Experts have named the possible reasons for the massive infection of cadets of the Suvorov School in Ulyanovsk
The whole country with bated breath monitors the situation in the Ulyanovsk Suvorov Military School, where 27 children fell ill with incurable parasitic echinococcosis.
During a routine medical examination, tapeworms were found in one of the children in the lungs. Then similar parasites were found in others.
Infected by them, according to doctors, children could from infected animals onlybecause these parasites are not transmitted from person to person. Worms live in the liver, lungs. In severe cases, can affect the lining of the brain.
Most infected children are graduate cadets. This year they had to take the USE and enroll in military universities. Now the military career of the guys is impossible, because the disease can not be cured.
Suvorov's parents are sure that the official data is not true, and at least 40 people are actually infected.
Echinococcosis is a very dangerous and rare disease. Tapeworms permanently settle in the human body, multiply, lay eggs and live in its internal organs.
Earlier, cadets repeatedly complained about the quality of food in the school. Now the possible involvement of catering workers and food suppliers in the VCA is established by prosecutors.
Experts believe that the infection came from animals, which are carriers of the parasites. It could be a dog, a cat, a hedgehog.
Now the guys, whose condition is most severe, are hospitalized. Some already require surgery, since their lungs and liver have been seriously injured, large cysts have been found in them, which cannot be removed otherwise than on the operating table. But it will relieve only from cysts. Temporarily. The reason, that is, the worms, will remain forever in the body and this will not allow children who have dreamed of military service from an early age to serve the Motherland. Many, according to doctors, will receive disability.
The source of infection has not yet been found. It is possible that both teachers and officers of the educational institution may be infected.
