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Parasitismo intestinal en niñas y niños mayores de 5 años de Ciudad Bolívar Parasitismo intestinal en niñas y niños mayores de 5 años de Ciudad Bolívar

Authors: Osvaldo Batista Rojas; Zadys Álvarez Hernández;

Parasitismo intestinal en niñas y niños mayores de 5 años de Ciudad Bolívar Parasitismo intestinal en niñas y niños mayores de 5 años de Ciudad Bolívar

Abstract

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal de 320 pacientes mayores de 5 años de edad, cuyos exámenes de heces fecales dieron positivos, atendidos en el Centro de Diagnóstico Integral "Cuyuní" de la parroquia La Sabanita en Ciudad Bolívar (Estado Bolívar de Venezuela), desde julio del 2011 hasta marzo del 2012, a fin de caracterizarles según algunas variables de interés: tipos de parásitos, particularidades del abastecimiento y tratamiento del agua de consumo, lugar de deposición, hábitos higiénico-sanitarios y síntomas más frecuentes. Del total de la serie, 58,4 % presentaba poliparasitismo, 73,7 % se abastecía de agua mediante pipas o tanques y 45,3 % no trataba el agua de consumo, mientras que 66,3 % lo hacía por el método de filtración; asimismo, predominaron la defecación en letrinas (53,1 %), el hábito de andar descalzos (24,7 %), el dolor abdominal entre los síntomas referidos (39,4 %) y la Entamoeba histolytica como parásito más hallado (35,3 %).A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 320 patients over 5 years of age whose stool tests were positive, treated in "Cuyuní" Comprehensive Diagnosis Center from La Sabanita parish in Bolívar city (Bolívar State of Venezuela), from July 2011 to March 2012, in order to characterize them according to some variables of interest: types of parasites, particularities of supply and treatment of drinking water, stools place, health habits and most frequent symptoms. Of the total of the series, 58.4% had polyparasitism, 73.7% were supplied with water by means of tankers or water tanks and 45.3% did not treat drinking water, while 66.3% did so by the filtration method; also, passage of stools in latrines (53.1%), the habit of walking barefoot (24.7%), abdominal pain between the symptoms reported (39.4%) and Entamoeba histolytica as the most found parasite (35.3%) prevailed.

Keywords

hábitos higiénico-sanitarios, child, Medicine (General), Entamoeba histolytica, niño, health habits, intestinal parasitosis, Venezuela, RC31-1245, parasitosis intestinal, poliparasitismo, R5-920, stool tests, pruebas de heces fecales, polyparasitism, Internal medicine

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