Worms is a disease that often affects infants and toddlers. Worms
occur because the baby's body infected by parasitic worms, parasitic
worms that include pinworms, tapeworms, roundworms and hookworms. Worms in the baby into the baby's body through the pores of the food or the baby's body. Unhygienic environment and lack of attention to hygiene to be the biggest factor outbreak of intestinal worms in children.Symptoms
of intestinal worms and child characteristics is actually very clear,
it can be known from the state of the baby's body that appear to look
like a malnourished baby. Characteristic of infant worms include:The baby will look lethargic, weak, weak and pale. That is because the worms in babies who are blood sucking parasites that exist on the baby's blood vessels.
Baby is fussy and often looks uncomfortable. Most likely cause of the discomfort the baby is a baby anal itching. Anal itching is a symptom of worms.
Characteristics are very typical baby worms are protruding belly but thin body. This often makes the baby look like malnourished infants.
Prolonged cough. This can occur if the worm has infected the baby the baby's lungs, thereby disrupting the baby's respiratory system.
Gastric disorders, such as diarrhea, abdominal bloating and constipation. This happens because the worm in infants has been bothering the baby's digestive metabolism.If the mother looks at her baby are no symptoms or traits such as baby worms in the review, then women should consult a child to the pediatrician. So the baby can be handled properly by the medical. Treatment is often done to overcome the worms is a doctor by administering anti-worm medicine syrup children. Do not underestimate mother deworming for hookworm infection in infants who are left will continue to expand on the baby's body, it can cause death in infants.Prevention of intestinal worms can be done in a way to get used to a healthy lifestyle, keeping the body clean, and maintain environmental sanitation. Besides nutrition for infants is also worth noting a mother, since child malnutrition is very susceptible to worms.