كليدواژه :
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS , پزشكي , Epidemiology , اروميه , مراكز درماني , Hydatid Cyst , كيست هيداتيد انساني
چكيده لاتين :
Background & Aim : Hydatid cyst is one of the most-common diseases between human kind and animal in Iran. It causes a lot of damages economically and hygenically. So itʹs diagnoses is tatally necessary. Itʹs side effects can he numerius because it affects the, vital organs of the body such as liver, lungs, brain, kidneis, heart and spleen. As there isnʹt any effective medical treatment, so the only way is operation which is impossible most of the time. Finding out itʹs frequency in the society is the first and the most important step in controlling of the disease.
Material and Methods: In this descriptive study, 202 patients with Hydatid cyst were investigated for 10 years. The patients were in tree age group of 0-15, 16-50 and above 50. The file of the patients with Hydatid cyst who have an operation in all Hospitals of Urmia were studies for 10 years (1991-2001).
Results: The study showed that from all the 202 patients with Hydatid cyst, 133 were female (65.85%) and 69 (34.15%) were male. The female group were housewife occupationally. All the 68 people belonging to the male group, only 53 people metioned their occupation which were mostly farmers. The rest didn,t mention their work. Considering prevalence, liver has got the first rank, than it was lungs which got the second rank. Also in Urmia it was more common than the other cities of the west- Azarbaijan province. Considering clinical symptoms, abdominal symptoms were much more frequont the 16-50 age group.
Discussion: Considering the fact that the frequency of Hydatid cyst was the most one in the age group of 16-50, and knowing the fact that most of the affected people were living in rural areas who were farmers or housewives. So it seems necessary to cooperate with the countryʹs planning and to emphasize the peopleʹs training and also to control the butcheries because of Hydatid cyst.
