Giardia in children: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment. Diet with giardiasis

How to find out if you have a child of Giardia? When should they be treated?

Giardia in children symptoms and signs

• Giardiasis is a rather common disease. Nevertheless, the myth that everyone has these parasites is a delusion. 25-30% of people are carriers of Giardia. Most of them do not suspect about it and does not have any discomfort
• Most often, Giardia is transmitted through unmeed hands. However, in some cases, protect the baby from this illness with hygiene is almost impossible
• In some countries, the overall sanitary situation is such that almost no one is ill with parasites. We have the same way. Major Cariders - Pets
• Giardia is very common in sandboxes, on the street, on lawns. Children bring them home on shoes, on clothes, under the nails

Giardia can be transmitted through tap water if its cleaning system leaves much to be desired. So the prevalence of the disease is, rather, the question of the general sanitary situation in the area. For example, in developed countries, it was possible to reduce the number of people who suffer to giardiasis to 1%.

It often happens that this ailment proceeds without any symptoms and signs. The body itself copes with him. But there are signs that testify that Giardia began to threaten the baby's health.

1. Long diarrhea. Unlike most parasites, Giardia is not inhabited in a thick, but in a small intestine. Therefore, they can cause the assimilation and suction of nutrients violated. As a result - diarrhea. Other symptoms follow it
2. Swim
3. Stomach ache
4. Insufficient weight gain

Diagnosis of giardiasis in a child

In itself, the presence of giardia in feces is not a reason to appoint medicines. A good doctor will take expectant tactics so that the body coped with parasites himself.

But there are situations when the treatment is urgent. The doctor should you appoint agents, if the kid is at once all the signs:

• prolonged diarrhea
• normal temperature
• no signs of other intestinal infections
• positive analysis of feces for Giardia

Analysis for giardia. Is it possible to detect giardia in the blood?

The only reliable test that can confirm or deny the presence of Giardia in the body - it is a stool sample. In the blood or swab these parasites leave no trace.

"Giardia in the liver"

• There is a myth that Giardia may spread from the intestines to other organs. More often talk about giardia in the liver. Famous pediatrician Eugene Komorowski, comments: "The Council vsem.Esli you ever by a doctor from the competent aunt, from the seller magical droplets hear that Giardia live in the liver or gall bladder, run faster by such a specialist

• He has nothing to do with medicine. Previously, there was really a theory that Giardia live in the duodenum by bile ducts may creep into the gallbladder, and then climb to the liver. In it, they cause cirrhosis and gall bladder - inflammation
• Many years ago, there was even a diagnosis - lyamblioznoy holitsistit. Then someone smart decided to figure out how to act on bile lamblia. It turned out that it giardia killed instantly. Therefore, if the person you prepare about giardia in the liver, it is likely to read books that were released prior to the Great Patriotic War. If you ever read anything "

giardiasis treatment of folk remedies

• Treatment of folk remedies lamblia very difficult by the fact that these parasites are very tenacious. Feeling threatened, they can take the form of cysts. This is a temporary form of existence in which the parasites are covered by a dense protective coating
• The cysts are very difficult to kill. Even medical potent drugs to cope with them without difficulty. From the cysts, for example, does not help ordinary water chlorination
• Official medicine says there any folk remedy that would help as quickly and effectively as medications. Home treatment will be either long or ineffective. Nevertheless, the following recipes

garlic enema

• 5-6 cloves of garlic
• glass of water

Finely chop the garlic. Pour warm water. Let it brew, strain and do an enema.

Pumpkin seeds

• 300 grams of peeled pumpkin seeds
• 100 grams of honey
• boiled water

Mature seeds in a mortar. Add the honey and stir, spread with boiled water to the desired consistency. The resulting mass must be used during the day, an hour before meals. After that, take the laxative.

Infusion of cornflowers

• 1 cl. l. cornflower
• 1 glass of water

Pour corn storks with boiling water and laughed. Then strain and take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day.

Diet with giardiasis in children

• With all the seeming complexity of treatment, our body itself can perfectly cope with these parasites. As soon as it detects her alive shape in a small intestine, it begins to produce antibodies and create uncomfortable conditions. In the end, Giardia goes out with the feces
• True, it does not protect you from re-infection. And due to the unfavorable general sanitary and hygienic situation in the country, this infection is quite likely.
• In traditional medicine, it is believed that parasites are well multiplied in a sweet environment. Sour harm to them. Therefore, if you decide to fight with giardia folk methods, limit yourself in sweet. In addition, it is recommended to increase the share of fermented milk products in its diet, and every day there is meat
• In the hospital, patients with giardias are fed porridge, dried fruits, vegetables, squeeze food with vegetable oil, but limit the consumption of carbohydrates. Such a diet is effective only in comprehensive therapy.

Treatment of giardiasis in children with drugs. Medicines from Giardia for children

Most often, the body copes with giardiasis without any drugs. Even if the baby suffers from diarrhea, it ceases after 2-3 days, and along with it and lamblias are expelled.

The main symptom, which will give you to understand what needs to be addressed to the help of medicines is a long diarrhea. If the ailment does not pass more than 10 days, it's time to take medicine. Naturally, to clarify the diagnosis of "giardiasis" and the doctor must register the corresponding drugs.

Modern drugs can eliminate this ailment in a few days. Sometimes even helps a single reception. Preparations that help the giardiasis:

• metronidazole.
• furazolidon
• ornidazole.

All these drugs have a toxic effect not only on parasites, but also on the body as a whole. Some patients carry these drugs without problems. Weak adults and children can vividly express side effects.

Another disadvantage of these drugs is that many parasite strains resistant to such medicines have now appeared. Many alternative drugs have been developed, and doctors begin to move away from the classic treatment regimen, assigning new drugs.

Prevention of giardia in children: Komarovsky advises

1. To destroy Giardia, you need to wash your hands with soap at least 15 seconds. Take this for the rule and teach children
2. Prevention of giardiasis is an increase in the overall sanitary culture of the country. Start by yourself, seek to clean up for your dog on the street
3. Make sure that the nails of your child and other households have always been triggered shortly. No matter how sad it seems, it is also better to get rid of a gorgeous manicure
   

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