Pinworms: treatment (drugs). Medicine for pinworms for children

Perhaps not every reader will immediately understand what will be discussed. In fact, most of us have experienced at least once in life, and most likely in childhood, with this disease. Parasites of pinworm are round worms of the order of nematodes. Simply put, a kind of intestinal worms. These worms cause the disease enterobiosis. In people, infection with pinworms is called "sickness of dirty hands". There is an opinion that this is a childhood illness. In fact, infection with pinworms - a fairly common phenomenon among the adult population.

Pinworm is who?

Pinworm, or Enterobius vermicularis, reaches a length of up to 10 mm (female) and has a pointed tail, the male is half as long, with the end twisted to the abdomen. Worms have a special organ around the mouth, with which they attach to the walls of the intestine. Parasitize exclusively in the human body. Outside the body of the host may exist from a few hours to months. Cats and dogs also carry the eggs of worms.

Any person is subject to infection. But it was noticed that children from 3 to 10 years old, especially those attending preschool institutions, are more likely to enterobiosis. This is due to inadequate observance of the rules of personal hygiene of toddlers of this age and frequent contact with other children. Less commonly, pinworms are found in people living in hot climates, as parasites die in sunlight. What is the treatment used for expelling pinworm? Preparations of both official medicine and traditional medicine are quite effective in fighting the disease.

What do worms look like? Photo of a male pinworm will help you know the enemy in person.

Life cycle of pinworm

Getting into the human body, the egg of the worm moves into the small intestine. Here hatch larvae, which attach to the intestines, damaging the mucous membrane, and feed on its contents. Within 2 weeks, the parasite matures and further fertilizes the female. One female pinworm bears from 5000 to 15000 eggs, going down into the rectum and laying eggs in the outer folds of the anus, while dying itself. The life cycle of an oyster takes about a month. The process of egg ripening under favorable conditions is up to 6 hours.

Ways of infection

The disease is easily spread due to the contact of pinworms with the external environment. The larvae hatch on the surface of the anus. Thus, they easily spread, getting on the underwear and bed linen, towels, which causes the infection of people in the nearest environment. In addition, the symptom of the manifestation of vital activity of pinworms is a strong itch in the area of infection - the surface of the anus. Having soothed the itch with scratching, a person puts eggs on his hands and under his fingernails and becomes not only a carrier, but also a spreader of the disease. It is possible to repeat the cycles of development of pinworms due to repeated infection of a person or self-infection through dirty hands. All variants of infection are reduced to the fact that the hands, and then in the mouth gets an egg pinworm. How to treat infection - we'll tell you below.

Symptoms of the disease

Enterobiosis can be absolutely asymptomatic. But most often the disease is accompanied by itching in the anus. Unpleasant feelings intensify at night, when the female lays eggs. The itch disturbs the patient for up to 3 days, then soreness disappears. But 2 weeks later appears again. This phenomenon is explained by repeated infection and a new cycle of development of pinworms. When combing, there is a possibility of joining a bacterial infection and the development of inflammatory processes. With a long course of the disease or a large number of worms, intestinal disorders arise in the form of a frequent stool with an admixture of mucus and colicky pain. Wastes from the vital activity of worms contribute to the appearance of migraines, sleep disorders, weakness, nausea, dizziness, allergic reactions. Infants are disturbed by the intestinal microflora, which leads to a slowdown in weight gain and overall development.

Possible complications

In some cases, pinworms can move around the internal organs, causing various complications of the course of enterobiasis. Here are the most common examples.

1. Appendicitis: occurs when the worm enters the cecum.
2. Peritonitis: develops when the pinpoints enter the abdominal cavity.
3. In the case of moving worms to the reproductive organs of girls, vulvaginitis and urinary tract infections develop.
4. With prolonged carriage of pinworms, enterocolitis develops.
5. If the worm gets into the eyeball, the lungs, nasal passages will need surgical intervention to remove the parasite.

Methods of diagnosis

To make the diagnosis "enterobiosis" usually does not make for the infectious disease doctor. Use such diagnostic methods for pinpointing pinworms:

1. Scraping for enterobiasis or pinworm analysis is carried out in several ways. In the first case, the doctor collects the material in the area of the anal opening with the adhesive tape. Then glue the tape on the slide. Otherwise, you can take the material for analysis with a cotton swab, conducting it along the folds in the area of infection. Then place the wand in a jar with a tight lid. In this way, material can be collected at home. In this case, it is necessary to deliver the material to the laboratory in a short time. If necessary, you can store a tightly closed jar in the refrigerator for up to 8 hours, but the reliability of the result of the analysis will be reduced.
2. Identify worms when you are physically examined. The doctor can detect traces of itching combs or the worm itself on the surface of the skin.
3. An additional confirmation of enterobiosis is the presence in the general blood analysis of eosinophils, exceeding the norm.
4. Analysis of stool for pinpointing pinworms is ineffective, since worms do not lay eggs inside the intestine.

Features of scraping

The analysis should be done in the morning. It is advisable to refrain before handing over the material from the bowel movement. Do not wash out, as you can wash eggs from the surface of the anal opening.

Usually the result of the analysis is ready in a day. Pinworms are defined as follows: laboratory assistants examine the collected material for detection of eggs in a microscope. In the absence of such, but the presence of additional symptoms of enterobiasis, it is recommended to conduct a second analysis after 24 hours, as the worm lays eggs every day.

With a positive result, doctors recommend urgently to sanitize the room where the patient lives; Give direction to scraping enterobiasis of people in contact with the infected, and recommend starting treatment of the disease. A pediatrician will prescribe a medicine for pinworms for children.

Pinworms: treatment, preparations

Found pinworms! How to treat? First of all, it is necessary to try to get rid yourself of the pinworm. At home, this can be done by observing the simple rules of hygiene and sanitation:

• Often change underwear;

• Wash hands thoroughly;

• Iron iron on both sides before dressing;

• Daily change bed linens and towels;

• All things wash at a maximum temperature;

• Shorten the nails;

• To take care of pets, to monitor their health, as often the animals are the carriers of eggs;
• Wash the room thoroughly with soap and water, boil everything you can. Disinfectants do not kill pinworms. Carpet, soft toys, mattresses preferably for several hours to stand in the sun - ultraviolet is harmful to worms. Wash everything you need - pinworm eggs are found on the ceiling, curtains, chandelier, they fly in the air. And the fact that you will not be able to wash it will have to be thrown away, otherwise the probability of repeated infection is high.

Anthelmintic preparations

Doctors-infectionists and parasitologists for treatment of enterobiosis in adults prescribe drugs from pinworms. Violate the life cycle of worms following medicines:

1. "Piperazina adipinat", "Piperazin" in the form of tablets has a paralyzing effect on worms.
2. "Kombatrin" helps to get rid of pinworm. "Pirantel" has the same composition and is widely used in pediatric practice. Produced in the form of tablets and suspensions. Blocks helminths and removes them from the body.
3. "Пирвиниум" breaks a metabolism of pinworms. "Pirkon" is an analogue of "Pirvinium".
4. Vermox, Vermakar, Vero-Mebandazon, Vormin, Mebex have the international name Mebendazol. Violate the metabolic processes of worms.
5. "Decaris", "Albendazon" in the form of tablets depresses the work of the muscles of helminths.
6. "Medamin" prevents the ability of the worm to stick to the intestines.

The duration of the course of drugs for pinworm, treatment, drugs can be prescribed only by a doctor, taking into account the course of the disease, age, anamnesis. Most often there is a need for several courses of treatment with a break in a week. This is due to the fact that antihelminthic drugs only work on adults and do not affect larvae and eggs in any way. To pass the diagnostic examination is for all who are in contact with the infected people.

Treatment of enterobiasis during pregnancy and lactation

Enterobiosis - a common phenomenon among pregnant women. Most often, infection comes from an older child who brought worms from a children's team. Dangers for prenatal development of the baby pinworms do not represent, but during the delivery it is likely to infect the newborn.

During the period of breastfeeding and in the early stages of pregnancy (before 12 weeks), the use of anthelmintic drugs is contraindicated, since the substances entering the medicine can cause irreparable harm to the baby. If absolutely necessary, when the worms pose a threat to the health of the lactating woman, breastfeeding can be interrupted for the period of treatment with antihelminthic drugs. Under the same circumstances, the doctor can appoint a future mother for relatively sparing funds "Piperazin" and "Pirantel." You need to spend 2 five-day courses with a break in a week.

Treatment without medication

Pinworms are not deep in the body, so you can get rid of them without taking medication:

1. To prevent the spread and re-self-infection, it is necessary to close the anus between the defecations of the cotton swab during the entire life cycle of the pinworm.
2. Cleansing enema of a weak soda solution, with a volume of 1 - 3 cups, will help wash the eggs of parasites. It is more effective to perform the procedure late at night, when helminths accumulate on the surface of the anus.
3. The worms can be driven out by using such products: pomegranate, garlic, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, horseradish and mustard.
4. Strictly observe the rules of personal hygiene.
5. Daily cleaning of the room with soapy water.
6. You can use folk remedies for breeding worms.
7. To adhere to the recommendations you need 40 days - this is the maximum life cycle of the helminth.

Treatment of the disease in children

As soon as the baby began to creep and cognize the world around him, playing with sand, animals, other people's toys, my mother needs to be on guard and carefully monitor the hygiene of the baby so that the child does not know who the worms are. The photo below clearly shows the way of infection through dirty hands.

Treatment of enterobiosis in children older than a year is not much different from that for adults. In the first place are all the same rules of sanitation and hygiene - this is the keystone to successfully combat helminths. Do not forget to wash your child at least 4 times a day, wash your baby's clothes at maximum temperature and iron with iron. At the same time prescribe medication. The doctor, given the age and weight of the baby, prescribes the drug. For infants, the only safe drug is Piperazine. For the treatment of older children, the most commonly used drugs are Vermox, Pirantel, Helminthox and their analogues. The medicine for pinworms for children does not have a very strong toxic effect on the body, but it is less effective in controlling worms.

Features of treatment of children

On the eve of the first dose of the medicine you need to change the baby's diet. The food should be easily assimilated: it's better if you give the baby soup, vegetable salad and fruit, dairy products. Having taken the medicine prescribed by the doctor in the morning, you should take a laxative in the evening, for example, "Dufolac" or glycerin suppositories. This will help to remove parasites from the body.

In addition, preparations against worms, and the parasites themselves, disrupt the already unstable intestinal microflora, which can provoke various complications in the form of digestive disorders. To prevent such conditions, probiotics are prescribed, for example, "Simbiter", "Lactovit."

Pinworms: treatment at home

The existing recipes for the treatment of worms are based on the expulsion of parasites with the help of "tastes and smells" that they do not like. Time-tested recipes from pinworm at home are:

1. Tincture of garlic. Stupa or garlick porozhnite clove of garlic. Pour boiled water 1: 1. Drink garlic tincture before going to bed and drink plenty of water. Take 3 consecutive days, then take a break for a week and repeat the course.
2. Pumpkin seeds scroll through the meat grinder. Add honey until a homogeneous gruel is formed. Eat a tablespoon on an empty stomach. This recipe will suit even kids from 2 years old - delicious and healthy!
3. They do not tolerate pinworms and the smell of onions. Scrunch a quarter of the onions and mix with a teaspoon of salt and st.l. Vegetable oil. Take it within 5 days before bedtime.
4. Helps folk remedy for pinworms in the form of broths of herbs tansy and wormwood. But they have a number of contraindications and side effects. It is not recommended to use without consulting a specialist. But enemas from the decoction of chamomile do not harm - perform the procedure before bedtime in 2 courses for 3 consecutive days with a break in a week.

Do not delay the visit to the doctor with a complaint about the detection of pinworm. Treatment, drugs have a number of contraindications and side effects, so uncontrolled use of them can harm health.