We know together that the national health problem we face today is stunting. Where stunting is a disease that affects toddlers from a thousand days of life until he is two years old. Factors that cause stunting are not fulfilled nutrition in children, environmental factors, and childcare.
However, stunting is not only caused by these factors but many other factors that affect it. One of them is a disease that often affects children is worms. Why can you cause stunting? Check out the following review.
Worms and Their Causative Factors in Children
Worms are diseases that generally occur in children due to the presence of worm infections that nest in the human intestine. This happens because there is a direct interaction between the skin and the soil or dirty water containing worm eggs. Then, the worm egg will move into the blood vessels and towards the organs in the body, such as the intestines. In the intestines, worm eggs will produce more. Worms will also absorb nutrients that enter the body. This will certainly be harmful to the body, especially for children the age of fewer than three years which can cause stunting.
Generally, children younger than three years old enjoy playing on the ground or mud, even water. This place of toys is usually a live worm. Without realizing it, the child will enjoy playing without knowing whether the worm will hit the child’s skin and enter his body.
Children who have a worm infection will feel some symptoms, including:
- Easily nausea and vomiting
- The body feels weak and weak
- Children often
- The stomach feels bloated or bloated
- Frequent diarrhea
- Frequent abdominal pain
- Head experiencing dizziness
- Weight loss and problems with the system of absorption of nutrients from food
Worms and Stunting
Worms in children when prolonged will cause stunting. Why is that so? Because worms or parasites that live in the intestines will absorb nutrients that enter the body. If this condition is left too long the child will experience malnutrition problems.
Worm infection also causes appetite in children to drop so that children long experience nutritional or nutritional deficiencies. If the condition is not treated immediately, the child’s physical growth is affected. Even this condition will cause weakening the child’s brain function power. This will risk the child experiencing a disease infection and make the child not as diverse as his peers.
Children less than three years old are prone to worm infections and stunting. Children have the highest risk of developing this disease. Children at that age are very fond of playing in any place even without knowing the place can cause disease contamination. In addition, the child’s immunity is also not fully formed so it is susceptible to disease.
Quality Stunting Detection Tools
To find out the indications of stunting in children, measurements are needed periodically every month. Measurements in stunting detection include measurements of the child’s weight, height, and arm circumference.
In measuring stunting detection in children, accurate and precise measuring instruments are needed. For this reason, PT Solo Abadi Indonesia is present as the largest measuring instrument manufacturer in Indonesia and participates in stunting alleviation in Indonesia. PT Solo Abadi Indonesia provides stunting detection measuring instruments packaged in stunting kit packages. This package consists of:
- Stadiometer (Height Gauge)
- Infantometer Board (Baby Length Gauge with Base)
- Portable Infantometer (Baseless Baby Length Gauge)
- Head Circumference Arm Circumference (LILA)
- Exclusive Storage Bags
Get this Stunting Kit package for posyandu or Health Office or health workers in stunting alleviation with PT Solo Abadi Indonesia. You can get stunting kit packages from us easily through our marketplaces at Shopee, Tokopedia, and Bukalapak. Or you can do a package consultation via WhatsApp at 0812-2652-0205. For product offers you can do so at our ASK FOR PRICE link.
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