In many children's games, whether in the street at home, in backyards, on farms, etc., the little ones usually go barefoot to have fun and feel at ease. But what parents don't know is that the simple fact of being in contact with the soil, if it is contaminated, can bring serious illnesses to their children. Discover now some diseases caused by contaminated soil.
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Known as “geographic bug”, this disease is transmitted by feces of cats and dogs that may be present in the soil. It is common for the disease transmitting agent to be present in the sand of beaches and ponds in parks and squares.
Popularly known as "water belly", it is a disease that is caused by Schistosoma mansoni, a flatworm (flatworm) that enters through the skin (feet and legs), lodges in the liver and feeds on blood.
Intestinal infection caused by nematodes, in which the infective larvae penetrate the skin, usually on the feet, causing characteristic dermatitis.
Popularly known as “lombriga”, this is a parasitosis caused by the nematode worm Ascaris lumbricoides. Its contagion occurs when an individual contaminated by the worm eliminates thousands of Ascaris eggs daily through the feces, in contact with places without adequate basic sanitation, these feces contaminate soil and water, individuals who come into contact with this soil may become contaminate.
These are deep skin injuries, which are made when coming into contact with spores of Clostridium tetani, commonly found in soils, cause muscle contractions, in cases of complications they are capable of causing death by suffocation due to the action of their toxin.
It is an infectious disease of the skin, caused by the female ectoparasite of the chie d'evil. Foot bug infection happens when there is direct skin contact with contaminated soil.
Sporotrichosis is a mycosis caused by the universal fungus of the species Sporothrix spp, popularly being known as “gardener's disease, since these professionals came into contact with contaminated soil by the fungus.
It is a progressive mycosis of the skin, mucous membranes, lymph nodes and internal organs caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. This fungus lives in the soil of plantations, so it is common to affect residents of rural areas, farmers and farmers, for example, as the person can inhale the fungus along with the dust of the earth.
