Table 1: Clinical manifestation of 103 clinically examined children.
Clinical Manifestation |
No Total No =103 |
% |
Duration of diarrhea (days) |
|
|
2 |
1 |
0.97 |
3 |
32 |
31.1 |
4 |
38 |
36.9 |
5 |
25 |
24.3 |
6 |
7 |
6.8 |
Previous Attacks |
|
|
Present |
41 |
39.8 |
Absent |
62 |
60.2 |
Associated Symptoms |
|
|
Fever |
22 |
21.4 |
Abdominal Pain |
34 |
33.0 |
Vomiting |
28 |
27.2 |
Diarrhea |
103 |
100.0 |
Macroscopic Examination |
|
|
Watery non bloody yellowish stool |
51 |
49.5 |
Brownish yellow watery non- bloody stool |
34 |
33.0 |
Greenish brown watery non bloody stool |
18 |
17.5 |
Parasitic Infestation |
|
|
Undigested food |
98 |
95.15 |
Ascaris lumbricoides |
1 |
0.9 |
Oxyuris vermicularis |
14 |
13.59 |
Entamoeba histolytica |
9 |
8.7 |