Overview
Worm evidence refers to the disease evidence caused by worms parasitized in the human intestinal tract. Including roundworm disease, tapeworm disease, hookworm disease, pinworm disease and ginger worm disease. Worm evidence is a high incidence of common and frequent diseases, especially in the unclean population is common. Intestinal parasites such as roundworm, hookworm and tapeworm are the most common.
Causes
1. Ascariasis: Ascariasis is caused by eating cold vegetables, fruits and other unclean food with roundworm eggs. Ascaris lumbricoides live in the small intestine, disturbing the qi of the spleen and stomach and sucking the essence of water and grain. Due to the roundworm like warm, cold and fear of heat, sexual movement and good scurrying, good at drilling, so when the human body spleen and stomach dysfunction, or systemic fever disease, roundworm is easy to scurry in the abdomen and cause a variety of diseases.
2. Tapeworm disease: the cause of tapeworm disease is that people eat uncooked pork or beef containing cysticercus, cysticercus adsorbed in the intestinal wall, the neck joints are gradually split, forming body segments, after 2 to 3 months and develop into adult worms, causing this disease. Tapeworms caused by lesions, mainly sucking the human body grain essence, as well as disturbing the spleen and stomach transportation, thus causing abdominal distension, abdominal pain, and even lethargy, fatigue and other symptoms.
3. Hookworm disease: Hookworms are called volvulus in Chinese medicine. Due to human skin contact with soil containing hookworms, the hookworms enter through the skin and eventually migrate to the small intestine to develop into adult worms, resulting in hookworm disease. Its main pathology is to disturb the gastrointestinal qi, sucking and depletion of human blood, and gastrointestinal disorders and qi and blood deficiency of the lesions.
4. Pinworm disease: Pinworm disease is caused by swallowing pinworm eggs. Mature female worms migrate from the intestines to the anus at night to lay eggs. The eggs pass through unclean hands, food, etc. and enter the gastrointestinal tract directly or indirectly through the mouth and develop into adult worms in the intestines and cause pinworm disease.
5. Ginger worm disease: eating raw rhododendron, raw water chestnuts, etc., is attached to the ginger worm cysts infected and cause this disease. Adult worms are parasitized in the small intestine, sucking the essence of water and grain and causing the spleen and stomach dysfunction as the main pathological changes.
Symptoms
The common clinical symptoms are yellow face, weak spirit, abdominal pain, abdominal pain around the umbilicus, which occurs and stops, and the pain stops, that is, the ability to eat and drink, or a strange appetite, accompanied by the symptoms of stomach and epigastric noisy, or even the nostrils itchy, yellow face and thin muscles. However, due to the different infection and treatment, the severity of symptoms varies greatly.
Complications
Nausea and vomiting, vomiting roundworm, occasional generalized fever, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, and even emaciation, anemia and weakness.
Examination
1. Examination: including the whole body examination of the patient’s appearance, color, shape and attitude, the local examination of the head, face, organs, neck, body and skin, the examination of the tongue and tongue coating, and the examination of the discharge and fingerprints of the child if necessary.
2. Smell diagnosis: including listening to the sound and smell odor.
3. Questioning: including asking about cold and heat, sweating, pain, dietary tastes, sleep, and bowel movements, etc. If necessary, pediatric questioning will be conducted.
4. Diagnosis: including pulse diagnosis and pressure diagnosis, some parts of the patient’s body surface to touch, feel, press, pressure, in order to understand the condition of the diagnosis and examination methods.
Diagnosis and treatment
1. Ascariasis
Symptoms: abdominal pain around the umbilicus, sometimes starting and stopping, noisy stomach and epigastrium, or even vomiting worms, defecation worms, abdominal worms in the abdomen. In more serious cases, the patient may not think about food and drink, have a yellow face, itchy nostrils, and salivate with dirty teeth during sleep.
Treatment: to tranquilize roundworms, expel roundworms, and strengthen the spleen and stomach.
2. Tapeworm
Symptoms: vague pain in the epigastrium or the whole abdomen, abdominal distension, or diarrhea, itching in the anus, long-lasting emaciation and fatigue, and white nodules sometimes found in the stool or on the pants.
Treatment: expel tapeworms, regulate the spleen and stomach.
3. Hookworm disease
(1) Spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation Symptoms: yellowish color or yellowish and vague face, easy to eat and hunger, abdominal distension after eating, or heterophilic appetite for raw rice, tea, charcoal and so on, and fatigue and limb weakness. The tongue is pale and the moss is thin, and the pulse is moist.
Treatment: Strengthening the spleen and drying dampness, harmonizing the middle and tonifying blood.
(2) Deficiency of Qi and Blood Symptoms: yellowish or pale face and skin, swelling of the face, feet and even the whole body, stuffiness in the epigastrium, tiredness, lack of energy, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitation and shortness of breath. The tongue is pale and fat, and the pulse is weak.
Treatment: tonifying qi and blood.
4. Pinworm Disease
Symptoms: Itchy anus, especially at night, sleep disturbance. When the anus is itchy at night, you can see tiny wriggling white worms around the anus. Chronic disease is characterized by loss of appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea and emaciation.
Treatment: expel worms and stop itching.
5. Ginger worm disease
Symptoms: Generally there are no conscious symptoms, some can be seen mild abdominal pain, diarrhea or nausea and vomiting, or even can be seen mental lethargy, or abdominal distension and swelling.
Treatment: Exorcism is the mainstay, supplemented by strengthening the spleen.
Daily care
1. Develop good hygiene habits, keep hands clean, cut nails often, do not suck fingers, and wash hands before and after meals.
Wash hands before and after meals.
2. Separate kitchen knives and chopping boards for raw and cooked food.
Diet
Reasonable meals, ensure nutrition.