Roundworm perforated appendix of 2 year old child

The child was going to have an eye exam when he suddenly had a stomachache. The doctor examined him and determined that roundworms had perforated his appendix.

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The baby was malnourished, weighing only 7 kg at 2 years old. His family took him from Son La to Saint Paul Hospital (Hanoi) for an eye exam. He suddenly had a stomachache, was diagnosed with appendicitis and underwent surgery on the evening of September 29.

Doctor Nguyen Dinh Hung, Director of the Hospital, said that during the surgery, doctors discovered that the baby's appendix had been punctured by roundworms, causing fluid to leak into the abdominal cavity, causing poisoning. The surgical team removed the appendix and cleaned the abdominal cavity...

According to the Central Institute of Malaria, Parasitology and Entomology, 50% of Vietnamese people can be infected with worms, mostly children and students.Diseases caused by parasitic worms cause many harmful effects such as anemia, micronutrient deficiency, malnutrition; more seriously, cholangitis, acute pancreatitis, intestinal obstruction...

Worms can be infected through food, dirty hands, unsanitary water sources, daily activities involving direct contact with the soil environment and through polluted air...People need to proactively deworm at least once every 6 months.For children over one year old, parents can deworm them with medicines that have a pleasant taste.Common anti-worm measures include keeping the living environment clean, eating only cooked food, washing vegetables under clean running water, and not walking barefoot...

According to VNE