Open AccessCLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF GIARDIASIS IN CHILDREN. ANALYSIS OF THE WORK OF 2015-2019
Author(s) -
R. S. Аrаkelyаn,
E.I. Okunskaya,
А. Р. Курбангалиева,
L.N. Kobzeva,
Г Л Шендо,
N.V. Yakubovskaya,
A.N. Zagina,
A E Maslyaninova,
Т.М. Деева,
O.A. Arakelyanc,
Children’s city polyclinic No
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicinskaâ parazitologiâ i parazitarnye bolezni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-1777
pISSN - 0025-8326
DOI - 10.33092/0025-8326mp2020.4.46-51
Subject(s) - vomiting , medicine , nausea , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , albendazole , feces , giardia , abdominal pain , metronidazole , abdomen , antiparasitic agent , dermatology , veterinary medicine , pediatrics , gastroenterology , surgery , antibiotics , biology , paleontology , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics
In their work, the authors analyze the incidence of Giardia in children of the Astrakhan region for the period from 2015 to 2019. A total of 17,244 cases of parasitic infestation were registered in the Astrakhan region during the analyzed period, of which 94.8% were children under the age of 14. Clinically, the disease occurred mainly in the form of complaints of pain in the epigastric region-62.5%, decreased appetite-27.0%, loose stools several times a day-27.2% and various allergic rashes on the skin of the extremities, abdomen and face – 26.3%, nausea – 17.9% and vomiting – 8.4%. Also, there were minor complaints of fever up to subfebrile figures and 2.1%, the result of 2.3%. A small number of children – 7.3 percent, there were no complaints. After detecting Giardia cysts in feces and establishing a clinical diagnosis, all patients were prescribed a course of chemotherapy in the form of antiparasitic drugs: «Albendazole», «Macmiror»and « Metronidazole».