Intestinal Parasitic Diseases in Junior Wrestlers: Imitation of Overtraining Syndrome

ABSTRACT

Significant muscle loading in elite athletes result in considerable changes in their physiological and immune status. There can be variations in the concentrations of serum IgM, IgG and IgA – from significant decrease to elevation, reduction of total serum IgE, an increase in the level of proinflammatory cytokines, etc. (5, 13, 10). Therefore, health status monitoring is of great importance, especially in the diagnosis of diseases. The intense training of an athlete can cause a negative influence on the immune state, raise susceptibility to bacterial and viral infections, induce functional disorders of the hepatobiliary system. Intestinal parasitic diseases (IPD) induce such changes (4, 6). Their timely diagnosis and adequate therapy are of peculiar importance in regions endemic with IPD. Uzbekistan belongs to such a region (1).

Object of the study: To characterize the prevalence of intestinal parasites in junior wrestlers with an estimation of clinical manifestations, detect immunological shifts and assess the efficiency of antiparasitic therapy Materials and methods. 202 wrestlers from colleges of Olympic reserve in Tashkent and Samakand were examined (102 and 100 individuals, respectively). All of the athletes were engaged in either judo, free-style or Greco-Roman wresting, A control group for comparison included 200 individuals from the population of Tashkent. The control group for immunological studies included 15 healthy persons not engaged in sports activity. The diagnosis of intestinal parasites included triple coproscopy. Stool samples were taken with 1-3 day interval. Intensity of infection, if necessary, was estimated by evaluation of the parasites number in a visual field. For the estimation of antiparasitic therapy efficiency we additionally used formalin ether techniques.

Key Words::

• intestinal parasites
• intestinal parasitic diseases
• overtraining syndrome
• immune status.