Autumn de-worming

Children stomach ache a lot of times it is because infected with roundworm. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention parasitic disease researcher at the Institute Chuilon Brooke reminded parents fall, is to give the child time to drive roundworm.

 Professor Xu said that Ascaris infection is usually in April of each year -10 months, including seven in August for the period of high incidence of roundworm infection. The Ascaris eggs into the human body, it normally takes 60-75 days incubation period of about adults. Thus, after a nine, in October, with the temperature reduced, lowering the chance of human infection, so they arrive at the best time to drive roundworm.

 A survey shows that the most susceptible to ascariasis is 5-9 years and 10-14 years old children in two age groups. Professor Xu that this may be due to poor children health habits, such as not washing hands before meals and after, raw fruits and vegetables, are the main reason leading to roundworm infection.

 To determine whether the child is suffering from ascariasis, to the hospital for an examination is the most convenient method. However, Professor Xu suggested that the parents can also be a number of anomalies according to the child to do a general judgments. For example kids often shouted stomach ache, especially around the navel area pain, but after Rouan after mitigation, or sleep easier at night woke up, teeth, and drooling, as well as their children face, neck, pale white skin are often similar to round or oval-shaped plaques where there are small white scales are likely to be infected by ascariasis. In addition, the child repeated the skin for no apparent reason to a “wind knots”; a partial eclipse performance, and eat dirt, paper, cloth top wonder things; Also, children eat more and easy to hunger, eat snacks, eating more or less the total fat is not up, these are the symptoms of roundworm infection. At this time should go to hospital for treatment. Professor Xu believes that the market can recommend in general, de-worming drugs are albendazole (intestinal worms-ching), the cure rate of 96%. Another one is mebendazole (Lok persons), the cure rate reached 87% -100%.

 Professor Xu cautioned that Ascaris eggs are often through contaminated food, contaminated hands, contaminated water sources cause an infection. Therefore, the prevention of primary infection and reinfection are important. Therefore, we must cultivate a good daily hygiene habits, educate our children to wash their hands before meals and after, do not drink unboiled water, raw fruits to laundry or peeling, do not eat lettuce. In the preschool institutions and primary schools, the children according to the specific situation in time for routine de-worming treatment to eliminate the source of infection.