Incidencia de parásitos intestinales en niños de 4 a 12 años de la Escuela ¨Marianita de Jesús¨ de la parroquia Huambaló en el año 2023-2024

Abstract

Currently, intestinal parasites have become a problem for the health system, since they cause gastric diseases in humans, especially children, through fecal-oral transmission, when they come into contact with food, animals or things. contaminated, they are also related to social factors and health aspects in developing countries. The objective of the present study was to identify intestinal parasites and their relationship with malnutrition and risk factors in children from 4 to 12 years of age from the Marianita de Jesús school in the Huambaló parish of Pelileo Canton. 100 fecal samples were collected. which were analyzed using the fresh observation technique and the WillisMolloy flotation method, anthropometric information was collected from the children through a survey. In the results obtained, 59% of children have parasitosis and 41% did not have parasites, of the parasitized population 83% corresponded to monoparasites and 17% polyparasitosis, where 37% were commensal parasites and 63% were pathogenic, within Of the pathogenic parasites, 95% were chromists and 5% were protozoans. The parasites found were Blastocystis sp in 51%, Entamoeba coli cyst 19%, Endolimax nana cyst 26%, Entamoeba complex cyst 1% and Giardia lamblia cyst 3%. Furthermore, it was evident that there is no significant relationship between the presence of parasites and BMI; on the other hand, a relationship was observed with risk factors such as the type of water consumed, the elimination of excreta and the size of the nails that children maintain.