Health: How to stay away from Parasitic or intestinal worms

Parasitic worms are more common in underdeveloped countries than in the US. However, there're more than a quarter of the world's population that had a parasitic worms infection at some point in their life. This can happen if you travel oversea and are ingesting foods that can be harmful.

Hygiene is poorer in underdeveloped country and the chance of infection is higher. Tapeworm can be found in the intestines of people in underdeveloped country. Most of us have seen the photo of parasitic worms and they are invertebrate with long, circular or flattened out bodies tha

inside the human body or other host and they take in your nutrients from foods. This is one common condition in underdeveloped country and that's why you'll see many people who are beyond thin due to tapeworm.

They have classified 3 types of worms that are parasitic and can infect human, animal and plants: Cestodes or tapeworm, Trematodes (schistosoma), and Nematodes or round worms, hookworm or whipworm.

Parasitic worms can enter the human body through undercooked meat like wild fish, pig meat and cow flesh, unfiltered water, mosquito attacks and contact with waste. This condition is more common in South Asia and Africa where personal hygiene is low. Worms can be treated at home by using antihelminitics such as diethylcarbamazine, mebendazole, benzimidazoles, praziquantel, ivermectin, and albendazole. Operation can take place also to remove the worm from the host.

The worms condition can be improve if you practice great hygiene like cooked meat and all food throughouly, wash your hands before you eat or cook, cut your fingernail and scrub it, shower daily, wear fresh clothes, and keep a clean bathroom. These practices will avoid worm eggs from breeding. When you travel to other foreign country you might want to avoid street food and certain street drinks. People in underdeveloped country carries more diseases with a lesser chance for treatment than people in the US if you'll be having contacts with them.

Source: http://www.ayushveda.com/mens-magazine/parasitic-worms/