Factores relacionados con las enfermedades gastrointestinales de origen hídrico en pacientes que acuden a la Unidad Operativa del M.S.P. Centro de Salud Puerto López, del Cantón Puerto López de Noviembre 2006 a Abril 2007

Abstract

Considering the importance of a as vital liquid as the water, for the life of the man, as well as for the nature that surrounds to us, knowing the very diverse uses and their multiple sources contamination that mean health problems; one was believed pertinent to make a study on the factors related to the gastrointestinales diseases of hydric origin. The objectives of this investigation are to establish the magnitude, the gravity and characteristics of the hydric diseases, to identify the environmental factors related to these diseases, to determine the factors partner - cultural related to the hydric diseases; to establish the process of medical attention in these pathologies, to spread a program of qualification for the safe water consumption in the population, and to make a rise of mapeo the clinical card and of risk. Is type of study Descriptive Cross-sectional which Lopez, who is located in the South zone of Manabí and counts on a 449 surface of Km2, with coasts to the Pacific Ocean was made in the Puerto Corner. The universal population conformed the taken care of patients to gastrointestinales diseases in the Operative Unit of the M.S.P Center of Puerto Health Lopez of the Puerto Corner Lopez. The data were extracted of Clinical Histories, of the registry of A.I.E.P.I for minors of 5 years, of EPI the 1 premises and EPI 2. To 30% of these patients a survey related to the access of basic services was applied to him and hygiene of food consumption, two samples were taken from water in different points from the City of which they were put under are bacteriological analyses by INH of Portoviejo. The Parasitism was the most predominant pathology in students, most of the investigated people, consumes well water, has access to the tubed water and the service of garbage collection, but the service of sanitary sewage system then in most of the population is deficient is used sépticos wells. The factor partner - cultural who influences it is the bad habits of hygiene and the food consumption in the street prearranges to these pathologies. The diagnosis of this pathology is generally clinical and the treatment combined of bencimidazoles and mitronidazoles. The study of the water indicates that the bacteriological parameters of the analyzed samples do not fulfill norm INEN 1108 - 2006, for water made drinkable for human consumption, since the coliformes are very over their normal value and the residual chlorine is of zero. Key words: Gastrointestinales, hydric, bencimidazoles, mitronidazoles, residual chlorine, coliformes diseases.