What is ascariasis?

Ascariasis is the most common intestinal parasites in children. Environment is Ascaris eggs to control pollution is the main source of infection in infants and young children. Ascaris eggs, mainly through hand and food into the body. Children like to use the clutch of food to eat, like to suck his fingers, but also like to put some dirty toys into the mouth; especially the children’s fingernails cracks easily in possession of Ascaris eggs are very vulnerable to infection.

Some people believe that all which goes roundworm has no need to attach too much importance. In fact, Ascaris harm to the children is still very large. The adult roundworm in people’s intestines, living a ~ 2 years. Several or dozens of worms in the intestine (In severe cases, up to hundreds, thousands of) looting the host nutrition, it is also secreted enzyme inhibitors affect the host for protein digestion and absorption, which for the growth in developmental stages of children is very harmful.

Ascariasis light or heavy, is not entirely dependent on the number of the number of roundworm, Ascaris lies with the relevant site. Intestinal worms can be asymptomatic or have mild loss of appetite, Cullen, or mild pain on the navel. The pain-free regular, recurrent, duration uncertain, the pain-hi press. Individual children have pica: hi ate plaster, clods, slag and so on. Of course, a large number of worms will consume nutrients, causing anemia, malnutrition, severe cases can affect the spirit as well as intellectual. Spirit of the neurological symptoms of mental apathetic, excitement, headache, irritability, restless sleep, grit one’s teeth … …. There are systemic allergic symptoms such as hives, skin itching and so on.

Ascariasis many complications. Ascaris roundworms can cause intestinal obstruction, bile duct ascariasis, Ascaris liver abscess, appendicitis, as well as roundworm ascaris intestinal perforation, peritonitis, and so on. The more severe cases, when a child suffering from serious illness, such as when using a large number of sedative drugs, or coma, the roundworm Shangcuan, through the throat into the trachea, can cause suffocation. Roundworms have “pervasive” in habits, could be got into bile ducts, pancreatic ducts, urinary tract, etc.. In short, the roundworm untold harm.

Ascariasis treatment, to say both simple and complex. Older children, such as asymptomatic, without treatment, can also be discharged within one year of roundworm. But for severe ascariasis, must be treated according to doctor’s instructions.

Here should be to remind parents that, not to have children with abdominal pain Jiuji children to eat a worm medicine to fight, but should first be diagnosed as ascariasis doctor again after deworming. Another point is that some people and regardless of a child has ascariasis, and lead a year or so, on the “automatic” to the kids wear a deworming medicine. This approach is very justified.