Pediatria pre prax 4/2016

Parasitic diseases in children coused by endoparasites

Although children and adults are susceptible to many of the same parasitic diseases, children are more prone to certain diseases, such as geohelmintosis. This is due to their activities, such as playing in sandpits, bad hygiene and their close relationship to animals. Unlike some adults, children are far less likely to get the diseases which come from eating undercooked meat. In the future it is necessary to consider diseases that have not yet appeared in the Czech Republic, such as alveolar echinococcosis and dirofilariosis. Due to increasing tourism abroad it is necessary to consider the possibility of bringing home parasitic diseases.

Keywords: parasit, eosinofilia, IgE antibodies, serology, metronidazol, albendazol