Infecciones parasitarias intestinales en niños de 5 a 9 años en la parroquia Ambatillo del cantón Ambato

Abstract

Infections caused by intestinal parasitosis have a high prevalence rate worldwide, especially in Latin America, focusing on the first years of a child's life and school age, in areas where poverty abounds and lack of basic services and information on how parasitosis acts on a child. The objective of this research project was to determine whether there is a relationship between parasitosis, hemoglobin values as well as body mass index in children between 5 and 7 years of age in Ambatillo parish, canton Ambato. To carry out this project, 70 blood samples were taken to determine hemoglobin values, and 70 stool samples were taken to carry out a copro-parasite examination using the Faust technique. It was established that of the 70 children, 81.4% are parasitized, that is, (57) children of which 64, 9% are mono-parasitized samples, and 35.1% are poly-parasitized samples. The parasite that most predominated in these samples was Blastocystis sp. in 48.2%; followed by Entamoeba coli cyst in 27.7% and Endolimax nana in 15.7%. Regarding the BMI, 90% of normal weight and 4.2% low weight, through the evaluation of Hemoglobin normal values were evidenced representing 67.1% and 24.3% low values of hemoglobin, it should be noted that a survey was carried out in which certain risk factors where similarity with other investigations is found, finally it is determined that there is no relationship between Parasitosis, low hemoglobin levels and low BMI (malnutrition).