Taizhou 11-year-old girl has abdominal pain for more than a year
hospitalized examination found that the cause was not stomach disease
It is actually a pinworm
How did she get infected? What are the typical symptoms after
infection?
How to prevent parasites?
Let’s listen to the doctor’s advice together
Xiaolei (pseudonym), 11 years old this year, was hospitalized for examination due to abdominal pain, but unexpectedly found a "senter" in his body - pinworms.
The doctor reminds that pinworms are intestinal parasites. If you do not take personal hygiene well, you may be infected and cause a series of discomfort symptoms.
11-year-old girl has a parasite in her belly
. Xiaolei's abdominal pain has been intermittent for more than a year because she doesn't like to eat. Her family always thinks it is a stomachache caused by stomach problems, so she occasionally asks her to take some stomach medicine. Until recently, Xiaolei's abdominal pain was aggravated repeatedly and she often had diarrhea. Her mother realized that the situation was wrong, so she quickly took her to the hospital for treatment.
Xiaolei's There is a pinworm about 1 cm long in the large intestine part. It is clearly visible in the video that the insects peristalsis in the intestinal mucosa
Through gastroenteroscopy, the doctor accidentally found that Xiaolei's large intestine had a bug about 1 cm long in the long in the intestinal mucosa. The insects looked very lively and were peristaltic several times from time to time. This scared Xiaolei’s parents. What was going on?
Based on Xiaolei's examination report and combined with her recent performance, the doctor initially inferred that the worm in her belly should be a parasite called "pinworm".
"I heard from parents that the child usually has the habit of eating his fingernails. In addition, she likes small animals and often takes the little turtle and white rabbit raised at home to play with it, which causes a certain risk of parasite infection." Lu Qingqing, deputy director of the pediatrics department of Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), recalled, "According to the child's self-report, she said that she sometimes feels itchy around her butt and can't help but scratch it with her hands. This is also a typical symptom of pinworm disease ." What is the relationship between itchy butt
and pinworms?
Listen to what the doctor says
Lu Qingqing told reporters that pinworms are intestinal parasites that usually live in the intestinal tract in the human body and make a living by absorbing the nutrients in the intestinal tract. Whenever at night, pinworms often crawl out of the anus, move or lay eggs, which stimulates the anus and causes itching. This is also why people with pinworm disease usually feel itchy buttocks, and they will see small white eggs near their anus.
Pinworm disease is related to the quality of personal hygiene habits
confirmed the identity of this "hospital", and the next step is deworming treatment. The doctor immediately prescribed several oral anti-worming medicines for Xiaolei and told her that as long as she took the medicine on time, paid attention to hygiene, and had regular reviews, there would be no major problems.
Why do pinworms "tart"
A young girl who is only 11 years old
Doctor says that illness is not the same as people
Adults and children are at risk of infection
Lu Qingqing told reporters that pinworm disease is currently common all over the world, and illness is not the same as people , but the incidence rate of children is high , the same reason is because children lack certain hygiene habits .
"Pinworms are widely present in the environment, and personal hygiene habits are likely to be infected if they are not properly prepared." Lu Qingqing said that after suffering from pinworm disease, itching symptoms will appear at the anus at night, which will lead to loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, irritability, insomnia, etc. When ectopic parasitic occurs, that is, when pinworms crawl into the appendix or the urethra and vagina, it will also cause appendicitis , urethraitis and vaginitis . If the child has the above symptoms, it is best to go to the hospital as soon as possible to determine whether he is infected with pinworms through laboratory tests.
The infection pathway of pinworms is oral transmission. In other words, a group environment is more likely to cause infection. "When a whole family lives in groups, or when the children live in kindergarten collectively, parents and school administrators must pay attention to the hygiene and tidy environment."Lu Qingqing said that especially in kindergartens, there are many children. When the insect eggs are stuck to the hands, if the hands are not thoroughly cleaned, they will touch other places through the interaction between the children, causing infection to more people.
"The treatment methods for different intestinal parasitic diseases are not exactly the same. Generally, oral antiworming medicine is taken to achieve the purpose of killing insect eggs, but there is no need to use antiworming medicine for children regularly. "Lu Qingqing reminded.
pays attention to hygiene, so that insect eggs can be "no space to drill"
prevent infection. The best way is to pay attention to hygiene
. "Teachers and parents should do a good job in hygiene education for their children, urge them to develop good habits of loving cleanliness and hygiene, wash their hands before and after meals, practice nails frequently, and correct the bad habit of gnawing nails. "Lu Qingqing said that while doing a good job in personal hygiene, it is best to clean the environmental sanitation of home and school regularly, and dry clothes and bedding frequently to ensure the cleaning and hygiene of the food utensils and toys that children usually use.
In preventing pinworm infection, because children's own hygiene awareness is not strong, repeated pinworm infections are common.
Reprinted from Taizhou Evening News
Source: Zhejiang News Channel
