To become infected, it is enough to swallow several dozen cysts (the patient secretes millions of them per day, so you can imagine the likelihood of infecting others if he does not follow the rules of personal hygiene). After entering the small intestine, each cyst is divided into two halves, from which two lamblia are formed, which also begin to actively multiply.

The likelihood of developing clinical giardiasis is influenced by a number of factors:

• state of human immunity;
• acidity of gastric juice (low acidity contributes to high activity of Giardia and the manifestation of giardiasis);
• the presence of problems with the secretion of bile (if there is not enough of it in the small intestine, it will be easier for Giardia to take root in the body).

In their shape, vegetative Giardia resembles a pear. They are characterized by the presence of flagella and suction cups, which ensure their attachment to the intestinal mucosa.

Infection with worms can occur in several ways:

• water;
• food;
• contact and household.

Giardia can enter the body in various ways. That is why a person is advised to be careful about his lifestyle.

Complications of giardiasis are:

• intestinal disorders due to irritation of the intestinal walls (flatulence, change in stool character, abdominal pain);
• stomach irritation (epigastric pain, heartburn, nausea);
• dysbacteriosis;
• development of pathogens in the intestines;
• the presence of constant allergic reactions.

To eliminate the effects of Giardia on the body of an adult, it is necessary:

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They retain the ability to invade for up to 3 weeks (staying in the soil) or even up to 3 months (in water and milk). Thus, when consuming foods that contain many microorganisms, a person is at risk of developing the disease.

photo of Giardia under a microscope

Where does Giardia come from? human body? Anyone can become infected with them, regardless of age and gender. Reasons:

• Drinking raw water.
• Swimming in open waters.
• Dirty food.
• Through household items.
• From animals and insects that carry them.

• The absorption and digestion of fats is impaired. The body stops receiving the required amount of vitamins and minerals.
• Hypoglycemia develops.
• A bacterial infection occurs.
• The activity of intestinal motility is disrupted.

How can you get infected?

Routes of Giardia entry into the body:

1. Water - you can become infected by drinking insufficiently purified tap water or water from open reservoirs;
2. Contact household - pathogens accumulate on the surface of household items: toys, dishes, linen, clothes;
3. Food – sources of contamination are a variety of food products. Giardiasis is especially often detected after eating food that has not been heat treatment: vegetables, fruits, berries.

Why is giardiasis dangerous in children?

It is important to understand why microscopic Giardia is dangerous in order to prevent its appearance or spread along the intestinal walls. General symptoms:

• Pain in the hypochondrium on the right side and in the navel area.
• Flatulence.
• A feeling of fullness in the stomach, which is often accompanied by nausea.
• Clear loss of appetite.
• Defecation becomes more frequent (up to 5 times/day).
• The character of the stool changes: liquid, semi-formed, fatty.
• Vomiting, belching.

A typical symptom of giardiasis in adults is gastrointestinal syndrome

Symptoms vary with different forms of the disease. First, giardiasis is diagnosed. If the intestinal form is confirmed, the pain is localized in the hypochondrium; with the hepatobiliary form, pain is felt in the navel area and when pressing on the gallbladder. In this case, bitterness appears in the mouth, jaundice may appear, and itching occurs.

A week after an exacerbation of giardiasis in adults, treatment leads to recovery or the disease becomes chronic. When diagnosing giardiasis, one should rely on the symptoms:

• General deterioration of the body's condition. In adolescents, development (height, weight) stops or significantly slows down.
• Inflammatory processes: colitis, cholecystitis.
• There is a noticeable disturbance in the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract: irregular stools with a changed structure, nausea, constant abdominal pain, worsening appetite.
• Headaches appear.
• The more Giardia, the more pronounced the symptoms: loss of energy, a feeling of a coated tongue, hives, itching and other manifestations of allergies.
• Giardia in the small intestine over time provokes the development of asthma and arthritis.

Complications

In some cases, there is a deterioration in the patient's condition. In this case, common manifestations are identified:

1. Symptom of irritable bowel.
2. Enzymopathy (in a secondary form), which is provoked by a violation of intracellular metabolic processes.
3. As a result of the development of intestinal dyskinesia, dysbiotic abnormalities appear.
4. Staphylococcus and fungal spores appear in the small intestine. These factors contribute to an increase in the intensity of division of protozoan microorganisms.

Giardia in the liver

The patient feels that something is wrong when discomfort appears in the navel area and lower abdomen. If this is ignored, the following is added:

• the intestines are swollen;
• a coating appears on the tongue;
• the borders of the liver increase, as can be seen on ultrasound;
• belching, loss of appetite, flatulence are observed;
• constipation alternates with diarrhea;
• heart rhythm is disturbed;
• sleep becomes worse, headache, fatigue worries;
• sometimes allergies appear;
• conjunctivitis and blepharitis are possible.

In the gallbladder

Giardia in adults, symptoms and treatment depend on the form of giardiasis.

Giardiasis of the intestine occurs according to the following type:

• duodenitis;
• enteritis;
• duodenal dyskinesia.

The intestinal form of giardiasis is manifested by symptoms:

• pain in the abdominal area;
• nausea;
• belching;
• unstable stool (in adults there is massive diarrhea);
• bloating, feeling of fullness;
• fever;
• loss of appetite;
• heartburn.

If the treatment of giardia in adults has been debugged for a long time or it was not possible to diagnose giardiasis in time, then over time the person develops neurotic symptoms:

1. feeling unwell, weakness;
2. dizziness;
3. heart pain;
4. fatigue;
5. headaches;
6. irritability.

Due to the fact that Giardia is a foreign organism that settles in the intestine, lives and develops in it and releases toxic products for the human body, intoxication occurs.

Because of this, giardiasis may be accompanied by symptoms of an allergic reaction:

• rash and itching of the skin;
• asthma and bronchitis;
• rhinorrhea (watery discharge from the nose);
• urticaria (manifested by the appearance of blisters on the skin, which disappear without a trace over time, and in some cases, Quincke's edema);
• dermatitis, eczema;
• conjunctivitis;
• blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelids on both sides, manifested by redness, itching of the eyelids, a feeling of sand in the eyes, foamy (purulent) discharge).

When treating Giardia in adults, drugs cause their mass death, resulting in the release of toxins from dead cells, which leads to even greater intoxication of the body and exacerbation of allergic manifestations.

Once in the body, Giardia cysts penetrate the blood through the gastrointestinal tract and then enter the liver, its ducts and gall bladder by hematogenous route.

Giardiasis of the liver is manifested by such symptoms as:

• dyspeptic (nausea, vomiting, bowel dysfunction);
• feeling of heaviness, fullness in the stomach;
• presence of heartburn;
• pain in the epigastrium and liver projection area;
• change in sclera color (jaundice);
• the presence of dark circles under the eyes;
• allergic manifestations;
• cheilitis (lip jams);
• symptoms of general malaise and intoxication.

During the course of the disease, the patient experiences disturbances in the digestive system. Patients complain of the appearance of:

• heartburn;
• belching;
• nausea and vomiting;
• abdominal pain;
• lack of appetite.

The disease is accompanied by stool disorder. Constipation may be followed by diarrhea. The pathological process quite often leads to swelling and increased sweating. The patient's skin is dry and pale. They may experience peeling.

During the course of the pathological process, people note the appearance of unmotivated fatigue.

Quite often the pathological process is accompanied by headaches and dizziness. With giardiasis, the development of depression, insomnia, and nervous disorders can be diagnosed.

The disease can develop not only in adult patients, but also in children. IN in this case Emergency treatment is recommended. Young patients must adhere to dietary nutrition. During this period, the consumption of flour products, milk, carbonated drinks, and baked goods is strictly prohibited.

• albendazole;
• nemozola;
• Makmir, etc.

It is worth noting: therapy for giardiasis in children must be comprehensive, which will guarantee its effectiveness.

A person encounters lamblia much more often than he would like, and these meetings do not bring him anything good.

To avoid invasion or, in any case, reduce its consequences, it is necessary to have at least a general idea of ​​why they are dangerous and which ones are best to take, and what preventive measures exist. This will be discussed below.

Treatment of giardiasis is carried out medications narrow and broad spectrum of action. They are produced in the form of suspensions, tablets and suppositories.

Effective and inexpensive drugs act against mature individuals and their larvae located in the intestines. Adults take them once in tablet form. Children benefit from suspensions that are easier to swallow.

How to recognize the disease

Necessary diagnostic methods for suspected giardiasis:

1. Morphological examination of a biopsy taken during endoscopy.
2. PCR diagnostics of stool to detect pathogen antigens in the studied biomaterial.
3. Duodenal sounding with microscopic analysis of the contents. It also confirms the presence of Giardia in duodenal juice.
4. Immunodiffusion is a new, more specific method of immune diagnostics compared to ELISA, based on the study of the precipitation reaction and allowing the detection of antibodies to the pathogen.
5. Enzyme immunoassay blood test - laboratory isolation of specific IgM class antibodies to Giardia from blood serum.
6. Immunoelectrophoresis is a combined method that combines immunoprecipitation and electrophoresis. The antigenic composition of the biomaterial is being studied.
7. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA. Used in the diagnosis of giardiasis and other infections.
8. Protozoological examination of feces. When examining native or Lugol-stained smears from freshly excreted feces under a microscope, trophozoites and Giardia cysts are detected. For reliability, multiple tests are required, carried out from 2 to 7 times with an interval between tests of 1–2 days.

An infectious disease specialist is involved in the diagnosis and treatment of giardiasis. Recognition of this protozoal invasion is difficult due to the diversity clinical manifestations and their nonspecificity. The diagnosis requires mandatory laboratory confirmation.

Stool examinations

A scatological examination involves taking stool and searching for Giardia cysts in it using a microscope. If infection occurs, the cysts, in most cases, are detected immediately. However, it also happens that a specific portion of feces in an infected person may not have traces of Giardia, so it is advisable to carry out several samples of material (4 - 5) with an interval of one week.

Duodenal endoscopy allows you to obtain a more adequate picture of the patient’s intestinal condition. To confirm the diagnosis, a small amount of contents is taken from the cavity of the small intestine with a special probe and examined under a microscope. Experts assure that the most effective method duodenal examination is the collection of the contents of the duodenum using a vacuum method using a three-channel probe.

In the internal environment of the human body, Giardia can be found in two forms:

• active (vegetative);
• hidden (cysts).

Settling in the small intestine, Giardia feeds on everything that was intended for its owner. They multiply rapidly, which coincides in speed with the rate of cell division. Giardia in the form of cysts, entering the large intestine, is excreted with feces into the environment, becoming a source of more and more new infections.

In addition to humans, there are other objects that can become a carrier of an infectious disease:

• pets;
• small rodents;
• variety of cattle;
• chlorinated water;
• bodies of water contaminated with feces.

Canned Giardia in environment can live up to five weeks. Cysts can settle on the soil, vegetable and berry crops, and greens that grow in the garden - from where they are spread by stray animals and children. Flies transfer Giardia on their paws to the entire nutrient medium, which is open to public access.

Giardiasis is a disease that is focal in nature. Very often, entire families, groups in kindergartens, and classes in schools are susceptible to infection.

The following classification of symptoms is found:

• carriage of Giardia - without signs of disease;
• predominance of the disorder at the local level: intestinal or hepatic form;
• the predominance of general disorders: anemia, vegetative-vascular dystonia, gastrodystonia;
• a combination of several forms of manifestation.

Treatment methods for giardiasis

To completely get rid of settled Giardia and prevent relapses of the disease, a number of rules should be followed:

• you cannot self-medicate giardiasis;
• the drug must be selected correctly;
• before using therapeutic agents, it is necessary to prepare the organs of the digestive system, and after treatment, undergo a course of rehabilitation therapy;
• within 2–3 months after the end of drug treatment of the disease, it is necessary to observe the strictest preventive measures and especially carefully monitor the cleanliness of the room;
• Traditional medicine will provide additional assistance.

Taking medications without the preparatory stage of therapy leads to massive death of Giardia, and, as a consequence, to severe intoxication of the body.

Giardia cannot live and reproduce in bile. Therefore, when preparing the body to take medications, a course of medications is first prescribed: cholekinetics and cholespasmolytics. Among folk remedies, it is recommended to use egg yolks.

Diet therapy during the period of preparation of the body before the expulsion of Giardia involves the complete exclusion of simple carbohydrates from the diet: fresh baked goods, pasta, foods containing large amounts of sugar. You should limit the consumption of milk, sausage, oatmeal and wheat cereals.

Medications

Giardiasis, like any helminthic disease, is a systemic lesion and requires integrated approach in treatment.

Therapy consists of going through three stages:

1. Preparation,
2. deworming,
3. recovery.

The first stage of therapy for lamblia

At the first stage, it is important to prepare the entire body as a whole and the digestive system in particular for taking medications to treat a specific disease.

For seven days it is necessary to consume large quantities of food rich in protein and fermented milk products. Try to avoid carbohydrates (exclude sugar, all sweets). The daily diet should consist of 4-5 meals a day. Medications at this stage include choleretic agents and cholekinetics.

Second stage of treatment

At the second stage of giardiasis therapy, the attending physician, based on test results, prescribes drug treatment. The drugs of choice are:

• Chloroquine,
• Furazolidone,
• Trichopolum,
• Tiberal,
• Tinidazole,
• Ornitazol,
• Metronidazole.

The maximum time for taking these drugs is 10 days. Along with anthelmintic medications, medications that support the liver are prescribed.

Medicines for the third stage

The third stage of treatment for giardiasis is restorative, aimed at creating impossible conditions for reproduction and secondary infection with giardia. Drug therapy helps restore the functions of the biliary tract, intestines, and liver. Appointed medicines and means:

• acidophilus,
• Bifidumbacterin,
• Pancreatin,
• Festal,
• Timogen,
• Timolin,
• Methyluracil.

To improve intestinal motility in adults and children, it is necessary to consume puree made from zucchini, beets, carrots or pumpkin every day. The menu should include rice and fermented milk products.

Therapy based on plants and herbs

Along with medications, medications prepared from leaves, roots and inflorescences of plants will help in removing Giardia from the body.

Birch buds and birch leaves

Pour a tablespoon of kidneys into one glass of water, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 15–20 minutes. Leave for one hour. Drink half a glass 4 times a day. The course of treatment is 10 days, and 10 days off. You need to take three such courses to treat giardiasis.

Pour four tablespoons of birch leaves into a glass of boiling water and leave in a warm place for eight hours. Drink 0.5 tbsp. l. 2 times a day for 10 days 15 minutes before meals. It is recommended to undergo three courses of treatment for giardiasis with breaks of 10 days.

Garlic, vodka and propolis

This medicine against giardiasis is only suitable for adults. For children - contraindicated due to the presence of alcohol. This composition is the most effective for removing Giardia from the body using folk remedies.

Pass a glass of peeled garlic through a press, put it in a 0.5 liter bottle, add vodka and add 25 grams of propolis. Leave for seven days in a dark place. Use 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day 15 minutes before meals. The treatment course is two times for two weeks with a break of a month.

pumpkin seeds

This method of folk therapy is used only in adults. There are two options for using seeds against Giardia:

• chew the seeds and drink water;
• crush the seeds, mix with a small amount of water and honey. Use the resulting mixture after getting out of bed, and an hour later you need to give a cleansing enema.

Infusion of herbs and linden

Dry the linden branches, burn until ash forms, add 0.5 tsp. honey and one glass of hot milk. Divide into seven servings. Take twice a day for four days.

Celandine dandelion and drooping lumbago

Infusions from these herbs are prepared according to the same recipe. One tablespoon of plants is brewed with a glass of boiling water. Heats up in a water bath and infuses for an hour. It is recommended to take 1 tbsp. l. four times a day 15 minutes before meals for two days.

A decoction of lumbago drooping is prohibited for patients with gastritis and nephritis.

It is important to know that remedies for this disease prepared on the basis medicinal plants, in no case replace medications. You can use infusions and decoctions against Giardia only after consulting a doctor and receiving his recommendations on the use of medications.

Disease prevention

• Wash your hands every time before eating and after visiting the bathroom. node, communication with stray animals;
• minimize contact with cats and dogs living on the street (they are carriers of Giardia);
• sanitary processing of fruits and berries;
• using bottled or boiled water for drinking regime and food production;
• taking a shower after swimming in open water;
• mandatory (usually once a year) stool testing for worm eggs and the presence of Giardia cysts.

If Giardia is detected in any family member, classmate or in a kindergarten group, all contacts must undergo a control test for worm eggs. Prophylactic use of anthelmintic drugs is recommended.

Nervousness, sleep and appetite disturbances, immune disorders, intestinal dysbiosis and stomach pain... All these symptoms are familiar to you firsthand.

Treatment of giardiasis in adults can be quite complex and not always effective. This is due to the possibility of re-infection, the need to comply with several long stages of treatment and the lack of effect of medications in case of early interruption of prescribed therapy.

General principles of treatment

An infectious disease doctor or family doctor knows how to treat Giardia. The expected result can only be obtained if certain stages of treatment are followed. These steps include:

• preparation for treatment (normalization of the digestive canal, reducing the severity of allergic reactions, improving bile secretion, detoxification);
• the actual destruction of protozoa;
• consolidation of the obtained effect, complete removal of toxic products from the patient’s body.

In the complex treatment of giardiasis in an adult, drugs of different effects and different pharmacological groups are used, so independent treatment is unacceptable. Another feature of therapy for an adult is the need to prescribe powerful, most modern drugs, since there is resistance to simpler substances used in pediatric practice, and, therefore, the lack of the necessary therapeutic effect.

When and how to treat Giardia? Everything is determined by the stage of the process. If Giardia (cysts) are discovered by chance during a stool test for protozoa, but the person does not feel any discomfort, then most likely this is a carrier state that does not require medical intervention.

If a person has been bothered by headaches, an unexplained allergic rash or disturbances in the gastrointestinal tract for a certain time and Giardia is detected in the feces, then this is a reason for mandatory immediate treatment. It is necessary to describe in detail to the doctor all complaints, taking into account which drugs of one or another pharmacological group will be prescribed.

Preparatory stage of treatment of giardiasis

• reducing the amount of carbohydrates and fats (especially in the form of margarine, lard and shortening);
• increasing the amount of protein component;
• inclusion in the diet of seasonal vegetables and fruits, cereal dishes (porridges, casseroles, puddings);
• mandatory daily consumption of any fermented milk products;
• fractional meals, that is, taking any dishes in small portions at short (4 - 4.5 hours) time intervals;
• Fatty varieties of fish and meat, legumes and mushrooms, smoked and pickled foods, marinades, eggs and almost all types of sweets (except marmalade, honey and marshmallows) are strictly not recommended.

• antiallergic drugs (Loratadine, Fexofenadine, Fenkarol, Ebastine);
• choleretic agents (special herbs, herbal teas and blind probing techniques are suitable);
• enterosorbents (regular activated and white carbon, Enterosgel, Polysorb), which bind and accelerate the excretion of toxic waste products of Giardia;
• if necessary - any enzyme preparations that improve digestion processes nutrients(any variants of pancreatin).

Often, upon completion of the preparatory stage of treatment, adults experience an improvement in well-being. You should not stop there, Giardia will not disappear on its own, without exposure to antimicrobial agents, so the next stage of therapy is necessary.

Modern treatment regimens for giardiasis suggest using the following groups of drugs:

• nitrofurans (Furazolidone, Nifuratel);
• nitroimidazole group (Tinidazole, Ornidazole, Metronidazole);
• benzimidazole group (Albendazole).

The doctor decides what to treat and what specific drug to choose. Many drugs have quite serious side effects. All these drugs are contraindicated in pregnant women. The safest drug is Macmiror (active ingredient - nifuratel). The effectiveness of Metronidazole and Furazolidone in adult patients is not very high, so these medications are rarely used.

Implies complete elimination all disorders that have arisen in the human body as a result of the action of Giardia. The following groups of drugs are used for this:

• probiotics or prebiotics;
• multivitamin complexes;
• immunomodulators (for example, Lykopid or Polyoxidonium).

Implemented rules healthy image life and preventive measures will help you forget forever the question of how to cure lamblia.

Many patients are interested in the question of how to treat lamblia in adults and children. Therapy depends on the form of the disease. Treatment of giardiasis in adults with an acute course consists of one stage. The patient is placed in a hospital, where his condition is constantly monitored by a doctor. Control is necessary, since medications for the treatment of protozoal infections are quite toxic and have a large number of contraindications.

Treatment of giardiasis depends on the form and course of the disease

If the digestive organs are working normally, then the preparation stage can be skipped and go straight to drug treatment protozoal infection.

Diet at the preparatory stage

The patient must follow nutritional rules

Treatment of Giardia in adults and children begins with following the rules of nutrition. The patient should reduce the amount of food containing a lot of carbohydrates and increase the consumption of protein foods.

The patient should eat frequently (5–7 times a day) and in small portions. This accelerates the flow of bile, which negatively affects Giardia.

In addition, the menu should be supplemented with dietary fiber. To do this, the patient must eat about 30 g of bran in 24 hours. These components of plant foods are almost not digested in the digestive tract, but they are a source of energy and a nutrient medium for beneficial intestinal microflora.

To get rid of Giardia, you must follow diet No. 5, which is intended for patients with diseases of the hepatobiliary system. In case of giardiasis, the diet is slightly adjusted, reducing the amount of foods that contain lactose and carbohydrates.

A patient diagnosed with Giardia should consume the following foods:

• Fruits, vegetables, herbs.
• Wholemeal bread.
• Kefir, curdled milk, sour cream and other fermented milk products with a low fat content.
• Buckwheat, rice, oatmeal with water.
• Meat and fish of low-fat varieties.
• Marmalade, honey, marshmallow.

According to diet No. 5, you should avoid the following foods:

• Meat, fatty fish.
• Rich meat broths.
• Lard, lard, margarine, full-fat butter.
• Legumes and dishes made from them.
• Eggs (more than 2 pieces in different dishes).
• Smoked products.
• Fresh pastries, pastries, cakes, sweets, ice cream.
• Soda.
• Mushrooms.

After treatment with medications, you should also follow a diet.

Medicines in preparation

If the outflow of bile is impaired, you should contact a gastroenterologist, who will conduct a diagnosis and identify the cause of the pathology. To do this, it is recommended to conduct an ultrasound examination of the gallbladder.

Treatment of giardiasis in disorders of the gastrointestinal tract

A patient struggling with giardiasis, who experiences pain on the right side under the ribs, should consume vegetable fats (about 80 mg per day). In addition, you should take prokinetics, for example, Domperidone, which has an antiemetic effect, 5–10 mg 30 minutes before meals. Cholecystokinetics will help eliminate bile stagnation. For this purpose, use a solution of xylitol, sorbitol or magnesium sulfate in a dosage of 2 or 3 tbsp. spoons twice or three times in 24 hours.

Hepatoprotectors and enzyme preparations are used as part of complex therapy

If the functionality of the sphincter, which regulates the flow of bile and digestive juice into the jejunum, is impaired, it is necessary to limit the daily intake of vegetable fats (about 40 mg). In this case, it is prohibited to take choleretic drugs. To eliminate pain, doctors prescribe Gimekron, Duspatilin, Trimedat, No-Shpu and other antispasmodics.

If Giardia is detected in a child’s body, this means that all family members are infected.

Macmiror is one of the most effective drugs against giardiasis

To remove lamblia from the body, you should take the following medications:

Ornidazole has different trade names - Tiberal, Ornisid, Dazolic, etc. The drug is presented in tablets, solution for infusion, vaginal suppositories. Giardia is removed using a tablet form of the drug.

Ornidazole treatment regimen:

1. Tablets are taken once a day. Dosage for patients weighing up to 35 kg is 0.04 g per 1 kg of total body weight. Before use, the pill is crushed. Patients weighing more than 35 kg drink 3 tablets once before bedtime.
2. Adult patients can take 1 pill every 12 hours for 36 hours.

The effectiveness of treatment is about 90%.

Treatment regimen for giardiasis with Tinidazole:

1. An adult patient takes 4 pills once a day.
2. Children are prescribed 50 mg of the drug per 1 kg of total weight.

If necessary, the doctor repeats the course of treatment if the first one was not effective.

The effectiveness of therapy is 77%.

Nifarutel or Macmiror is presented in tablets (200 mg), suppositories, ointment. If you want to quickly get rid of Giardia, then this is the most suitable drug.

Children take 10–30 mg/kg twice or three times for 7 days. The dosage for adults is 2 tablets. The frequency of use and course duration are the same as for children.

Nemozol is allowed to be treated by children from 6 years of age and adults. Patients of the younger age category take 10–15 mg of suspension per 1 kg of total weight once after a meal for 4–5 days. Adults drink 1 tablet once after meals for 3 to 7 days. If side effects occur after taking the medication, treatment is reduced to 4 days.

To relieve allergy symptoms, take Zyrtec (for patients from 6 months) and Telfast (from 12 years).

In addition to the means described above, it is recommended to use Wobenzym. This is a complex of enzymes of animal and plant origin that helps get rid of lamblia. The drug eliminates inflammation and improves immunity. This drug is suitable for children who take 1 tablet per 5 kg of total weight. The dosage for adults is from 3 to 5 tablets three times a day.

Many patients use folk remedies for the treatment and prevention of giardiasis. You can learn more about traditional therapy for the disease.

Medicines against giardiasis for children

Giardiasis is an intractable disease that requires competent therapy. The following medications will help cure protozoal infection:

Tinidazole is used to eliminate Giardia in children

The treatment regimen for the child is determined exclusively by the attending physician. The dosage of the drug depends on the patient’s age, weight, and symptoms. Self-medication threatens to impair the functionality of the liver and kidneys.

As a rule, after 9–10 days of therapy, the child’s condition improves. Skin rashes and coughs disappear, breathing normalizes, and lymph nodes shrink. However, after completing the therapeutic course, an analysis should be performed for the presence of Giardia in the body to prevent relapse. This also applies to adult patients.

Natural herbal preparations against giardiasis

There are safer drugs based on herbal components for the treatment of protozoal infections. They are often used to treat chronic forms illness.

The Helmostop program is an effective and natural remedy against giardiasis

To cure giardiasis, use the GelmoStop and GelmoStop mini programs. Gelmostop consists of 7 herbal remedies that are used for 50 days:

• "Rich Fiber" is an instant drink (30 servings).
• Tea “Atlant Plus” – 40 bags.
• The drug "Indole active" contains 40 capsules.
• Product “Hercules” – 40 capsules.
• Hepatoprotector “Hepatocholan plus” – 40 capsules.
• Natural antibiotic “Vitaspectr-XL” – 40 capsules.
• Anthelmintic drug with a wide spectrum of activity “Unkariya” in the form of capsules – 40 pieces.

Gelmostop mini contains the following products:

• "Richfiber" - 1 package.
• "Atlant plus" - 1 package.
• The drug “Hercules” – 1 pc.
• Hepatocholan plus – 1 pack.
• Antihelminthic agent “Unkariya” – 1 pc.

The safety of the drugs has been proven official documents and quality certificates.

The Gelmostop and Gelmostop mini programs are contraindicated in the following cases:

• Hypersensitivity to the components of herbal medicines.
• Acute ulcer.
• Chronic inflammation of the colon mucosa.
• Pregnancy and lactation.

Before using medications, you should consult your doctor.

Many patients who fight giardiasis using the program described above are satisfied with the results of the treatment.

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To get rid of Giardia forever, you must adhere to the following treatment regimen:

Take a Giardia test

Preparatory stage of treatment

The duration of this period directly depends on the degree of intoxication and the severity of pathologies of the digestive tract - it lasts from several days to 3-4 weeks.

Treatment of giardiasis begins with adjusting the diet: reducing the amount of carbohydrates and increasing the proportion of proteins.

What exactly should be excluded:

• any kind of sweets,
• bakery products, muffins,
• various cakes and pastries,
• sweet carbonated drinks,
• honey, chocolate.

You should also not eat:

• milk,
• sausages,
• semolina porridge(contains a lot of carbohydrates),
• foods that contain a lot of fat, hot spices,
• smoked products,
• products treated with “liquid smoke”
• pickled food.

All this irritates the gastrointestinal tract, and only aggravates the course of the disease.

• Sour fruits and berries. They can be consumed either fresh or made into fruit drinks and compotes.
• It is advisable to consume acidifying foods in advance, that is, 20–30 minutes before meals. This can achieve greater effect.
• In addition, you can also eat sour vegetables and fruits during the day. Vegetables can also be eaten raw (carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, beets), or boiled or stewed.
• You should not eat vegetables that irritate the gastrointestinal tract, such as radishes, radishes, raw onions or green onions, garlic, horseradish.
• Fruits can be consumed without restrictions, but it is advisable that they be sour. These are citrus fruits: oranges, tangerines, lemon (a little), kiwi, sour apples, etc.
• The use of various berries is especially effective and beneficial, since they contain large quantities of special substances - pectins. These are on the surface of which toxins harmful to humans and various pathogens (including lamblia) are deposited and then they are removed from the body. Let's list some of the popular berries: currants, blackberries, strawberries, viburnum, blueberries, cranberries, lingonberries.
• It is recommended to exclude bananas, melons, and all sweet grapes from the diet.
• When preparing porridges, do not use milk, as mentioned earlier. It is better to cook porridge in water; this could be, for example, buckwheat, oatmeal and corn porridge.
• You can eat fish and lean meat, unsweetened cottage cheese or cheese, unsweetened yogurt, and feta cheese.

Home probing is carried out as follows:

• First you need to eat the yolk on an empty stomach chicken egg. One is enough for a child, but an adult may need two, or take a medicinal dose of medicinal mineral water having sulfuric acid. Its age-specific dosage must first be clarified with your doctor. Suitable, for example, are “Borjomi” or “Dzhemruk”, as well as “Essentuki”. As a rule, 1 glass is enough for an adult or 0.5 glass for a child.
• Then you should go to bed, applying a heating pad in the form of a bottle with hot water. You will need to keep the heating pad in the upper abdomen, on the right.
• Then you need to lie down for a couple of hours without getting up.

Blind liver catheterization

This manipulation is relatively simple to perform even at home. It needs to be done by both adults and children.

Stimulating the secretion of bile can be done in other ways.

For these purposes, a course of taking herbs and infusions based on the following plants is carried out:

• Tansy.
• Barberry.
• Corn silk.
• Immortelle.
• Milk thistle.
• Lily of the valley et al.

Decoctions, infusions, tinctures and other forms of preparations from above-ground and underground parts based on the listed herbs.

After the preparatory stage, you can think about how to get rid of Giardia with the help of medications.

Groups of drugs for the treatment of giardiasis:

The most popular allopathic medicines are:

• Macmiror and analogues (from 470 rubles).
• Furazolidone and analogues (from 30 rubles).
• Tiberal and analogues (from 465 rubles).
• Tinidazole and analogues (from 15 rubles).
• and analogues (from 65 rubles).

All drugs must be taken in a dosage according to the patient’s age (it differs significantly for adults and children). To treat a child, Furazolidone, Macmiror or Tiberal (or similar) are more often used. The course of therapy lasts 5-7 days.

When choosing a homeopathic remedy, you must strictly adhere to the recommended dosage (especially in the case).

The raw materials for the manufacture of such drugs are often poisonous. The following medications will help:

• Mercurius, Mercurius Dulcis, Mercurius Solubilis (from 50 rubles).
• Staphysagria (from 70 rubles).
• Lycopodium (from 55 rubles).
• Chelidonium (from 40 rubles).
• Taraxakum (from 40 rubles).

An individual course of medication is prescribed by a homeopath.

Recovery phase

To restore the intestinal microflora, disturbed by the presence of lamblia in it, vitamin complexes with microelements are used:

• Stimbifide with trace elements (zinc, selenium, oligofructose, inulin) and vitamins C, E, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B8, B9, B12. Can be used for all age categories, starting from 6 months. The course of admission is 1 month.
• Bion-3 with microelements (calcium, chromium, zinc, iron, molybdenum, iodine, selenium, manganese), two types of lacto- and bifidobacteria, vitamins A, C, B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B9, B12, PP , D3. The course of admission is 1 month, used from 14 years of age. In addition to the vitamin course, treatment with enterol is carried out. Children under 3 years old take it for 5 days, others - for 10 days.

Stimbifeed with microelements

• Polyoxidonium is a new generation medicine created by Russian scientists, used in the form of suppositories, tablets, and lyophilisate to create a solution. In children from 6 months of age, the drug is used in the form of nasal drops; from 12 years of age, all forms can be used. The drug has no contraindications.
• Likopid is an immunomodulator in the form of tablets, used in adults and children from the first months of life. Contraindications – lactation, pregnancy, autoimmune thyroiditis, diseases accompanied by hyperthermia (more than +38 °C) or fever.

Alternative treatment regimen

It consists of three stages:

The duration of this stage is 2-4 weeks. The task is to remove Giardia.

Methods:

• Drink flaxseed, pumpkin or watermelon oil on an empty stomach. On the first day of treatment - half a teaspoon, on the second day - a teaspoon. And so on. The dose should be increased to three tablespoons by the end of the first week.
• Every evening during the first week, chew 3-5 tansy flowers for 2-5 minutes. Drink with a small amount of warm water.
• Prepare oak and buckthorn bark, tansy flowers. For a glass of boiling water - a teaspoon of a mixture made up of equal parts of herbs. Leave overnight. In the morning, strain and bring to the original volume of liquid. Drink half a glass. Drink the remaining amount in the evening, before bed. Place a heating pad on your right side for half an hour. Then take any saline laxative, wash it down with cranberry or lingonberry juice.
• Once a week, drink 50-100 ml of sorbitol solution (30-50%) on an empty stomach. Then – half a liter of boiled water for two hours. During this day, stick to fasting diet(drink plenty of fluids, eat baked vegetables and fruits).

Course stage

The goal is to flush the intestines. For these purposes we use slightly acidified boiled water. room temperature(about two liters).

At this stage, it is important to consolidate the result and increase the body’s resistance.

Recipes:

• Brew a teaspoon of birch buds in a glass of boiling water. Take 2 tbsp. l. 3 times a day for 2-3 weeks.
• Eat beet salad every day.
• Drink beetroot, lingonberry or cranberry infusion daily.

It is important to adhere to the rules of personal hygiene and periodically arrange fasting days, stick to a bitter-sour diet.

25 folk recipes for home treatment

To get rid of giardiasis often in folk medicine The following recipes are used:

1. Pick bindweed: it grows as a weed in vegetable gardens, climbs on potatoes and bushes. It blooms with white and pink bells, and the leaves are oblong, like those of a birch. Dry it in the shade. Pour 1 liter of boiling water over a handful of dried herbs and leave. Drink like tea.
2. During the summer, drink 0.5 cups every morning on an empty stomach. sauerkraut and bindweed tea. You can have breakfast in 20 minutes.
3. Pour 1 tbsp. dried tansy flowers with 2 cups of warm boiled water, leave for 2 hours. Strain. Take ⅓ glass 3 times a day 15 minutes before meals for 5 days.
4. Drink horseradish juice: for a child - 1 des.l., for an adult - 1 tbsp.
5. Peel 3-5 horseradish roots, chop finely and put in a bottle. Pour 1 liter of vodka and leave in a dark place for 12 days. Strain. Drink 1 tsp. 1 time a day - in the morning on an empty stomach. Course – 10 days on, 10 days off, 10 days on. Then a break for 1 month. And continuation of treatment..
6. Collect green pine cones covered with white coating (resin) in late July - early August. Rinse them with cold water, put them in a large saucepan (old, the resin is difficult to wash off) and fill with spring water 15-20 cm above the level of the cones. Place on low heat with open lid and boil for 8 hours (intermittently possible). Skim the foam as if from jam. Then strain (put a rag in the sink so as not to spoil it with resin), discard the cones. Add sugar 1:1 by volume to the remaining liquid and cook for 1 hour. The result will be jam with the smell of raspberries, not pine. Take no more than 2 tbsp. l. on an empty stomach. If the body does not accept sweets on an empty stomach, then you can eat after meals. It also cleanses the lungs and gastrointestinal tract.
7. Eat as many blueberries as possible when they are in season.
8. Mix chopped dill and caraway seeds in equal proportions. Take 1 tsp. mixture with plenty of water (up to 1 glass) 3 times a day. The course of treatment depends on the patient's condition. Sometimes it lasts up to six months. Or similarly, take the pharmaceutical drug karvipar (dill seeds, caraway seeds and bran).
9. Very effective (even affects blood fluke!). Brew 1 tbsp. l. dry herbs 1 cup salted boiling water. Drink ¼ glass on an empty stomach 3 times a day until symptoms disappear completely.
10. A course of wormwood therapy for diseases caused by Giardia (simple and feline) and other protozoa. Best results Wormwood therapy helps with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys and urinary tract, skin and gynecology. Grind 100 g of dry wormwood, then grind into powder in a mortar. From days 1 to 3 of treatment, take 1/4 tsp. wormwood powder every 2.5 hours – even at night! (It turns out 8 times a day.) You can drink it with a small amount of water. On the following days of treatment, take the same dose 5-6 times a day. The course lasts 1 week. In addition, you need to do cleansing enemas with wormwood infusion every day, as well as microenemas. Women also need to do douching. Pour 1 full tbsp. dry crushed wormwood 1 liter of boiling water, wrap and leave for 30 minutes. Cool to body temperature and strain. Pour 100 ml from the infusion. Make a cleansing enema with 900 ml of infusion. After the large intestine is cleansed, make a microenema with 50 ml of infusion, holding it longer so that the medicine is distributed throughout the intestine. Use the remaining 50 ml to douche. During the entire weekly treatment, follow a diet. Do not eat meat, fish, milk and dairy products, eggs, confectionery. There are cereals, vegetables and fruits, potatoes and vegetable oil.
11. Treatment with aspen or linden ash. Cut down several branches of linden (aspen), dry in the oven and burn. Sift the ash from the coals. You need 14 tsp. ash. On days 1-3 of treatment, take 1 tsp. ash 2 times a day - morning and evening, with 0.5 glasses of warm milk (not water!). On the 4th day, drink 1 tsp. ash 0.5 cups of milk only in the morning. These days you cannot eat sweets, honey, sweet fruits. From the evening of the 4th day, start drinking tincture of lingonberry leaves. Pour 1 t.t. leaves with 1 cup boiling water and leave. Drink 0.5 glasses 2-3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Drink for 2 weeks. Then repeat the entire treatment cycle - take 7 tsp. ash for 4 days and 2 weeks of drinking lingonberry infusion. You can repeat the course after 4-6 months. You can buy lingonberry leaves at the pharmacy; you need 150-200g per course.
12. 6-hour 10% steam of birch leaves. Quickly rinse 50g of birch leaves under running cold water in an enamel basin (they can be torn from a prepared birch broom). Then press the leaves into an enamel pan, pour 500-600 ml of boiling water, put a pressure saucer on top, close the lid and wrap. Do it overnight. In the morning, strain and put the steam in the refrigerator. Take 1/3 cup 30-40 minutes before each meal.
13. In the evening, fill the teapot ⅔ full with dried birch leaves, without killing it. Pour 200-250 g of boiling water and leave overnight. At 6 am, strain the infusion and warm it up a little. Give your child ⅔ glass to drink (the dose depends on age). Lay the patient down by placing a hot heating pad wrapped in a shawl under the liver. You can sleep for 2 hours, then walk around the room for 10 minutes, then go back to bed, but on your back. Then you can get up.
14. In early spring, pick birch leaves when they are still sticky and no larger than a penny. Pour 2 tsp. leaves 200 ml boiling water, leave for 30 minutes. Drink 50 g 3 times a day half an hour before meals for 1 month.
15. Collect young birch leaves that have just managed to unfurl. Brew 2 tbsp. dry leaves with 1 cup of boiling water and leave for half an hour. Strain. Drink everything on an empty stomach, then lie on your right side and lie there for half an hour. Course – from 15 to 45 days.
16. Mix 4 parts each of birch buds and tansy, 2 parts each of yarrow and horsetail, 1 part celandine. Pour 1 tsp. collection with 1 glass of boiling water. Insist. Take 0.5 cups in the morning and evening half an hour before meals. Course of treatment: 2-3 weeks on, 2 weeks off, then 1 week of treatment and 1 week off. Conduct 3-4 courses. You should include tea with mint and lemon balm in your diet.
17. When causing attacks of bronchial asthma in a child. Such a child should be treated with milk thistle infusion. Pour 1 tbsp. milk thistle seeds with 1 glass of hot milk, bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Leave overnight. In the morning, bring to a boil again. Cool and drink 1/4 cup 4 times a day 1 hour after meals. Drink instead of water, tea, compote, juices for 1 year. Drink along with the main treatment (for asthma). At night, you can rub the baby's back, chest and sides with milk thistle oil. Mix the same milk thistle oil with birch tar 3:1. Soak a cotton swab in the mixture and place it on the baby’s navel. With this treatment you can get rid of asthma forever.
18. Peel 1 cup raw and eat at a time. Try not to drink water for as long as possible. After 3 glasses of seeds, Giardia disappeared.
19. Drink 0.25 mg Trichopolum tablets 3 times a day for 10 days. Then 1 week of rest. Then treatment with milk and garlic juice. Dilute the juice of 1 clove of garlic in 0.5 cups of warm milk and drink this dose throughout the day. Course 7 days. Drink 0.5 glasses of alkaline mineral water 1 hour before meals. A course of 10 liters of mineral water. At the same time, perform liver tubing. Drink 0.5 glasses of mineral water (or choleretic herb) and lie down with a heating pad on your right side for 30-40 minutes. Do the procedure every other day for 2 weeks. Then after 3-4 months do it every weekend. For prevention, every autumn he drinks garlic juice with warm milk.
20. Buy white solid oil at a gas station - a small jar. Lubricate the liver area with grease, apply paper, cellophane and secure. Change compresses in the morning and evening, without washing off the grease from the liver area. Do not bathe the child during treatment; you can wipe it, but water should not get on the liver area! Make compresses until the jar is completely used up. At the end of treatment, give the child a choleretic or laxative and get tested.
21. Cut the seeds brown cucumbers and fill a 2 liter pan with them a third, then pour boiling water to the top and leave. Do not strain the infusion; store in the refrigerator. Drink the infusion without restrictions.
22. Pour 0.5 liters of milk into 2 glasses. In the morning, boil milk from one glass, peel 1 medium head of garlic, crush it, put it in hot milk and close the lid. Leave for 10 minutes, strain into a mug. Holding your nostrils shut, drink it all in one gulp and lie down in bed without a pillow for 1 hour. After another 2 hours (i.e. 3 hours after drinking the medicine), eat liquid semolina porridge. Then during the day, eat whatever you want. On the second day, repeat everything.
23. Take a coconut, make 3 holes in it on top, let the juice drain. Then split the coconut, cut off the skin and grate it. Half of the coconut gruel was enough for a 3-day course of treatment for both me and my daughter. Take it in the morning on an empty stomach, and do not eat anything for 4-5 hours before lunch.

To whom: Administration site

Not long ago my health condition worsened. I began to feel constant fatigue, headaches, laziness and some kind of endless apathy appeared. Problems also appeared with the gastrointestinal tract: bloating, diarrhea, pain and bad breath.

I thought it was because of the hard work and hoped that it would go away on its own. But every day I felt worse. The doctors couldn’t really say anything either. Everything seems to be normal, but I feel like my body is not healthy.

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