becomes dangerously large. What are the consequences of pinworms in an adult? Specialists note the following:
- Digestive system disorders lead to the development of various severity of gastritis, which, as a rule, arise from the appearance of inflammatory processes in the duodenum;
- Toxic substances, which are a product of vital activity of helminths and enter the patient's blood, provoke the development of neurotic disorders;
- Oysters often cause the development of acute appendicitis, often resulting in peritonitis. The danger of its occurrence is associated with migration of sexually mature parasites to the vermiform appendage and perforation of the intestinal walls.
Often, patients are interested in what causes allergies in pinworms. Worms of this species as well as other helminths, almost always cause the appearance of allergic reactions of various types in humans. This is due to the ingestion of a large number of toxic substances, which are the products of the vital activity of helminths. The usual manifestations of allergy in this invasion are expressed in the rashes on the skin. Also, the allergy can be triggered by the multiplication of female pinworms in the anus area, which causes the patient to have an itch of the anal opening and constant calculi of the discomfort zones. In this case, dermatitis often occurs.
Cough in pinworms also occurs quite often. The larvae of worms, which rose up the digestive tract and got into the bronchi, cause it. This negative manifestation of invasion should be paid special attention, since such a cough is always accompanied by expectoration and when mucus from the bronchi comes back into the esophagus a second infection occurs. In the case of a long-term coughing in the patient, it is necessary to consult a specialist for a diagnostic test, which will show what caused it. In the case of confirmation of the presence in the body of pinworms only complete destruction of them will help to get rid of this manifestation of invasion.