Pinworms - symptoms

Worms are a disease that can strike anyone. The greatest chance of becoming infected is when hygiene is not respected. But we must not forget that pinworms can be transmitted to a healthy person directly from the infected. Regardless of how the disease has got into the body, its timely and proper treatment will help to cope completely with parasites. And how to recognize a pinworm? We will discuss this below.

Worm claws - what is it?

Pinworms are one of the varieties of worms. Being in the body, parasites are actively developing. Every day, new offspring are born. Eggs of worms can appear on the skin of a person, and also settle in personal things. It is possible to destroy all manifestations of pinworms, observing the norms of hygiene, regularly cleaning the premises, ironing out personal belongings.

Like all other parasites, pinworms look not very attractive. These are worms of white color, the males of which usually grow no more than four millimeters, but females can be two or even three times larger. The name of the "pinworm" parasites was obtained thanks to a specific, island-end form.

Eggs of pinworms can be recognized by traditional oblong form. Most often in an infected person, they can be found on the skin in the region of the anus. That is why, in order to detect worms, it is necessary to take a specific analysis. If you infect other types of worms, you need to examine the feces, then for the diagnosis of pinworms will need a different analysis - scraping from the prianal area.

How to determine that you have pinworms?

There are several reliable ways to help determine whether the organism is infected with pinworms or not. How to diagnose pinworms, the symptoms of infection with these parasites will be described below.

The most reliable sign is the strongest itch in the anal area. The reason is that in pinworms the life cycle is rather monotonous: the worms settle in the small intestine, eating, destroy the microflora of the organism, and after fertilization the males die, and the females go to the rectum to lay eggs. Most often outside (and if you remember, female pinworms lay eggs around the anus) female worms go out at night, so the strongest attacks of itching are observed just in this period.

Also help to identify pinworm symptoms that look like this:

  1. An upset stomach, accompanied by frequent diarrhea and severe pain in the abdomen.
  2. With large-scale helminthic invasions, the infected person may have irritations and rashes on the skin.
  3. Like children, some adults, suffering from helminths, can strongly grind their teeth in a dream.
  4. In most cases, patients can find pinworms in the stool. Small white oblong sticks are most often helminths.
  5. Sometimes the patients have inflammations of the genital organs (when the helminths come out).

All this - reliable signs that there were pinworms in the body. With them and any other suspicions it is recommended to contact a specialist who will help establish an accurate diagnosis and prescribe an effective treatment course.

Self-medication can not be done, because, in addition to discomfort and painful sensations, pinworms can cause dysbiosis and other serious problems associated with the destruction of intestinal microflora.

Since pinworm infection can occur when you contact the patient or his things, it is important to follow the basic rules of hygiene:

  1. After returning from the street and contact with animals, you must wash your hands with soap and water.
  2. Underwear should be ironed after washing and changed every day.
  3. In the house or apartment regularly need to spend wet cleaning.