Some people often complain of sudden pain in the abdomen, especially children, to find that they have worms in their stomach or small intestine. However, due to ignorance, they can not identify the cause of the pain and are in fact a phenomenon that is easy to distinguish from other symptoms of other diseases.
Types of worms found in the abdomen
- The worm is called a rectangle, which is called the only worm that affects humans because of the consumption of raw meat and non-cooked, and the other type is called worm gourd and injures the human consumption of meat is not cooked well, in both cases worm larvae enter the stomach and then move to the small intestine and adhere With its inner wall and grow to form a mature dudu during a period of three months.
- The cylindrical worm: called cylindrical because of its cylindrical shape, and transmitted to the human body by hands contaminated with eggs and then placed in the mouth, or eating food contaminated with eggs, enter the digestive system to reach the small intestine and begin breeding Hanan after growing up and turn into a mature worm.
Symptoms of tapeworm infection
- The appetite is open as well as the constant desire to eat.
- Acute abdominal pain.
- Anemia.
- Lose weight.
- General fatigue and exhaustion.
- Insomnia and inability to sleep.
Symptoms of wormworm infection
- In some cases, the person may have convulsions.
- Itching especially severe at night.
- Feelings of anxiety.
- The inability to sleep at night
- Disorders in digestion.
- Abdominal pain.
- Runny saliva.
- Anorexia.
- Lose weight.
- Diarrhea is mild and may turn into severe.
- Delayed growth of child than peers of children.
- Change the color of the child to pale.
- If the worm moves to the blood vessels, it increases the acidity of the blood.
Methods of treatment of worms in the abdomen
- Take the tablets that work on the elimination of worms, and must be under the supervision of a specialist doctor to assess the situation and diagnose the cause of injury and description of the appropriate disks.
- Clean the hands thoroughly before placing them in the mouth.
- Maintain personal hygiene especially in children, clean the anal area well after defecation, and get them to wash hands well after getting out of the bathroom.
- Eat some types of food that eliminate worms such as raw garlic and pineapple slices.
- Drink drenched onions, ginger roots are scented.
- Cook meat well before eating it, never eat raw meat.
- Clean the vegetables thoroughly before ingestion, and work on soaking the leafy vegetables with salt and vinegar for a period before use.
- Stay away from engaging more than one child in the same bed to prevent the spread of infection among them.
- Trim the children’s nails constantly to prevent the accumulation of dirt and bacteria underneath.
- Staying away from eating sugars and sweetened foods feeds the worms in the abdomen.