Itching in the anus is an intimate problem that is not customary to talk about out loud. People suffering from rectal itching are usually embarrassed to see a doctor and try to get rid of it on their own. In fact, this symptom can be a manifestation of serious intestinal diseases, so you should not delay a visit to a specialist. What causes rectal itching and how to get rid of it?
Infection with worms is one of the possible causes
Hemorrhoids - what is it
In the summer, itching in the anus is observed in people who suffer from obesity and excessive sweating. Risk factors include regular consumption of spicy and salty foods, alcoholic beverages, seasonings, as well as frequent use of sanitary napkins with alcohol, which dry the skin around the anus.
Spicy foods are one of the triggers
In children, rectal itching is usually caused by worms, and in infants, allergic reactions to diapers or clothing (diaper dermatitis).
Video - Itching in the anus: what is the reason?
How does the disease manifest itself?
Itching can have varying degrees of intensity, from mild discomfort to unbearable sensations that prevent you from leading a normal life. In difficult cases, swelling, thickening and redness of the skin appear in the anus, sometimes bleeding and wounds. Usually the disease has a cyclic nature, accompanied by remissions and relapses, and during exacerbations of its course, patients complain of decreased performance, deterioration in general well-being, neurasthenia and other psycho-emotional problems.
Treatment of rectal itching with medications
There are many medications that eliminate discomfort, promote tissue regeneration and healing, so that the patient quickly feels relief. Do not forget that the use of ointments and creams for rectal itching alleviates the symptoms of the disease, but does not eliminate its cause, therefore, for a complete recovery, you need to consult a doctor.
Table. Ointments for rectal itching.
| Name | Active substance | Impact features |
|---|---|---|
| Heparin sodium | Destroys pathogenic microorganisms, is used for the treatment of hemorrhoidal processes, fissures and inflammation of the rectum, has practically no contraindications |
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| Pheniephrine Hydrochloride, Shark Liver Oil | Constricts blood vessels, eliminates the inflammatory process and swelling, is used for anal fissures, hemorrhoids and other pathologies of the rectum |
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| Heparin sodium, prednisolone acetate | Contains a hormonal component, has an anti-inflammatory and vasoconstrictive effect. Indications for use include hemorrhoids, rectal fissures, eczema, fistulas. |
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| Troxerutin | An antiseptic used for pathologies that cause rectal itching. Destroys pathogenic microorganisms, promotes rapid tissue regeneration |
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| Bismuth | Well relieves pain, itching, irritation and swelling. Effective in advanced stages of diseases of the rectum, accompanied by bleeding and severe discomfort |
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| Gentamicin, betamethasone dipropionate | Means with antipruritic, antibacterial and antihistamine effects. It is indicated for dermatitis, pyoderma, inflammatory diseases of the rectum, accompanied by the addition of a secondary infection |
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| Prednisolone, lidocaine, dexpanthenol | Used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the anus, dermatological pathologies, skin lesions, fistulas |
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| Betamethasone | Indications for use - dermatitis of various origins, psoriasis, senile rectal itching. Reduces manifestations of inflammatory processes, discomfort and other manifestations of diseases |
Before using any drug for rectal itching, you must carefully read the instructions, take into account all contraindications and possible side effects, especially if the treatment is carried out in pregnant women and children.
With severe itching, along with the use of ointments for external use, you can take an antihistamine drug (Suprastin, Claritin, Diazolin), which relieves tissue swelling and eliminates discomfort.
Treatment of rectal itching folk remedies
Folk recipes are often used for rectal itching, and in some cases they are no less effective than pharmaceutical preparations, but they also require caution when used.
Video: How to treat itchy anus at home?
Products for external use
One of the most effective and simple remedies for itching in the anus is baths with the addition of medicinal plants. The water temperature should not exceed 37 degrees, and the duration of the procedure should be 20-30 minutes. Warm water soothes the skin, and decoctions and infusions of medicinal plants (you can use string, chamomile, birch buds, celandine) have a regenerating and anti-inflammatory effect. It is not necessary to take a full bath - it is enough to draw water to a level of 10-15 cm so that you can sit in it. For greater effect, 3-4 tablespoons of baking soda can be dissolved in water.
To relieve the symptoms of anal itching, regular tea bags can be used. The bag should be lowered into boiling water as it is usually done, then cooled to a comfortable temperature and applied to the affected area.
Another good way to reduce the intensity of discomfort is to apply gauze soaked in cold water to the anus, or wrap a piece of ice in it. This procedure cools the skin, relieves inflammation and constricts blood vessels, due to which the manifestations of the disease are reduced. Gauze can be moistened in an infusion of small periwinkle, which is prepared as follows - pour a tablespoon of leaves with a glass of boiled water, heat in a water bath for 20 minutes, leave for another 10 minutes and cool.
It helps well with diseases that provoke rectal itching, marigold oil. Take 100 g of flowers, put them in a glass container, pour 500 ml of olive oil and leave in a warm, bright place for several hours. In the resulting product, moisten clean gauze flaps and apply them to the affected area for half an hour.
Eliminate the unpleasant manifestations of the disease can tincture of propolis, calendula and mummy, which can be bought at any pharmacy.
Decoctions for oral administration
Together with external agents, you can use infusions and decoctions for external use, which will significantly increase the effectiveness of treatment.
To prevent rectal itching, you should devote enough time to personal hygiene (it is advisable to wash yourself every time after going to the toilet), use high-quality toilet paper and wear loose underwear made from natural fabrics. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the health of the digestive system and proper nutrition - limit the consumption of sweet, spicy and salty, introduce more fresh vegetables and fruits into the diet. read our article.
So, what helminths are the most harmful and dangerous to humans?
Varieties of helminths
Depending on the type of body structure, helminths are divided into roundworms, flatworms and flukes. Let's take a closer look at each of the varieties.
Roundworms or nematodes
At night, adult pinworms come out and lay their eggs. For better attachment to the surface of the skin, helminths secrete a special secret that causes irritation and itching in the anus. A man in a dream is trying to eliminate the cause of anxiety, pinworm eggs are on his hands and under his nails, and in the morning he unconsciously spreads them throughout the apartment.
flatworms or cestodes
Due to their relatively small size (here it is, the main advantage of the tapeworm body structure), in particular, the narrow structure, tapeworms are able to grow in the body of a person or cattle to giant sizes exceeding ten meters.
The most insidious representatives of the class of tapeworms are:
Unlike other helminths that settle mainly in the gastrointestinal tract of the victim (in the anus, which is why itching appears), flukes penetrate the body of the intermediate or final host through the bloodstream. Their sizes also differ significantly from the above listed helminths. Flukes rarely grow above one and a half meters, and the size of most of them in a mature state does not exceed several tens of centimeters. Harmful helminths feed on blood, which is why their main habitats in the body of a person or cattle are the liver and lungs.
The most insidious representatives of the class of flukes are schistosomes, cat and liver flukes, opisthorchis. Schistosoma, for example, lives exclusively in the pelvic organs, most often in the bladder. As a result of the activity of helminths, the walls of the bladder are gradually deformed, small cracks appear in them (each crack is the result of the "migration" of the helminth from the pelvic cavity to the bladder and vice versa). As new cracks form, the walls of the bladder become thinner, constantly bleeding, and necrosis begins to develop in them.
A similar picture occurs in other internal organs. For example, when a cat or liver fluke enters the liver, the latter gradually loses a number of functions, and irreversible changes occur in its structure. A protective capsule is formed around the helminth, resembling a bubble. Gradually, these bubbles become more and more, and outwardly they resemble a bunch of grapes. Each such vesicle is a carrier of a special liquid impregnated with toxins, products of helminth metabolism. So, on the one hand, liver cells are deformed under the influence of growing bubbles, and on the other hand, they suffer from intoxication.
Can worms cause a sore throat?
Causes of movement in the throat or can there be worms there?
The discomfort that appears in the throat, people describe in different ways. Someone talks about the fact that he has a lump in his throat that makes it difficult to swallow. Perspiration, tickling, scratching, a feeling of sand on the pharyngeal mucosa may be noted. Sometimes a person complains of a feeling of constriction, as if something is stuck in the throat.
First of all, the most common causes of discomfort should be excluded:
- Pharyngitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the posterior pharyngeal wall. In this case, the patient feels a sore throat, perspiration. A person is tormented by dryness in the throat, a constant desire to swallow dry saliva. Coughing up with this disease is very difficult. Unpleasant sensations intensify at night, a dry cough appears.
- Allergy is a reaction of the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx, throat to an irritant. Allergy symptoms - swelling of the larynx, itching, constant dry nocturnal cough, feeling of tightness on inspiration, sore throat. The patient may complain that something moves in his throat when he inhales, preventing him from coughing.
- Neurosis of the pharynx, larynx, throat is a pathological condition caused by nervous shock, stress, depression. In the throat of a person there is pain, perspiration, scratching, tingling, burning. Often patients note spasm, compression of the throat, feeling of a foreign object in the throat.
- Reflux esophagitis is the release of acid from the stomach into the windpipe from the fact that there is contact between the mucosa of the esophagus and intestinal contents. With the disease, symptoms appear: burning, pain behind the sternum, in the throat, feeling of a coma in the throat, heartburn.
- Inflammation of the vocal cords - often occurs due to infectious diseases of the respiratory tract. Patients complain of sore throat, shortness of breath, they have a hoarse voice, at night they suffer from a dry cough, perspiration and movement in the throat.
What indicates the defeat of the worms of the nasopharynx?
- diarrhea followed by constipation;
- nausea;
- abdominal pain;
- bloating;
- headache;
- fast fatiguability;
- allergic manifestations: on the skin and in the respiratory organs.
- loss of appetite, exhaustion;
- pale skin, haggard appearance;
- dry cough;
- sleep deprivation, teeth grinding at night.
- dry cough in the evening, at night;
- sore throat, feeling that glass was poured onto the mucous membrane;
- sensation of the presence of a foreign body in the throat, lump when swallowing;
- discharge of purulent sputum from the lungs, sometimes with dots of blood;
- heartburn;
- runny nose, not amenable to treatment with vasoconstrictor drugs.
There are two types of worms that can definitely settle in the respiratory tract of a person and provoke discomfort in the throat.
Echinococcus (larval stage of tapeworm)
The capsule grows and becomes a cyst. The cyst in the lungs presses the alveoli. A small neoplasm does not cause discomfort, but with the progression of the disease, signs of infection with worms appear:
- dull pain behind the sternum;
- perspiration and scratching in the throat;
- dry cough;
- separation of sputum with parts of the cyst;
- if the cyst causes suppuration, purulent sputum is separated from the respiratory tract;
- dyspnea.
During the examination, the doctor may note the patient's bronchial breathing, wheezing in the throat.
Roundworm
- severe weakness;
- temperature rise to 37 or 37.m2 degrees;
- dry cough;
- the appearance of sputum with purulent, bloody contents;
- perspiration, burning, tickling in the throat;
- allergic reactions: swelling of the larynx, hoarseness.
In the oral cavity, roundworms can enter the salivary ducts and penetrate the salivary glands, while jamming is formed in the corners of the mouth, a white coating of saliva may appear on the lips. When worms enter the nasopharynx, the patient develops not only a runny nose. The larvae irritate the mucous membrane, migrate to the paranasal sinuses, get into the eyes, middle ear. The sore throat is accompanied by hearing loss, tinnitus.
Treatment of worms in the throat
During the examination, not only feces or a smear from the anus are rented, but also smears on the eggworm from the nose and throat. Sometimes sputum is taken for examination.
The type of medicine and the peculiarity of its use is determined by the doctor. The most used drugs:
- Pirantel;
- Piperazine;
- Aldbenazole;
- Levamisole;
- Carbedacin.
These drugs have a detrimental effect on worms almost immediately. With the help of antihelminthic drugs, you can also get rid of the larvae of the worms. If the helminthic invasion is of considerable size, treatment takes a long period of time. In this case, not only ordinary tablets for worms for oral administration are used, but also drugs that relieve the inflammatory process, acting antiseptically.
Treatment with antihelminthic drugs is performed repeatedly. After the end of taking the drug, a control is made: a second smear is made. If necessary, the treatment is repeated. Even after receiving a negative test result, noticing the disappearance of the symptoms of the disease, you should repeat the analysis two weeks later.
When a small child tells his parents that my butt is very itchy, the first thing they will suspect is, of course, worms (scientifically, helminths). As practice shows, it is much easier for children to get rid of worms, as parents go to the doctor for an examination, and then give the child the recommended drugs.
With an adult, when he says that I have a very itchy anus, and I can’t stand this condition, everything is much more complicated. The fact is that itching in the anus and rectum is a very delicate topic that adults do not want to discuss even with a doctor.
When the anus itches, it not only causes serious discomfort and inconvenience, but also significantly reduces the quality of life. And scratches, cracks remain in the combing area, the skin is irritated, as a result of which painful sensations are added. There are many reasons for this condition, and the reason does not always lie in the worms.
Causes of worms
If a child says that my anus is itching, then most likely it is pinworms (as in the photo). As a rule, the butt itches to such an extent that there is no strength to endure.
Based on statistical information, we can say that it is pinworms that are most often found in young children than in adults. Helminths can enter the body of an adult or child through close contact with an infected person.
The situation is aggravated by the fact that if the baby is in the children's team, then even after a complete cure, the likelihood of secondary infection is quite high. The fact is, when worms are found in one child, it is recommended that the entire team undergo treatment.
Worms can enter the human body in the following ways:
- Through dirty hands.
- Through household items that a sick person touched.
- Bed linen, dishes, clothing items.
Pinworms provoke severe itching in the anus, as a result of which the patient says that I cannot tolerate such a condition, it is necessary to comb the itchy place without fail in order to alleviate my condition at least for a while. After scratching the anus, a lot of worm eggs remain on the hands of a person.
As for the child, then, if it is stated that my butt is itching, it is necessary to pass the tests as quickly as possible. Not all children have realized the importance of hygiene measures, and they will definitely scratch their ass, as a result of which they will have to be treated by the whole family.
The symptomatology is very differentiated and depends on the intensity of the helminthic invasion, the type of helminths, their number, and the state of the human immune system. There are several characteristic signs of helminths according to patient complaints:
- Roundworms cause elevated body temperature, which can last for a long period of time.
- In the presence of trichinella, the patient complains that my muscles and joints hurt, and I can’t relieve the pain with painkillers, they don’t help.
- If a child has pinworms, his butt is constantly itching, he says that I have itching in the anus, becomes whiny and irritable.
- An adult feels pinworms as a severe itching in the rectum, but at the same time, it also cannot do without scratching, which only aggravates the situation.
Many are interested in how pinworms provoke itching in the anus? To fully answer this question, you need to talk about.
When they turn into adults, they can travel through the body, as a result of which they end up in the large intestine. The males die, but the females come out of the anus and lay their eggs around the anus.
It is during this period that they release a toxic substance that acts as an irritant, as a result of which the patient voices such complaints as my butt itches, I cannot endure constant itching and discomfort.
What to do if the butt itches a lot?
When persecution 
there is constant itching in the rectum - these are really uncomfortable sensations, the patient says, I just can’t stand it, and combs the anus mucosa, which leads to pain and other negative symptoms.
However, if the priest itches, in order to eliminate such an unpleasant symptom, it is necessary to cleanse the body of helminths. The doctor may recommend narrow-spectrum or broad-spectrum anthelmintic drugs, but only after passing the tests, based on their results.
In addition, all drugs are highly toxic, have their own indications and contraindications for use, and a number of side effects are alarming. Undoubtedly, the situation should not be ignored, something must be done to save the patient from itching and alleviate his condition.
- Albendazole.
- mebendazole.
- Pirantel.
To reduce the severity of symptoms, you can do herbal enemas, but first you need to make sure that there is no allergic reaction to them.
To alleviate the condition, when the patient says that I have a lot of itching, and I can no longer endure, creams with an analgesic effect can be recommended:
- Pramoxin.
- Lidocaine.
- zinc oxide.
All these drugs not only relieve itching, but also help restore irritated skin, relieve redness, pain, and burning. As a rule, funds are applied to the affected areas of the skin several times a day.
After curing from helminths, it is necessary to pay special attention to hygiene procedures, to carry out general cleaning at home with the use of disinfectants; when eating vegetables and fruits, it is advisable not only to wash them, but also to scald them with boiling water; refuse raw water, drink only boiled water; deworm your pets.
In summing up, it is worth saying that neither a small child nor an adult is immune from infection with helminths. The main thing is to detect their presence in the body in time, and start appropriate treatment to help avoid serious consequences in the future. The video in this article will tell you what to do to avoid catching worms.
Itching in the anus often accompanies an unbearable burning sensation. Such discomfort around the anus can be easily eliminated with the help of hygiene measures. However, it is not uncommon for an adult or a child to itch in the anus due to some disease that is embarrassing to tell even a doctor. Therefore, people endure itching around the anus for a long time without doing anything. Such an attitude to the disease is very risky, since most often such symptoms can be caused by helminths.
A large number of worms live in nature, which, when they enter the human body, provoke many negative symptoms: fever, headaches, febrile symptoms, allergic reactions, and itching in the anus. The predominant and most likely factor in their appearance is infection with pinworms, which cause the disease enterobiasis.
With this disease, the presence of helminths is accompanied by severe itching around the anus. It is especially pronounced in the evening and at night. When a person falls asleep, small white worms (pinworms) begin to crawl out of the anus and lay their eggs in the folds of the skin of the anus, providing them with access to oxygen. After that, the female sprays them with a special acid (isovaleric acid), which causes constant itching.
Enterobiasis is more common in young children. They do not attach great importance to the observance of hygiene rules and are easily infected with helminthic invasion from dirty hands, unwashed fruits and vegetables. When a child itches his bottom, he eliminates the itching with the help of his hands, and the eggs of the worms fall under the nails. If you do not carry out hygiene procedures after such scratching (do not wash your hands), re-infection will occur.
With a small amount of worms, symptoms of burning and itching in the anus appear about once every three days. This is due to the frequency of laying eggs by females. If there are a lot of pinworms in the body, itching begins to bother constantly.
Influence of other helminthic invasions
This is a significant reason when itching from worms appears in the anus, since in order to penetrate through the vascular septa or tissues, the helminth needs to make a hole in them. From this, microcracks appear, from which blood oozes. Therefore, most helminthic invasions, in addition to itching in the anus, may be accompanied by the presence of blood blotches in the feces.
During life, worms quickly absorb nutrients from the human intestine. The consequence of this is the lack of the body for the full development of various useful micro and macro elements. Plus, the presence of worms in a child and an adult poisons the body with toxic products of their vital activity and decay. This irritates the intestines, while also itching in the anus.
Other reasons
Itching in the anus, in addition to helminthic invasions, often causes other diseases. Possible reasons for this could be:
- Dermatological diseases. Itchy process in the anus is one of the main symptoms of eczema, scabies, lichen, pediculosis, allergic dermatitis.
- Diseases associated with dysfunctions of the pancreas and liver (diabetes mellitus, malignant tumors), as well as intoxication.
- The use of antibiotics - erythromycin and tetracycline drugs.
- Chronic intoxication in adults associated with the use of alcohol and drugs.
- Mental illnesses - neuroses, psychoses, pathomimia, schizophrenia.
The anus can itch due to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. These are ulcers, dysbacteriosis, gastritis, polyposis, dyskinesia. Excessive consumption of spicy foods and coffee can cause occasional itching in the anus. A special risk group for the manifestation of such a disease includes people who are overweight or sweat excessively.
If you are concerned about itching in the anus caused by certain diseases, you should immediately seek the help of a therapist or proctologist.
Diagnostics
To diagnose why the patient began to constantly itch the anus, the specialist must draw up a map of the patient's complaints, where it is required to enter the accompanying data:
- At what time and from what did the first symptoms appear that caused itching.
- Is there a dependence of the manifestation of itching of the anus on the time of day.
- Whether there is a burning sensation.
- Whether there are sensations of soreness and tingling during defecation.
A visual examination is also necessary, when the specialist determines the conjuncture of the skin of the anus, its color, the presence of various cracks and bleeding sites.
What to do to quickly relieve itching?
Not every painful manifestation can be prevented and treated at home, but getting rid of itching in the anus in such circumstances is quite simple. To perform the procedure correctly:
- Take a small cotton swab and soak it liberally with 3% hydrogen peroxide.
- Wipe carefully, but without exerting much effort, the skin around the anus.
- Repeat this treatment 5-6 times a day.
First aid for itching of the anus at home can also be provided with ordinary laundry soap. They need to lather the anus and hold for 5-7 minutes. Then rinse well with running water. Do this before going to bed and don't wear underwear at night.
Treatment of helminthiasis
Worms that cause itching in the anus are treated with fairly effective modern medicines that are gentle on the human body as a whole. These include:
- albendosol;
- Pirantel;
- Nemozol;
- Decaris;
- Vermox;
- Wormil;
- Sanoksal.
But you need to consider contraindications and side effects when using these drugs, which are still toxic. If the first negative signs occur, the doctor should recommend stopping the use or reducing the dose of the drug.
Many parents are interested in how to relieve itching with worms in a child. To do this, it is best to make a microclyster:
- Take 50 ml of boiled warm milk and squeeze the juice from 1 clove of garlic.
- Mix and pour into the child's bottom for 15 minutes, holding the liquid with the butt joint.
- After the procedure, wash the skin around the anus well with baby soap.
Treatment of itching from worms folk remedies
The most common cause when an adult or child begins scratching anus is enterobiasis (pinworm infection). Getting rid of them by means of traditional medicine has been tested for centuries and has never failed in all this time. If you find small white worms (pinworms) in yourself or your child, try to prepare and apply folk remedies at home:
- pumpkin seeds. The simplest, most affordable and delicious remedy. Take 40-50 g of seeds, grind them and mix with the same amount of honey. Take this mixture on an empty stomach, and an hour after consumption, drink a mild laxative medicine.
- Milk and garlic. Grate 4 small cloves of garlic and boil them in 100 ml of milk. Infuse the decoction for 1 hour, express and drink, dividing the entire volume into four times. The itching will go away in a week.
- Onion. This burning vegetable can cure the disease no worse than garlic. Take a small onion and finely chop it. Then pour two cups of boiling water and leave to infuse until the morning. Strain and drink on an empty stomach 3-4 times a day.
- Sagebrush. Steep a tablespoon of dried herbs in 200 ml of boiling water. When the wormwood settles to the bottom, and the water takes on a light green color, strain the infusion through cheesecloth and drink 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals. Duration of application - 1 week. Itching weakens, and then disappears for 5 days.
- Tansy. 1 st. l. pour a glass of boiling water and insist for 4 hours. Strain and drink this volume 4 times a day.
- dried mix. An effective mix of dry seeds. Take a small handful of flaxseeds, cloves and wormwood. Pound all this in a mortar and use ½ teaspoon after meals.
There are many more similar methods of home treatment, from which carrot juice can be distinguished (used in the morning on an empty stomach), dried pomegranate peels, chamomile infusion.
Helminthiasis is sometimes called the "plague of the 21st century." And it’s not at all because no cure has been found against it. On the contrary, there are quite a lot of drugs, as well as methods for identifying various types of helminths. On thematic forums, official websites of clinics or online sites, you can view in detail photos of all existing types of helminths. Yes, and with recommendations for the treatment of various diseases, everything is more than accessible described both in the specialized literature and on the Internet. So why is the number of victims of worms constantly growing, and on the forums every now and then there are messages like this: “I have an itch in the anus. Why is this?”, “Why does itching in the anus not stop after a course of treatment for helminthic invasion?” or “Is itching in the anus in humans as common as in animals?”. Let's try to figure out what's what.
On the mechanism of infection by some types of helminths
Undoubtedly, itching in the anus is considered one of the most obvious signs that you most likely have helminthiasis. Where does it come from? To answer this question, you need to imagine directly the mechanism of infection by different types of helminths.
As a rule, helminths enter the human body through the oral cavity. It does not matter how they end up there - due to the use of low-quality products (for example, insufficiently fried meat, unwashed vegetables or fruits), due to violations of personal hygiene rules, due to bathing in dirty water (remote water bodies are especially dangerous in this context) , walking barefoot on the sand (also in wild places), etc. Once in the stomach, the worms are exposed to digestive enzymes, which break down the protective shell of the larvae or adults (the latter are covered with such a shell to remain intact, despite exposure to the environment). Further, the larvae, devoid of a shell, are transferred to the intestine. It is he who is considered the most fertile soil for their growth and reproduction. Firstly, because there is always something to eat there. Secondly, each person has its own microflora in the intestines. Thirdly, the anus is the shortest way to get out.
The last point is especially relevant for larvae that cannot mature in the human body. To do this, they need soil, and for this they must first get out. So the first signs of itching in the anus appear.
Why the gut?
The intestines are the main habitat of any kind of worms, because it is there that all the suitable conditions are available. However, it would be unfair to believe that from the moment of the first penetration into the human body, worms multiply and feed exclusively in the intestines. Some species, such as pinworms, periodically climb out on their own to lay their eggs. The latter cause itching in the anus. If an adult can still somehow cope with a similar symptom, then the child often does not control his actions, especially in a dream. It is unlikely that he will remember anything at all in the morning, after waking up. And, of course, he won't think to wash his hands. But in vain, since the pinworm larvae have already taken a fancy to the fingertips and nails.
It is enough to touch any household appliances or products several times for the larvae to settle on them. It is not surprising that in families where there is at least one patient with helminthiasis, as a rule, someone else soon becomes infected. So all households should undergo prevention or treatment.
Age-related changes in worms
When the hole is made, the worms begin to actively explore new territories.
They immediately mark them with a special secret and lay eggs. By the way, many worms prefer to do this in the anus in order to shorten the way for the larvae to exit.
During growth and reproduction, helminths actively consume nutrients that enter the human body with food.
It comes to the fact that the owner is sorely lacking in micro and macro elements. And this is against the background of the fact that helminths poison the human body with their own decay products. By the way, the latter factor can also cause irritation of the intestinal walls, which turns into periodic itching in the anus.
How to get rid of worms in the anus?
This is the most frequently asked question on the forums. The answer is simple: you can get rid of worms in the anus in the same way as you can get rid of worms in other parts of the body. Just often the presence of helminths only in the anus indicates an early stage of the disease. If the worms have managed to penetrate the liver, lungs or brain, only surgery and chemotherapy are required.
In other cases, you can get by with potent drugs, for example, Fenosal, Nemazol, Chloxil, Bitionol or Perchlorethylene. These drugs kill almost all helminths after taking just one tablet. The only drawback is high toxicity. But within 24-36 hours, helminths will forever leave not only the anus, but the entire body. It is important to remember that before taking potent drugs, you need to prepare the body. For this, there are special preparations aimed at cleansing the intestines.
An alternative to the above are "sparing" drugs. Their main advantage is the absence of many side effects characteristic of the former. In many ways - due to the absence of a shock dose of toxins. The mechanism of action of drugs such as Pirantel is aimed at simply paralyzing pathogens. Immobilized, deprived of the opportunity to eat and reproduce, they simply wait in the wings to be expelled with feces outside the anus.
Among folk remedies, wormwood has similar effects. The peculiarity of this plant is that its juice affects microorganisms. Therefore, people who have not used wormwood leaves or flowers before are advised to start taking it in small doses. To begin with, it is enough just to chew a leaf for 30 seconds, after which it is necessary to spit it out. And only on the third or fourth day of such manipulations, you can start taking the medicine directly - wormwood decoction, tincture with the addition of flax seeds, cloves and vodka, or make a wormwood enema. Some also do inhalation based on dried wormwood.
Summary. Worms can settle anywhere in the body - not only in the anus. However, it is much easier to “survive” them from the latter. To do this, you just need not to delay a visit to a specialist who will establish an accurate diagnosis and prescribe treatment - with the help of potent or "sparing" drugs. If you periodically feel an inexplicable itching, it is better to play it safe and drink a tincture of wormwood, and see a doctor the next day.
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