What To Do To Prevent Helminths For Children

The helminth disease can cause anemia, malnutrition, growth retardation, fatigue, and reduced learning ... sometimes with life-threatening complications. Anyone can get helminthosis, especially children

. Most children have worms, there are many types of worms but children often have roundworm and pinworm.
Children can get helminths through eating, drinking, eating unclean food, not properly cooked, drinking uncooked water, eating uncooked vegetables, through unsanitary water, through dirty hands, through daily activities in direct contact with the soil environment and through polluted air. Children can become infected with worms by putting dirty toys in their mouths, handling food and drinks without washing their hands after defecating
Symptoms when suffering from some types of worms, tapeworms
Roundworm: tired, lose weight, anorexia, discomfort, abdominal pain and diarrhea, if not treated promptly will lead to anemia and malnutrition
Pinworms: Causes anal itching, pale skin color and stomach discomfort. If the pinworms enter the vagina, the baby will itch and discharge.



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Worms: often cause vomiting, diarrhea. Then there will be abdominal cramping, headache, facial swelling and muscle pain. These worms are very dangerous when they enter the muscles, heart, brain and there is a risk of death.
Tapeworm: often without symptoms, some children may have abdominal pain, fatigue, weight loss and diarrhea. When the adult flukes in the small intestine about 2m-12m long it will shed the flukes on its tail and go out the anus or under the stool
Fascioliasis: Symptoms of liver fluke are usually not clear, which may include a rash, itching, muscle aches, chills and fever
Measures to prevent helminths
To prevent helminths, the most important thing is to absolutely keep the body hygiene, eating hygiene. Should eat cooked, boiled drink, buy food in stores to ensure food hygiene and safety. Wash children's hands often with soap. Particular attention should be given to toileting for adults and children, before feeding and preparing food for children.



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Hygiene of limbs is always clean, cutting nails, not allowing children to walk barefoot, because hookworm larvae outside the soil environment can pass through the skin between the legs to enter the blood, enter the intestine, into the lungs, and then live in there and cause disease. Clothes of children infected with worms should be changed often, soaked in boiling water or exposed to a sunny place to kill worm eggs.
The faeces of children infected with worms also need to be disposed of, dumped into hygienic latrines. For young children, do not let children crawl on the ground, especially not wearing pants with buttocks; Worms should be dewormed every 6 months in children over 2 years old
DS. Nguyen Thi Thuy.

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