Impact of Enterobiasis on some physical& hematological indices among children in Iraq-Babylon Province

A B S T R A C T Enterobiasis is a public health problem which is most common in children particularly in the temperate and tropical regions .The disease is caused by a pinworm parasite, Enterobius vermicularis, which is commonly infect children rather than adults. This study aims to clarify the impact of Enterobiasis on some physical and hematological indices among children in Iraq- Babylon province. During the period from the 1 st of April to the last of September, total of (56) children were diagnosed to have Enterobiasis by using direct microscopic examination for the observation the helminth s eggs in the stool. PCV and Hb were measured to all participants by hematocrit. .WBC count was achieved to determine the leukocytosis associated with Enterobiasis .The weight was measured to all children and applied on the growth chart for measuring weight for age centile. Statistical analysis showed that there was no statistical difference between the mean of age of the patients (5.58± 2.76 years) and controls (4.9± 2.9 years) (t=12.26, df = 55) and About (51.8%) of affected children were preschool and the majority of these cases (69.6%) were females. There was a significant difference in the growth parameters between the cases and controls (p<0.001); more than 80% of the cases were below 50 centile on the growth chart. There was a significant decreasing in the mean of PCV of the cases (34.35±3.62) when compared with control group (39.41±2.17) (p<0.001), also the mean of Hb for cases (11.08±1.21) was significantly decreased when compared with that of the controls (12.83±0.74).The study revealed that45 (80%) of the affected children had eosinophilia when differential WBC was achieved.