If left untreated, intestinal worms can pose a serious threat to both adults and children. Why do medical professionals advise that most people beginning at age two undergo deworming, which is the medication-assisted removal of intestinal worms, twice a year? You’ll soon find out, though.
What Occurs if You Don’t Regularly Deworm?
Worm infections cause a variety of symptoms in its victims, such as:
- Organ damage: Tapeworms can occasionally cause harm to the liver, lungs, heart, brain, or eyes.
- Malnutrition (not receiving enough nutrients): Your food is being robbed of nutrients by worms. Children will grow more slowly as a result of this.
- Deficiency-related Weakness Anaemia: Low iron levels brought on by blood loss from worms can leave you feeling lethargic and fatigued.
- Blockage in the belly: Sometimes, a lot of worms might clog your intestines.
- Dehydration: Worms can make you dehydrated and give you severe diarrhea.
- Infections: Your pancreas, gallbladder, appendix, and other organs might get infected with worms.
- Dysentery, or bloody diarrhea, can be extremely unpleasant and dehydrating.
- Kidney prolapse: This condition may be brought on by straining when passing gas.
How Do Worms Enter the Body of a Human?
Parasites such as hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms depend on the human intestines for nourishment and life.
More than 2 billion people in underprivileged areas have infestations of pathogenic worms. Eating little eggs is the primary cause of most diseases, despite many routes of transmission.
Drinking tainted water, going barefoot on contaminated ground, eating contaminated food—such as worn eggs on raw vegetables—putting your fingers in your mouth, and touching contaminated ground can all spread infections.
Make a note of the sources and do a routine deworming.
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