Worm diseases today are one of the most common diseases. According to the latest WHO data, every third person lives with forced tenants. Unfortunately, not everyone treats worms quite seriously as a dangerous ailment. Worms cause dangerous pathologies of the body, injure internal organsare the causes of such serious diseases as oncology, diabetes, heart attacks and strokes.  “Children infected with helminthic diseases are lagging behind in mental and physical development from healthy peers, moreover, the disease can cause developmental abnormalities even in the third generation.” Therefore, it is so important to diagnose and undergo competent adequate treatment in time.

If you find yourself having 2 or more signs, you need to contact a specialized laboratory.

Scotch test for helminthic disease

The Klebestreifentest test from Infectopharm will help to detect worms at home. This test will help to reveal the eggs of the worms and the worms present on the skin in the crotch area. The kit consists of a special adhesive tape and a glass slide. To get the result, you need to stick a sticky dough tape in the morning on the anus area, then stick the same sticky tape on a glass slide. Under a strong increase, on the glass you can see the eggs of worms and the worms themselves. To obtain an objective result, the test must be performed 3-4 times over 10 days.

Disease detection by saliva

In the laboratory, worms are detected mainly by analysis of feces and blood. Unfortunately, it greatly depends on the human factor and the technical equipment of the laboratory. That is why the analysis of feces reveals no more than 10-15% of cases of the disease.

An immunoassay of blood can detect the disease in 95% of cases.  But this analysis is quite expensive and not every laboratory is equipped with equipment for analysis.

The advantages of defining helminthic invasions by saliva have several advantages:

Disadvantages this method  Diagnosis include:

• Low prevalence in the territory of the CIS countries. It is difficult to say with complete certainty why national medical companies are not particularly interested in purchasing these tests;
• Enough high cost of equipment.

When a person suspects the presence of worms, the question always arises: How to check the presence of worms? Worms are not the best neighbors for a person, therefore: the faster they are detected, the less damage they will inflict on their host. There are many ways to check for worm infestation, and which one to appoint, will be decided by the attending physician, based on the patient's complaints.

Helminthiasis laboratory tests

Worms can be detected both in the laboratory and in the home by answering the test.  Laboratory methods for checking for worms can be:

• microscopic examination;
• PCR (polymer chain reaction) - diagnostics;
• ELISA (ELISA);
• ART (vegetative resonance testing);
• CID (clinical and diagnostic diagnosis);

Clinico-instrumental diagnostics implies a whole range of research methods: ultrasound (ultrasound), CT (computer diagnostics), NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).

Home methods of research on helminthiasis

At home, you can take a simple test and answer the following questions:

• Do you often have headaches?
• Do you have an upset stool how often?
• Have you noticed abdominal pains that disappear on their own?
• Are you allergic?
• Do you have skin problems?
• Do you suffer from asthma, atopic dermatitis?
• Do you get tired quickly, despite normal sleep?
• Does bitterness and nausea occur?
• Do you eat kebabs, dried fish, sushi?
• Do you have to communicate with children?
• Do you have pets at home?
• Are your lymph nodes enlarged?
• Are you celebrating a gratuitous weight loss?
• Do you have coughing spells that go away?

If at least half of the questions you put a positive answer, you should check for helminthiasis in the laboratory, as the test does not give a full guarantee of the presence / absence of helminthic invasion.

This test can be carried out and all members of your family. However, the test is not a complete response to confirmation of helminthic invasion, since similar symptoms can be observed in many diseases.

Also at home, by answering the test, you can determine the presence of worms, make a cleansing enema at bedtime and look at the feces. If there you saw strange white patches that look like worms, then you should consult a doctor.

Which of the methods of testing for helminthiasis is most popular

Since worms can settle in any organ of the human body, therefore, different types of diagnostics can be used.

First, doctors prescribe checks for worms that can settle in the gastrointestinal tract. As a rule, in this case, tests for eggplot and scraping are prescribed. However, one should not rely on the reliability of such methods from the first. Feces for analysis must be passed three times to really detect worms. It is desirable that the material studied was still warm.

If the doctor suspects that the patient has helminths in the liver, then he may prescribe a probe, after which an examination of the material extracted will be carried out. In the case of a positive response and confirmation of helminthic invasion - a course of treatment in a hospital is required. However, unfortunately, the treatment does not always bring positive results, and it is not always possible to expel the worms from the liver. Hepatic worms can become infected by eating fish that have not been properly heat treated.

Also, the doctor with the slightest doubts may prescribe additional studies, so as not to the patient not to drink anthelmintic drugs  with no reason.

In order not to break his head and get tested, to respond to the test at home, do yourself a cleansing enema - follow simple rules of hygiene and prepare food according to sanitary standards. Let the worms do not bother you !.

Before proceeding with the examination and testing, the doctor advises the patient to prepare for the procedures. Usually a visit to the laboratory involves the morning time, a person before that can not eat food for at least 9 hours. Only drinking clean water without gas is permitted. Before taking tests, it is also worth not taking any medications at least 2 weeks before. Otherwise, the specialist who performs the tests must be informed about the conduct of concurrent therapy.

To date, the following methods of analysis are proposed, but most often the blood and feces are the most important. In addition, to obtain accurate data specialist examines urine, sputum, as well as particles of human tissue, depending on the type of intended helminth and its localization.

Modern medicine suggests the following methods for the diagnosis of helminthiasis:

• histological coprogram;
• histological analysis Chernyshova;
• microscopy of feces;
• serological blood tests (ELISA);
• electroacupuncture methods.

In addition to state laboratories in many cities of the country private diagnostic centers are provided that can provide their services to anyone who wishes, even if there is no corresponding direction from the doctor for testing. Due to the fact that problems with helminthic invasions  become the most common problem of mankind, almost all settlements and megacities have such centers for diagnosis.

How to check for worms at home?

• failure of digestion;
• itching of the anus;
• peeling of the eyelids;
• brittle nails and hair;
• excessive activity, alternating with sleepiness and loss of strength;
• profuse salivation;
• restless sleep and gnashing of teeth in sleep.