Some babies may suddenly eat some miscellaneous things, such as paper, soil, etc. In such cases, elderly people may say that the baby has worms in their belly. This means that the baby has roundworm disease. Does a 17 month old baby have roundworms?
Every baby may have roundworms in their body, which are a type of parasite. Once a baby has roundworms in their body, it can have an impact on their growth and development. To determine whether a baby has roundworms in their body, the following methods can be used:
1. If a baby frequently complains of abdominal pain, mainly around the navel, which can be relieved by massaging, it is possible that the baby has roundworms. Especially at night, roundworms will crawl outside the anus, causing itching and causing the baby to cry uncontrollably.
2. If a baby frequently drools, grinds teeth, or wakes up easily during sleep at night, it also indicates that the baby has roundworm disease.
3. Babies with roundworms in their stomachs will also have white spots on their skin, such as on their face and neck. These spots will also have some gray white scales, which are called insect spots.
4. Another manifestation is that babies may have picky or selective eating habits, loss of appetite, and some may even have strange habits, such as eating strange things like soil, paper, cloth, etc.
