Open AccessEnterobiasis in children
Author(s) -
Mariya Rizvanova
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj99897
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophilia , dermatology , infestation , itching , polyclinic , enterobius , pediatrics , abdominal pain , disease , surgery , helminths , immunology , psychiatry , botany , biology
In 1987, 4171 children were examined for possible enterobiasis. Children referred by polyclinic physicians had the following signs of suspected disease: 42.5% had abdominal pain, 20% had anal itching, 12.5% had vascular dystonia, 1% had eosinophilia, and 1% had vulvovaginitis; 23% of the children had no complaints. The method of tape scraping from the perianal folds, which provides more complete detection of infestation, detected pinworm eggs in 346 (8.3%) children. In the family centers of enterobiasis 623 adults were examined; 4.9% of them were diagnosed with enterobiasis, 348 children were contacted, among them 8.6% of the children were infected.