Children at preschool and primary school age are at risk of getting infected with enterobiasis. High social activity, insufficient adherence to hygiene rules, aspiration of children to learn the world "to the taste" contribute to the widespread prevalence of helminthiosis of this type. If the child has signs of pinworm in the body, the only way to confirm or disprove the diagnosis is a laboratory test. At present, to identify the presence of worms, the child is scraped for analysis.
Conventional feces analysis on enterobiosis less often reveals helminths and their eggs. This is due to the fact that the worms of this species live not in the intestines, but in the stomach. Only at the time of reproduction does the female crawl out through the rectum to lay eggs in the area around the anus. If the baby has emptied the intestines in the morning, eggs and pinworms in the feces of the child can be found, then you can understand that he has become infected.
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When is scraping for enterobiasis in children?
Due to the high prevalence, scraping on enterobiasis in children is taken not only when a specific symptom is detected in the baby. If he goes to a kindergarten or school, his trip to a health camp is planned, an analysis for pinworm eggs is an obligatory procedure. The conclusion of the laboratory is required not only when the child enters the kindergarten or school, but also to visit the swimming pool, sports section, etc.
This type of analysis, despite its specificity, belongs to the most common group of compulsory medical research. This is due to the need for delivery:
- For admission of a child to any preschool or educational institution
- If it is necessary for inpatient treatment
- For the design of a sanatorium or spa tour
- Swimming in a swimming pool or sports section
Take a scraping and diagnose enterobiosis in children not only for prevention orfor obtaining information, but also in cases when there are signs of infection of the organism with helminths. The most obvious among them are the following:
- appearance of itching in the anus or genital area;
- there are clearly observed pinworms in the feces of a baby( photo);
- skin redness and burning sensation in the perineum;
- disorder of the bowel;
- the child often touches his / her sexual organs;
- whimsical behavior and increased activity before bedtime;
- the kid complains of abdominal pain.
How to take an analysis for enterobiasis in children?
Samples for investigation on helminthic invasion depending on age are taken by several methods. Of course, the most comfortable way is to collect material for analysis at home. The only condition is that the sample must be delivered to the laboratory no later than 2 hours later. Take scraping on enterobiasis in children:
- using ordinary transparent scotch;
- with hygienic cotton buds.
The algorithm for scraping the enterobiasis in infants with the help of an adhesive tape is as follows( see photo):
- takes a transparent office tape( tape width up to 2 cm);
- cut a piece about 6 cm long;
- sticky side cuts against the skin in the anus;
- having made this manipulation several times, paste adhesive tape on a piece of glass or a test plate.
To make a smear for enterobiasis in children with cotton buds, this technique should be used( see photo):
- a standard hygienic stick is dipped at one end into a vaseline or glycerin ointment to slightly moisten the cotton wool;
- in the examined child neatly parted buttocks, and moistened with the tip of a cotton bud, they are wound around the folds and the skin surface in the anus area - they make a smear;
- stick with a smear is placed in a clean glass jar or special tube, closed tightly with a lid.
Test results for pinworms in children
Often, in order to understand if there are worms in a child, they perform an analysis not only of scraping from the anal area, but also urine. The latter is due to the fact that pinworms in the baby's urine may appear due to infection of the eggs of these parasites of genitals and urinary tracts. Many parents want to know how many days are analyzed for enterobiasis in children. As practice shows, no later than one day later, the laboratory issues the results of the tests. Since not always the presence of worms can be determined from the results of the first analysis due to the peculiarities of their life cycle, it is recommended to collect at least three times the collection of samples for several days. This is especially true when the child has signs of enterobiasis.
Where to pass the analysis on enterobiasis to the child, how to prepare for it?
It is possible to pass the most qualitative samples for the analysis of enterobiosis in a hospital, hospital or laboratory of a polyclinic. With the help of specialists, this procedure is carried out promptly, and the samples of feces and urine obtained without delay go to the study. But since for many people the pinpoint analysis in a child in a clinic causes psychological discomfort, the parents do it themselves at home. To ensure that the technique of scraping for enterobiasis in children at home is correct, it is necessary to follow such rules:
- can not conduct hygienic procedures before taking a sample for analysis;
- procedure is not painful;
- smear should be done early in the morning;
- if the parents know how the pinworms look in the feces of a child, then, after discovering them after defecation, they can also take this sample.
It should be remembered that only on the basis of submitted tests can be assigned the right treatment, which is guaranteed to help get rid of pinworms.