CHARACTERISTICS OF CLINICAL PICTURE AND TREATMENT OF INTESTINAL AND NON-INTESTINAL MANIFESTATION OF GIARDIASIS IN CHILDREN
Aim. To study features of clinical picture and treatment of intestinal and non-intestinal manifestation of giardiasis in children. Materials and methods. The diagnosis of 98 patients with giardiasis was confirmed based on clinical picture and findings of vegetative forms and cysts of giardia in the stool. Results and discussion. Most of the giardiasis cases were found among children of older age - 57 (58,1%) and relatively less in children under the age of 7 - 41 (58,1%). In 42 (42,8%) cases patients had intestinal manifestations like gastroenteritis, while in 30 (30,6%) cases children were diagnosed with duodenitis. The non-intestinal appearances of giardiasis were characteristic of older children - 55 (56,1%). 24 (24,5%) children had skin allergic manifestation, and 11 (11,2%) patients had severe asthma in the form of dry cough with the obstructive syndrome. Conclusion. 1. Children under the age of 3 had an acute form of giardiasis with dominating intestinal manifestation, intoxication symptoms, duodenitis, allergic manifestations, and enteritis with severe dehydration. 2. Non-intestinal manifestations of giardiasis were often noted in children of older age as darkening of the skin of the neck, thinning and poor hairs and nails growth, dry lips, and angular cheilitis