Parasitic or intestinal worms are behind many health challenges people face; they can cause a lot of problems including digestive problems.

Some common types of parasitic worms found in man are flukes, tapeworms, hookworm, roundworms and other types of internal parasites.

If they are not quickly eliminated from the body, they can cause a lot of health problems like anemia, intestinal blockages, digestive disorders, it causes infection in pregnant women and frequent complications can occur in those with suppressed immune systems like those living with HIV or AIDS.

Signs and symptoms of intestinal worms
Signs and symptoms indicating the presence of worms in the body include unexplained weight loss, itching in the abdomen, abdominal cramps, pains and tenderness; bloating, fatigue, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, dysentery, rash or itching around the vulva or rectum, frequent hunger and passing out worms in your stool.

They can also cause cravings for a high amount of sugar; headaches, head sores, constant hunger pangs despite eating, desire to eat unnatural things, seizures and itchy buttocks.

It is possible for one to have worms for a long period of time (years) without having or feeling any of the above symptoms.

Causes/risk factors
There are causes or risk factors that make it easy for worms or their eggs to enter the body and some of them are:

Eating raw or undercooked meat of an infected animal.
Drinking contaminated water
Consumption of contaminated soil; that is why it is important to thoroughly wash fruits and vegetables before consuming them.
Coming in contact with contaminated feces
Poor personal hygiene
Poor sanitation around your home and environment
Children are at greater risk of having worms and they are more susceptible to intestinal infections because they play in soil that can be contaminated.

Older adults are at lower risk of having worms; the adults who have higher risks are those with a weakened or suppressed immune system.

It is estimated that 10% of people in developing countries have intestinal infections caused by worms; they get this mostly by drinking contaminated water and their environment are mostly dirty.

Once someone comes in contact with the contaminant; it enters into the body and heads straight to the intestines where they grow and reproduce.

There can reproduce and increase in size and become so many that they start interrupting normal metabolic functions; their waste products are toxic and can cause a lot of disruptions in cellular functions and metabolic activities. This is when the symptoms start to appear.

Natural ways to de-worm yourself
Deworming, also known as drenching is the process of removing intestinal worms and parasites from the body. Below are effective natural things that can expel worms and parasites from the body.

Papaya seeds: These seeds contain powerful compounds like caricin, Carpaine, and an enzyme called myrosin; these compounds kill parasites, contract the intestines, expel the toxins secreted by these parasites as waste products and reduce inflammation caused by the waste products of these worms.

You can eat fresh pawpaw seeds gotten from the fruits and you can also take dry pawpaw seeds with yogurt.

Cucumber seeds: These are effective in removing tapeworm from the digestive tract; this is due to their rich content of enzymes. Eat lots of these seeds daily until you get the desired result.

Pineapples: The bromelain contained in this fruit helps in expelling tapeworms from the body; it also expels the waste products and free radicals produced by these worms, it also starves these worms by reducing the amount of glucose available to them.

Cloves: The active compound in this herb is Eugenol; it is regarded as the most powerful germicide in the plant kingdom; it contains another compound called caryophyllene which is a strong antimicrobial agent.

These compounds kill parasites, along with their eggs and larvae.

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