Ascariasis of transmission of the

Ascariasis is the most common human intestinal parasites is one. At this point the child since they will walk, to expand the scope of activities, while parents have begun to let go of their children, the children easy access to all kinds of unhealthy things, but infections ascariasis. So, how the children are infected with ascariasis it?

The shape of the adult Ascaris worms, parasitic in human small intestine and lay eggs, females lay eggs per day up to 20 million, eggs are fertilized and unfertilized egg of the points. The fertilized eggs from the feces, where appropriate, after three weeks under the conditions that develop into the infective egg, the eggs can survive in the soil five years and the general condiments such as soy sauce, vinegar, pepper, raw mixed vegetables and Brine Pickles can not kill the eggs. Who has to eat the food with a mature egg can be sick. Children like to play due to soil his hands may be contaminated with Ascaris eggs, if not wash their hands before meals, Ascaris eggs that can be swallowed by hand the stomach, so that children are easier to get ascariasis. After the eggs have been swallowed in the human body, develop into larvae hatch, the larvae hatch, and not immediately develop into adults, we must in the body after some “travel”, which first invaded the intestinal wall, through the blood circulation into the lungs, later along the bronchus, trachea retrograde to the throat, then into the stomach and finally settled in the small intestine and develop into adult, adult life expectancy is generally a year or so. In this way children unknowingly infected with ascariasis.

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