ENTEROBIASIS IN BISHKEK AND PROBLEMS OF PREVENTION

Abstract

Enterobiasis is the most common type of helminthiasis. Almost every person in our country has suffered from this disease at least once in his life. Most often, enterobiasis is observed in children, because children more often than adults neglect hygiene rules. Most often asymptomatic. The main symptom is itching around the anus, especially at night, often causing insomnia. Sometimes, decreased appetite, irritability, secondary bacterial infections of the skin around the anus. Pinworms can cause appendicitis or invade the female genitals and cause inflammation. In the Kyrgyz Republic, enterobiasis with a contact mechanism of transmission of invasion is widespread, which depends little on environmental conditions.