{"id":17864,"date":"2022-09-10T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/?p=17864"},"modified":"2022-09-10T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T11:34:00","slug":"5-ways-intestinal-worms-can-affect-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/?p=17864","title":{"rendered":"5 ways intestinal worms can affect your health"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"photoCaptionTitle\">Symptoms-of-intestinal-worm<\/h2>\n<p>According to WHO (World Health Organization), around 241 Indian children in the age group of 1 &#8211; 14 years are at a high risk of suffering from intestinal worms, known as Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH). Even adults can be at risk. Here are a few symptoms of intestinal worms you should be aware of to treat the condition at the earliest.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"photoCaptionTitle\">Anal Itching<\/h2>\n<p>Anal itching: Does your kid feel constant itching in the anal region? And if this is common especially at night, it&#8217;s time to visit a pediatrician to rule out intestinal worms.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"photoCaptionTitle\">Weight Loss<\/h2>\n<p>Severe weight loss: As worm infections interfere with nutrient uptake, it leads to appetite causing weight loss. Moreover, severe protein loss might lead to fluid build-up in the abdomen, known as ascites.<\/p>\n<p>            AdvertisementAdvertisement      <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"photoCaptionTitle\">Constipation<\/h2>\n<p>Digestive problems: With the loss of appetite, increased water uptake, and malabsorption, there is a high chance of suffering from diarrhea or dysentery and constipation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"photoCaptionTitle\">Bad Breath<\/h2>\n<p>Bad breath: Lack of vitamin B 12 and zinc creates a foul taste in the mouth. Also, acid reflux causes the gastric acids to rise up the stomach leading to bad taste and breath in the mouth.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"photoCaptionTitle\">Anemia<\/h2>\n<p>Anemia: Not many people know that parasitic worms cause both inflammation and chronic blood loss as they feed on blood and tissues leading to iron-deficiency anemia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symptoms-of-intestinal-worm According to WHO (World Health Organization), around 241 Indian children in the age group of 1 &#8211; 14 years are at a high risk of suffering from intestinal worms, known as Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH). Even adults can be at risk. Here are a few symptoms of intestinal worms you should be aware of to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[183],"tags":[184,185,186,187,1275,1276,189,191,193,194,196,197],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daaie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}