The Relationship Between Enterobius Vermicularis Infection And Nocturnal Enuresis

Abstract

Aim:The possible association between certain childhood infections and the propensity to develop nocturnal enuresis may include intestinal helminth infections. Objective: To explore the association between Enterobius vermicularis and nocturnal enuresis among children 4 to 7 years of age in a Turkish orphanage.Methods: Eighty children (45 boy, 35 girl, age range 4-7 years) participated in this study. The association between Enterobius vermicularis and enuressis was investigated after mebendazole therapy in the children with Enterobius vermicularis infection. The occurrence of Enterobius vermicularis was examined by adhesive cellotape anal swap method.Results: The occurrence of Enterobius vermicularis was examined by perianal tape tests in 80 children. Total egg positivity rates of Enterobius vermicularis were 71.3% (57/80). The egg positivity rates of boys and girls were 75.6% (34/45) and 65.7% (23/35), respectively. Total enuresis rate was 51.3% (41/80), and 60% (27/45) of the boys and 40% (14/35) of girls had enuresis. After the mebendazole therapy, while the total egg positivity rate of Enterobius vermicularis was 33.8% (27/80), this ratio was 35.6% (16/45) for boys and 31.4% (11/35) for girls. While before the mebendazole therapy, total enuresis rate was 51.3% (41/80), after the therapy it was was found to be 28.8% (23/80) in children.

Enterobiasis epidemiology and molecular characterization of Enterobius vermicularis in healthy children in north-eastern Poland

“…Other symptoms include abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, weight loss, insomnia, restlessness, irritability (Vermund & Wilson, 2000;Burkhart & Burkhart, 2005). Occasionally pinworm infection may cause enuresis (Çulha & Duran, 2006;Otu-Bassey et al 2011), urinary tract infections (Zahariou et al, 2007;Ayala Castellanos Mde et al, 2009) or appendicitis (Arca et al, 2004;Ramezani & Dehghani, 2007;Panidis et al, 2011). Epidemiological studies from different European countries reveal that enterobiasis prevalence showed a declining trend at the end of the 20 th century, although it has remained relatively common in children populations (Gauert, 1998;Gale, 2002;Bitkowska et al 2004;Crotti & D'Annibale, 2006;Remm, 2006).…”

Associação Entre Enterobiose E Enurese Em Crianças De Um Orfanato De Natal, Rn, Brasil

“…O parasito tem sido associado também com casos agudos de apendicite, colite e gastrenterites (29,30). Quando localizados no trato geniturinário, por exemplo, a infecção por E. vermicularis pode causar a enurese noturna, entre outras complicações (4,5,21).…”