Perovani AA, Vega JJ, Rodríguez RS, Cabrera HY

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Among the infectious diseases, those produced by intestinal parasites are a major health problem.
Objective: To characterize the clinical and epidemiological aspects of intestinal parasitism in young patients.
Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the external consultation of the Military Teaching Hospital "Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy "; the universe was represented by all the young patients treated from November 2013 to October 2014 with the clinical and microbiological diagnosis of intestinal parasitosis.
Results: There was a predominance of males with 91%, the most affected age group being 17 to 22 years old for 60.7%. 19.6% of the patients came from Calimete municipality. Abdominal pain and diarrhea were the most commonly reported symptoms for 96.4% and 94.6%, respectively. Giardia lamblia was the most identified parasite in the samples with 51.7%, followed by Enterobius vermicularis in 28.6%. The majority of patients do not usually wash their food prior to their ingestion in 83.9% of the cases, nor do they practice previous hand washing, representing 69.6%.
Conclusions: The highest percentage of sick patients comes from the rural area. Bad hygienic-dietary habits are the main risk factors.