"Most people with intestinal worms live in slums. And the people among school children were still high," said Deputy Director for Management and Prevention of Diarrhoea, worms and ISPL, Ministry of Health, I Wayan Widaya, when socialization directly infectious disease prevention , a while ago.
Although the disease does not kill worms, but worms can reduce the quality of life of sufferers, even leading to less blood (anemia) and in children can lead to foolishness. About 40 to 60 percent of Indonesia's population suffer from intestinal worms and WHO information cited over billion people also suffer from intestinal worms.
Normally a student who is infected the worm will have a shortage of hemoglobin (Hb) to 12 grams percent, and will affect the blood's ability to carryover oxygen to various body tissues, including the brain.
Patients with intestinal worms among school children is also high. According to a survey ever conducted in Jakarta, in children Primary School (SD) mentioned that about 49.5 percent of 3160 students in 13 simple school was suffering from intestinal worms. Female students had a higher prevalence, ie 51.5 percent as compared to male students is only 48.5 percent.
However worms seldom claimed the lives of its victims, but the worms may cause malnutrition and iron deficiency anemia. Therefore, although not deadly, but do not underestimate the issue of infection with this worm, because it can degrade the quality of patients both children and adults. Whereas in adolescents who are anemic due to intestinal worms have shown decreased academic achievement. But, after they got supplements of iron (Fe) for over months, the results turned out to show the adolescent academic achievement have increased again.
As a result, patients stricken with intestinal worms decreased endurance and metabolism of brain tissue. In fact, in the long run, the patient will experience physical and intellectual weakness. Section of worm infection is determined from the number of worms it contains. If the children were already infected with worms, the delay will usually show signs of physical, mental and sexual abuse.
Wayan explained how worms spread through food, among others, the foot that is directly related with soil containing worm vector, for not wearing footwear. In addition, bowel habits (BAB) in any place can also transmit the worms. The method faeces containing worm eggs contaminate soil and worm eggs stuck to the hands or nails and then in to the mouth with food. Dirt flies and flies that alighted on food, can enter through the mouth. "The food ought to even be covered so as not exposed to dust and the worm eggs," Wayan said.
Modes of transmission
Types of worms
Feces containing worm can also pollute the water, so water diminium may contain worm eggs. Therefore the water must be cooked to a boil before drinking. Sekain, it is also necessary household well water testing to the laboratory to make sure the well water safe for consumption.
* Roundworms measuring twenty by 40 centimeters, female worm can lay 200,000 eggs a day. This worm is very detrimental because it can suck the nutrients. Patients can lose carbohydrate grams a day 00:14 and loss of 0035 grams of protein per day. Organ that is attacked is the brain, liver, and appendix.
* Whip worms measuring 4-5 centimeters, able to laying 5000 eggs a day and happy to suck blood. Therefore, patients infected with this worm blood loss cubik 0005 centimeters (cc) per day.
* Hookworm measuring one centimeter, mamu spawn ten,000 a day. These worms can suck the blood and the sufferer will lose 0.2 cc of blood per day.
Several types of worms present in Indonesia include roundworm, whipworm, hookworm, which spread through various ways such as through the mouth, and those that through one's feet.
Prevention
Signs or signs of intestinal worms among others, distended stomach, emaciated body, hair like corn hair, limp and worn out, pale face, and eyes belekan.
Means of prevention in order not to suffer from intestinal worms, among others: use tidy water. When taking water using a tidy container and store it in a besih and closed. Before the first drink boiled water to boiling.
Make a habit of washing hands with soap after bowel and before eating. Similarly, in the event you will eat raw vegetables ought to be washed tidy. Avoiding worms also completed by covering the food introduced in the house and snacks at school. Also recommended wear footwear, when playing or out of the house, do not CHAPTER anywhere, cut nails and tidy it one time a week, and drink-worming one time a year.
Eradication
Worm disease eradication efforts in Indonesia have not been successful, because only covers ten percent of school students. Worm eradication program for years from 1996 through Supplementary School Children Food Program (PMT-AS) cover only 9.8 million school children.
So only ten percent of students from 100 million school-age children who are touched. Therefore, to prevent our families are not infected with worms worms they ought to take the drug one time in year, ie every two months.
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