SCARABIASIS IN CHILDREN: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 6 CASES
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 37
Abstract
BACKGROUND Scarabiasis is a rare condition where beetles fly away from the anus during defecation or wriggle out from freshly passed stools. OBJECTIVES 1. To determine the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of scarabiasis in children. 2. To observe the usefulness of neem oil application over the perineum, as a treatment. METHOD Prospective observational hospital based study conducted in a tertiary referral hospital in North Kerala. 6 children presented over a period of 15 years with complaints of passing live flies per anus were included in the study. RESULTS The flies were identified as dung beetle. The children belonged to low middle income class who play outdoors without wearing under garments. Physical examination and investigations were unremarkable. Simple measures like improving personal hygiene, applying Neem oil over perineum and wearing tight undergarments were only needed as treatment. None of them had received saline purgatives or oral metronidazole, as was the usual treatment. CONCLUSION Scarabiasis is a rare condition in which live flies pass out of anus. Cases were usually managed with saline purgatives and oral metronidazole. In our study, we had not given any medicines, other than application of Neem oil over the perineum and instruct the children to wear tight undergarments, which was found to be quite useful.
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Mohammed , Sudhakaran , Venugopalan
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