Expert answer:
O treatment for who has worms such as oxygens or worm, for example, is made with vermiform medicines specific for the type of worm, such as Albendazole, Thiabendazole, Mebendazole, among others.
Those medicines they kill the worms which, in most cases, are eliminated from the body together with the feces.
Some types of verminoses with the respective medicines used in the treatment:
- Amebiasis: Metronidazole, Secnidazole, Tinidazole;
- Hookworm: Albendazole, Mebendazole, Pirantel Pamoate;
- Ascaridiasis (roundworm): Albendazole, Mebendazole, Levamisole, Pirantel Pamoate, Piperazine Citrate, in cases of intestinal obstruction;
- Schistosomiasis (water sweep): Praziquantel and Oxamniquine;
- Giardiasis: Metronidazole, Secnidazole and Tinidazole;
- Oxyurose: Pyrantel Pamoate, Mebendazole, Albendazole;
- Had: Praziquantel, Niclosamide, Mebendazole, Albendazole.
There is a wide variety of remedies for worms, which should be administered according to the clinical guideline and the stool test result as assessed by the physician.
In case of a suspected worm, the general practitioner or family doctor should be sought.
Here are the diseases caused by worms.
