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1. Avoid bare foot contact with soil contaminated with human feces.
2. Avoid pollution of soil with human excreta.
3. Don't use raw house sewage for fertilizing the edible plants and vegetables.
4. Protect ourself from the pets.
5. Maintain good nutrition and iron intake without being anemic, especially women.
Tail end: "It has been declared that hookworm infection in early childhood makes an adult free from 'allergy, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and even Diabetes(?)" by the scientists of Hygiene hypothesis !!!
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∙ 13y agoThe best way to prevent infection with tapeworms is to eliminate the exposure of livestock to the tapeworm eggs by properly disposing of human feces. The next best strategy is to thoroughly cook or freeze all meat and fish before it is eaten.
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∙ 13y agoThere is no effective immunization against threadworm infection. Prevention of the disease requires careful attention to personal and institutional hygiene in endemic areas, including handwashing after defecating and before handling food.
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∙ 13y agoadequate hygiene and sanitation measures, including regular and careful handwashing before eating or touching the mouth with the hands.
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∙ 15y agoit's could be prevented by eating caca
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What population groups tend to get threadworm infection?
Threadworm infection, which is also called strongyloidiasis, occurs in most countries of the world but is natural to (endemic in) tropical and subtropical climates.
What are the causes of threadworm infection?
Threadworm infection is caused by Strongyloides stercoralis, a roundworm that lives in soil and can survive there for several generations. Mature threadworms may grow as long as 1-2 in (2.5-5 cm). The larvae have two stages.
What causes a threadworm infection?
According to medical information that can be viewed on the internet that relates to the causes of threadworm infection it states that there may not actually be a cause. The National Health Service states that threadworm infection is caused by the transferring of eggs from person to person or a woman's person parts to anus. The eggs can be transferred by bedding, shared washing towels, toys, kitchen utensils, toothbrushes, furniture and kitchen and bathroom furniture.
What is a threadworm?
Threadworm-- Any long, thin nematode worm.
What are the symptoms of threadworm infection?
Threadworm infection is an intestinal disease, which occasionally spreads to the skin, caused by a type of parasitic roundworm (helminth). In untreated patients, the disease has a high rate of reinfection caused by worms.
What is the prognosis for a patient with threadworm infection?
The prognosis for complete recovery is good for most patients, except those with hyperinfection syndrome or severe protein loss.
Which type of infection can be prevented by a vaccination?
chicken pox
What infection is best prevented by good hygiene?
Hepatitis A apex :)
How can inclusion conjunctivitis be prevented?
The neonatal infection may be prevented by instilling erythromycin ointment in the conjunctival cul-de-sac at birth. It is not prevented by silver nitrate.
How big is a threadworm in centimeters?
50 centimeters
How infection may be prevented?
keep your hands clean by washing often
Statereasons why infection prevemtion and control is important?
If infection was not controlled or prevented, the human population would eventually become nonexistent. Infections can spread fast so it would not take long for everyone in the world to have it if it was not controlled and prevented.
