Under the patronage of the President of the Northern Technical University, Professor Dr. Alia Ali Abbas Al-Attar, and under the supervision of Assistant Professor Dr. Lizan Medhat Muhammad, Dean of the Technical Medical Institute, the Department of Community Health Technologies, in cooperation with the Quality Assurance and University Performance Division, organized a seminar titled “A Study on Threadworms.”
The lecture was delivered by:
Assistant Professor Dr. Suzan Adel Rashid, Lecturer in the Department
Assistant Professor Hawar Sabah Abdullah, Lecturer in the Department
The objectives of the seminar:
1. To define threadworms as one of the most common intestinal parasites in humans.
2. To identify the life cycle of threadworms and how infection is transmitted.
3. To explain the clinical symptoms and complications resulting from infection.
4. To clarify the methods of laboratory diagnosis of threadworm infection.
5. Discussing available preventive and therapeutic methods to control the spread of infection.
Seminar Topics:
1. Introduction to threadworms
2. Life cycle
3. Modes of transmission
4. Clinical symptoms and complications
• Anal itching
• Sleep disturbances
• Rare complications
5. Laboratory diagnosis
6. Treatment
7. Prevention and control
Recommendations:
1. Adherence to personal hygiene
2. Care for the home environment
3. Educating families and children
4. Group therapy when needed
5. Periodic diagnosis of vulnerable groups
6. Coordination with health authorities
