Are Children Infected With Tapeworms Dangerous?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly one-third of cases of tapeworm infection may have epilepsy. This type of flukes can absorb nutrients from the body, making children infected with flukes become stunted, grow slowly and often have digestive problems.
Risk of epilepsy, blindness if infected with tapeworm
Infection with tapeworm larvae, or tapeworm infections, is an infectious disease of tissues caused by tapeworm larvae (pig tapeworm, tapeworm tapeworm). Rice flukes are small and round heads, about 1mm in diameter, about 4 to 5 meters long, maybe even up to 12 meters. The majority of human tapeworm infection is usually caused by ingesting tapeworm larvae or eggs

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After swallowing the eggs, the eggs enter the stomach and intestines, where the larvae hatch. This larva usually parasites in the small intestine. However, sometimes the tapeworm larvae can "go astray" through the digestive tract and into the bloodstream and move to the parasite in other organs such as brain, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, eyes .
Depending on where the parasite is located, children may have health problems such as:
If parasitic cysts in the brain: Children may have epilepsy, paralysis, consciousness disorders, lisp, memory impairment, severe headache, affecting learning.



. More serious can also lead to death from parasitic meningitis.
If the tapeworm moves to the eyes: A child with this condition may have glaucoma, vision loss, or blindness.
If the cysts move into the muscle: Small tumors will appear on the skin of the child, about 1-2 cm in size or pea, usually not itchy, painless.
If parasites in the heart: Children may have arrhythmia, affecting muscles, heart valves, leading to heart failure.
This adult flukes can be up to 12 meters long and continuously burn old, inside each burner contains a lot of tapeworm eggs and spawn new so they will absorb nutrients from the body of the child they are parasitic So when a child is infected with a tapeworm infection, it is more prone to malnutrition, emaciation, illness, anemia, and digestive problems
Symptoms of trichinosis in young children
Usually the cases of tapeworm infection do not show many noticeable signs, some children have clinical symptoms such as:
Abdominal pain: As tapeworm attaches to the intestinal wall and affects this area.
Nausea and vomiting: This is a common symptom; if the tapeworm larvae mature, this symptom will become more severe.
Weight loss: Because tapeworms absorb all the body's nutrients needed for growth.
In addition to the common manifestations above, children may have symptoms such as:
Diarrhea
Fever
If infected with multiple flukes, the old flukes may be excreted in the anus, stool or flukes will crawl out.



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Treatment of tapeworm infection in young children
Currently, the Ministry of Health of our country has a very effective treatment for tapeworm infection. However, to increase the effectiveness of treatment, children need to be diagnosed early and promptly treated when they are found to be infected.
If infected with adult tapeworm infection, children only need to take one day to cure. But if infected with tapeworm larvae, the treatment time will be longer, about 2 - 3 weeks or can last 4 - 5 sessions of treatment, a course of about 20 days If tapeworm parasites in the brain, muscles or other organs, the doctor may order surgery to remove the tapeworm.
Preventing tapeworm infection in children
Tapeworm infection is not a dangerous disease if treated promptly, but if left for a long time, the disease can cause many dangerous complications. To protect children from the risk of infection, parents should take the following precautions:
When buying pork, parents should choose to buy at quality, reputable, observing pieces of meat, if in doubt or with signs of unusual meat, should not buy meat
Wash hands with soap before cooking food for children and the whole family, after going to the toilet or toilet for children ...
In the process of processing food, you should cook meat thoroughly, do not let children eat raw foods, such as raw pork, raw vegetables, spring rolls, blood pudding .



.. After processing the food, you Tools that have been in contact with raw meat should be washed
With raw vegetables, tubers and fruits, you should wash thoroughly, soak with dilute salt water or dilute vinegar, peel off before feeding.
Let children drink boiled and cooled water
Regularly supervise and remind children to wash their hands before eating, after playing with pets and after using the toilet, etc. Always trim children's nails and toes.
Do not allow children to crawl and crawl on the floor
In particular, you should deworm your children periodically.
Some foods have a high risk of trichinosis that you should not feed to children
Rare meat
Vegetables
Sour meatball
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