Ascariasis symptoms and hazards

Symptoms and harm

 Ascaris larvae and adults can cause the disease, so ascariasis is usually divided into the larval stage and adult stage disease-causing pathogens.

 1. The larval stage disease

 Since the two larvae began to invade the body wall by the liver, lung migration, development to the last in the small intestine parasite, can cause tissue damage, of which pulmonary changes is obvious. Severe infection, the larvae also can invade the thyroid gland, spleen, brain, kidneys and other organs, causing ectopic lesion. If through the placenta, the fetus can also be parasitic.

 2. Adult stage disease

 The vast majority of cases of intestinal ascariasis without any symptoms. There symptoms in children with abdominal pain as the most common, often discharged from the stool or vomit out the roundworm Ascaris. Children can cause neurological symptoms such as convulsions, night terrors, teeth, etc. pica. Ascariasis may occur a variety of complications can be caused by bile duct ascariasis respectively, ascaris pancreatitis, appendicitis, or other ascaris granuloma. Biliary Ascariasis The main symptoms are sudden right upper quadrant abdominal cramps, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, etc.; if treatment is not timely, can lead to suppurative cholangitis, cholecystitis, or bile duct necrosis, and perforation. Is also a common complication of intestinal obstruction is due to a large number of adult kink into the group, due to intestinal blockage. Abroad, reported a 2-year-old girl died due to infection of a large number of worms. Autopsy found that the ileum has roundworm clumps, resulting in volvulus and intestinal necrosis, the seizure of 908 parasites.

 Symptoms how to do

 Ascariasis is a common disease in infants, may have the following characteristics: children eat more, but easy to hunger, no longer fat. Some children have a partial eclipse, the performance of different food, such as the love of lime, soil, or newspapers. Unexplained recurrent abdominal pain, diarrhea, progressive weight loss. Disturbed sleep at night, crying, teeth, drooling and so on. However, infants and young children complained of poor conditions, which require parents to closely observe the infant for early detection and early treatment.

 How to self-defense

 Prevention of ascariasis The key is to develop good health habits, strictly good “start with the mouth” was off. Education of children handling clipping the nails, do not touch dirt; before meals and after going to toilet, raw vegetables and fruits should be washed; enhance manure management, do not open defecation; fly disinfestation fly-proof four pests carry out patriotic public health campaign to improve the sanitation. Children’s collective units (kindergartens, primary schools) is the focus of prevention and control should be a census, general governance, to protect the health of children.