Contents:
- Medical Video: Natural Ways To Get Rid Of Intestinal Worms In No Time
- What is roundworm infection?
- This type of worm causes roundworm infections in humans
- What causes roundworm infections?
- What are the symptoms of roundworm infections?
- Then what is the right treatment for roundworm infections?
Medical Video: Natural Ways To Get Rid Of Intestinal Worms In No Time
Do you have a habit of consuming undercooked animal meat? If so, you have to be more careful from now on. Because the danger of trichonosis infection or what can be called a roundworm infection, will lurk your health.
What is roundworm infection?
Trichonosis or trichinellosis is an infection caused by a parasitic worm that enters the human body. This type of worm that causes infection is a roundworm that is found in many meat-eating wild animals such as pigs, foxes, dogs, wolves, horses, bears. Trichonosis is another name for roundworm infection.
You can get roundworm infection if you eat raw or undercooked meat from animals infected with trichonosis. In humans, a large number of cases are roundworm infections caused by consumption of pork or cooking by mixing beef and pork infected with roundworms.
This type of worm causes roundworm infections in humans
Some species of roundworm parasites that cause infections in the human body are:
- Trichinella spirallis. Many are found in carnivorous and omnivorous animals.
- Trichinella britovi. Many are found in carnivorous animals
- Trichinella nativa. There are lots of bears and foxes
- Trichinella Nelson. Many are found in mammals such as lions
What causes roundworm infections?
As explained earlier, roundworm infections carried by infected animal meat are then consumed by humans. Animals can get infected with trichonosis when they eat other infected animals or garbage that contains infected meat leftovers.
After meat infected with roundworms enters the human body, larvae enter the intestine and reproduce to produce adult worms. Then the adult worms spread larvae into the bloodstream, allowing the worms to move through the blood vessels and into the muscles. After reaching the muscle, the worms enter the muscle tissue, to be able to live longer in the human body. This is what then results in pain and discomfort.
What are the symptoms of roundworm infections?
When you are first infected, patients may not feel any symptoms. But when the infection has entered one week, the larvae will enter the patient's muscle tissue, and show some signs.
Symptoms of roundworm infection when the larvae are in the intestine:
- Abdominal cramps
- Diarrhea
- Easily tired
- Nausea
- Gag
Then, when roundworm infection has entered into the muscle tissue it will cause symptoms as follows:
- Pain in muscles
- Headache
- High fever
- Cold hot body
- Rash on several parts of the body
Then what is the right treatment for roundworm infections?
Healthline states that trichinosis infection does not always require treatment, because in some cases this infection can heal within a matter of months after showing symptoms of roundworms.
However, that does not mean you do not need to be aware of the dangers posed by this trichinosis infection. When finding symptoms in the body that resemble being infected with trichinosis, there are several types of drugs recommended.
- Antiparasitic drugs (Albendazole) function to treat infections
- Thiabendazol (Mintezol) to remove worms from digestion
- Steroids are useful for curing inflammation in infected tissues
To avoid things that are not desirable, do not hesitate to consult with a doctor to get advice and treatment that suits your condition.
