GROUP 3

1-D

July 11, 2014

FCM
Dr. Cynthia
Nacpil

Floralde, Donnalyn
Fojas, Juris Verra
Garcia, Leslie Noelle
Gardiola, John Christopher

Gonzaga, Regie
Gonzales, Rafael
Valdez, Mariel

LEVELS OF PREVENTION FOR ASCARIASIS

PRIMARY PREVENTION
I.
General Health Promotion
1. Proper Nutritional Status by
eating healthy.
2. Proper hygiene and good
health habits
3. Healthy lifestyle (physical
activity/exercise)
4. Avoid alcohol and smoking.
5. Promote cleanliness of the
surrounding.

SECONDARY PREVENTION
I.
Prevent spread of infection I.
a. Promote good sanitation
to prevent fecal
contamination
b. Prevention of soil
contamination by
campaigning against
the use of human feces II.
as soil fertilizer.
c. Proper and effective
sewage disposal
systems
II.

PRIMARY PREVENTION

To cure or arrest the

disease process in order to
prevent complication
a. mass drug
administration (MDA) of
single dose
mebendazole and
albendazole
SECONDARY PREVENTION

TERTIARY PREVENTION
Disability Limitation
Pharmacologic Interventions:
a. Albendazole
b. Mebendazole
c. Pyrantel pamoate
- For pregnant patients
Rehabilitation
a. In case of extraintestinal
infestation of
parasites,physical therapy,
rest and rehabilitation of the
affected tissue or organ may
be needed before going back
to previous activities.

TERTIARY PREVENTION

III.

Specific Protection

1. Avoid contact with soil that

may be contaminated with
human feces, including where
human fecal matter or
wastewater is used to fertilize
crops. Wash your hands with
soap and warm water before
handling food.
2. Teach children the importance
of washing hands to prevent
infection.
3. Wash, peel, or cook all raw
vegetables and fruits before
eating, particularly those that
have been grown in soil that
has been fertilized with
manure.
4. Health education about the
mode of transmission and
disease process.
5. Proper excreta and sewage
disposal systems.
6. Proper refuse and garbage
disposal
7. Water and food sanitation.
Health education in high risk
populations about boiling
drinking water for at least 15
minutes. Identify if water
source is also contaminated.
8. Health education to food
handlers about proper
sanitation in preparing food.

to treat patients and

reduce
incidence in a
community, as well.

III. Intensive follow-up and

treatment of cases
a. Regular Deworming to
prevent recurrence of the
disease
IV.
To prevent prolonged
b. Administration of antidisability
helmintics in the early
a. regular deworming in
pathogenesis to prevent
high risk population and
complications and
area
extraintestinal infestations
c. Reinforcing health education
Antihelmintic drugs to be used in
teachings on proper hygiene,
Integrated Helminth Control
waste and excreta disposal,
Program as per recommendation of
sanitary toilet facilities
the World Health Organization. It
establishing a nonaims to reduce intestinal helminth
contaminated water source.
infections among school children by
d. Tracing all the possible
having a Biannual Deworming
persons to be infected with
Program every January and July
the disease in the community
each year in the school setting.
to prevent an epidemic.