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It is the most commonly identified intestinal parasite among children in day-care centers, hikers and immunocompromised patients. About 20,000 cases per year in the United States are reported. [11] Almost half of those infected with giardiasis remain asymptomatic. For those who do experience symptoms, they usually appear 1 to 2 weeks after ...
Giardiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Giardia duodenalis (also known as G. lamblia and G. intestinalis). [3] Infected individuals who experience symptoms (about 10% have no symptoms) may have diarrhea , abdominal pain , and weight loss . [ 1 ]
Giardia (/ dʒ iː ˈ ɑːr d i ə / or / ˈ dʒ ɑːr d i ə /) is a genus of anaerobic flagellated protozoan parasites of the phylum Metamonada that colonise and reproduce in the small intestines of several vertebrates, causing the disease giardiasis. Their life cycle alternates between a swimming trophozoite and an infective, resistant cyst.
Albendazole is a broad-spectrum antihelmintic and antiprotozoal agent of the benzimidazole type. [3] It is used for the treatment of a variety of intestinal parasite infections, including ascariasis, pinworm infection, hookworm infection, trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis, taeniasis, clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, cutaneous larva migrans, giardiasis, and gnathostomiasis, among other diseases.
The Journal of Child Health Care is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the field of paediatric health care.The Editor-in-Chief is Associate Professor Stephen McKeever (Swinburne University of Technology).
Despite under-funding, treatment and prevention of many neglected diseases is cost-effective. The cost of treating a child for infection of soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomes (some of the main causes of neglected diseases) is less than US$0.50 per year when administered as part of school-based mass deworming by Deworm the World.
The correct function of the gastric tract and the internal health is related to the nutrition that the child or its mother receives. From the prenatal period, correct nutrition can affect the developing of the system, short bowel syndrome (the most common one), necrotizing enterocolitis , gastroschisis or omphalocele to the postnatal period ...
The journal was established in 1975 and covers child health issues such as childhood illness, health care, paediatrics, and social work. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 1.201, ranking it 45th out of 68 journals in the category "Psychology Developmental" [ 1 ] and 70th out of 115 in the ...