Prevalência de parasitoses intestinais em crianças de um centro municipal de educação infantil no municipio de Trindade-GO

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of infections by intestinal parasites in children from a day care center in Trindade (GO) in the period of April 2018, seeking to identify the factors that may be involved in the contamination of these individuals. Intestinal parasites or enteroparasitoses - helminths and protozoa are associated with social areas of low purchasing power, poor sanitary conditions, lack of personal hygiene, domestic and food, representing a serious public health problem, especially in developing countries. An exploratory and descriptive field research was carried out following a qualitative approach. The research was aimed at the population of 16 children from the Municipal Center of Infant Education (CMEI), located in the city of Trindade - Goiás. Data collection was done through a questionnaire, directed to the parents or guardians of the participants containing objective questions . The diagnostic methods used in the coproparasitological examination were: Willis method, to verify the presence of protozoan cysts and light helminth eggs and Hoffman method, for heavy eggs. From the data analyzed, it can be concluded that the most frequent intestinal parasitoses in the CMEI children, located in the municipality of Trindade - Goiás, were giardiasis and amoebiasis caused by the protozoa Giárdia lamblia and Entamoeba Coli, and helminths were not detected in the exams performed. It is believed that these data may be an important indicator of the lack of education in health, low socioeconomic level and poor basic sanitation, in which the population lives and that these indices can be the target of sanitary improvements.