WORM INFESTATION – Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Research Papers, Yoga & Pranayama

Worm infestation is one of the causes of stomach ache and weight loss in children. These are the intestinal parasites, includes tapeworms, pinworms or threadworms, roundworms and hookworms.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF WORM INFESTATION
  • CAUSES OF WORM INFESTATION
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF WORM INFESTATION
  • DIAGNOSIS OF WORM INFESTATION
  • TREATMENTS FOR WORM INFESTATION
  • PROGNOSIS OF WORM INFESTATION
  • COMPLICATIONS OF WORM INFESTATION
  • WORM INFESTATION AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF WORM INFESTATION
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF WORM INFESTATION
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF WORM INFESTATION
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF WORM INFESTATION
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF WORM INFESTATION
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR WORM INFESTATION
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR WORM INFESTATION
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR WORM INFESTATION
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR WORM INFESTATION
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR WORM INFESTATION
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR WORM INFESTATION
  • YOGA FOR WORM INFESTATION

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF WORM INFESTATION 

The general symptoms include:

  • Diarrea
  • Náuseas
  • Vómitos
  • Fiebre
  • Dolor abdominal
  • Bloating
  • Anorexia
  • Pérdida de peso
  • Anemia
  • Poor nutrition

CAUSES OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Consuming infected food or water
  • Worms include tapeworms, pinworms or threadworms, roundworms and hookworms.

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF WORM INFESTATION 

The worms enter into the intestine through contaminated food and water. Worms tend to live in the intestine and feed off the nutrition.

DIAGNOSIS OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Diagnóstico mediante signos y síntomas
  • X-ray
  • Ultrasound
  • Faecal examinations
  • Blood tests

TREATMENTS FOR WORM INFESTATION 

  • Nutrient supplementation
  • Worm cleaning medications like Albendazole

PROGNOSIS OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Symptoms easily resolve with proper medication.

COMPLICATIONS OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Pérdida de peso
  • Anemia
  • Intestinal obstruction
  • Pancreatitis
  • Nutrient deficiency

WORM INFESTATION AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, treatment of worm infestation based on krimi chikilsa.
  • Worm infestation is considered a communicable disease ( janapadha udwamsana vyadhi)

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Intake of unhygienic food and water
  • Excessive vitiation of doshas
  • Defect in the normal functioning of agni (digestive power)

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Dolor abdominal

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Vata, pitta y kapha dosha se mueven por todos los canales de circulación. Debido a la naturaleza sutil de vata, impulsa a los dos doshas restantes.
  • El vata agravado habiendo provocado estos dos doshas, se exacerba y llena los canales vacíos y se mueve grandemente dentro de ellos o siendo envuelto por los otros doshas.
  • The aggravated doshas reside in the intestine (site of agni) and produce abdominal pain.
  • Agantuja (external) factors are involved in the pathogenesis of krimi roga( worm infestation).

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Atisara – watery stools
  • Sula – abdominal cramps
  • Trishna – thirst
  • Chardi - vómitos
  • Ksheena – weakness
  • Jwara – fever
  • Karsyam – weight loss

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF WORM INFESTATION 

  • Ayurvedic treatments are effective in worm infestation

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR WORM INFESTATION 

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR WORM INFESTATION

  • Vilwadi gulika
  • Vidanga lauha
  • Krimimudgara rasa
  • Krimigna vati
  • Chiravilwadi kashaya
  • Dadimashtaka churna
  • Kapithashtaka churna

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR WORM INFESTATION 

  • Virechana - purgación

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR WORM INFESTATION 

Administración interna

HOME REMEDIES FOR WORM INFESTATION 

  • Fluid intake
  • Avoid chances of dehydration and electrolyte imbalance

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR WORM INFESTATION 

  • Avoid food items that produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Avoid overuse of milk, fish, curd, sesame and jaggery
  • Avoid taking food and water from the disease prevalent areas
  • Descansa adecuadamente.

 

YOGA FOR WORM INFESTATION 

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – Calms the mind and gets relief from irritations associated with worm infestation 

 

El paciente tiene que estar sentado en postura de meditación con la cabeza y la columna vertebral erguidas, con el cuerpo relajado. El paciente tiene que cerrar una fosa nasal (por ejemplo, la fosa nasal izquierda si utiliza la mano derecha y viceversa) con el pulgar y exhalar completamente por la otra fosa nasal. De nuevo, tendrá que inspirar profundamente por la otra fosa nasal mientras la fosa opuesta sigue cerrada con el pulgar.