Acute intestinal infections in children refer to medical problems that never lose their relevance. It is especially difficult to cope with infections of young children and infants, because the range of recommended drugs is significantly narrowed due to the many side effects. Also, not all children are ready to take pills, which further complicates the task of effective treatment. Help in this situation can antibacterial drugs for children, in particular, enterofuril, which is a drug with proven effectiveness against most pathogens of acute intestinal infection.
Enterofuril for children: indications
Among the main symptoms of intestinal infection are:
- stool (diarrhea);
- nausea;
- vomiting;
- pain in the abdomen.
The active substance of the drug enterofuril is nifuroxazide, which inhibits the growth and multiplication of bacteria in the body. Nifuroxazide acts directly in the intestine and does not enter the bloodstream, completely leaving the feces. This allows you to achieve a high concentration of the drug in the intestine to successfully fight infection. In addition, during the action of the drug substances are formed that destroy and damage the cells of bacteria. A significant advantage of the drug is that bacterial cells do not develop resistance to the active substance, that is, the drug, unlike similar drugs, does not lose its effectiveness and has a wide range of antibacterial activity. This means that it can be used as a starting therapy until the causative agent of infection is established.
Some studies prove that enterofuril does not cause disturbances in the composition of the intestinal microflora, which is very important in the treatment of children. According to studies, in children who took nifuroxazide at the initial stage of the disease, a faster recovery of the intestinal microflora was observed compared to children who were treated with other drugs. Thus, a child who drank a course of enterofuril does not need additional drugs from dysbiosis.
Enterofuril has a high level of safety and can be recommended for children up to a year. Especially for infants, the drug is released in the form of a suspension with a measuring spoon, and this allows parents to answer the question of how to give enterofuril to children correctly and to observe the exact dosage of the drug.
Dosage of enterofuril for children
Before taking enterofuril children should read the instructions carefully. The drug is contraindicated in preterm infants and children up to 1 month. Also infants after 1 month of enterofuril is prescribed only after analysis for the number of enzymes that break down fructose.
For children under 2 years of age, enterofuril is administered only in the form of a suspension. Sometimes enterofuril because of the yellow color and taste of a banana is called a syrup for children, although it is only available in two forms: suspensions and capsules. Take the drug can be regardless of food intake. Before use, the suspension must be shaken well. It is also important to remember that the course of treatment with enterofuril should not exceed a week (7 days).
- Children from 1 to 6 months are recommended to 100 mg (2.5 ml or 0.5 scoop) 2-3 times a day;
- Children from 7 months to 2 years are recommended to 100 mg (2.5 ml or 0.5 measuring spoon) 4 times a day.
For children older than 2 years, enterofuril is recommended in capsules.
- children from 2 to 7 years - 200 mg 3 times a day;
- children over 7 years - 200 mg 4 times a day.
Despite all the above advantages of the drug, parents should also know that in some European countries enterofuril is banned, and some pediatricians generally believe that it should not be used to treat children. But at the same time, there are thousands of patients to whom enterofuril effectively helped to cope with intestinal infection. Therefore, the right of choice, as always, is yours.