In the summer, along with the knees knocked down, the child is trapped by the danger of getting infected with worms. These uninvited guests lie in wait for the kid in the sandbox, on the glossy sides pouring strawberries on the beds and on the cute fluffy kittens, gaily hanging in the dust. Of course, there is no better prevention than the habit of washing hands after walking and visiting the toilet. But what to do if helminth infections could not be avoided? To help get rid of parasites, the drug can be vermox.
Vermox is most effective for getting rid of children from askarids, pinworms and withers - those kinds of helminths that are most often found in our latitudes. Vermox has a direct effect on helminths, depleting glycogen stores in their tissues, which leads to a disruption in their activity, paralysis and further death. In the intestine, the drug is not absorbed and more than 90% of it goes along with the feces in an unchanged form. The remaining 5-10% of the drug is excreted by the kidneys.
Indications for use of the drug vermox
- strongyloidiasis;
- shadows;
- ankylostomidosis;
- echinococcosis;
- enterobiosis;
- ascaridosis;
- trichocephalus;
- trichinellosis;
- multiple nematodes;
- mixed helminthiases.
Contraindications to the use of vermox are
- hypersensitivity to the drug;
- Crohn's disease;
- liver failure;
- ulcerative colitis;
- the child's age is up to 2 years.
Dosage of vermox for children
When enterobiosis :
- children over 10 years - 100 mg (1 tablet) once, to prevent re-infection take another 1 tablet after 2 and 4 weeks;
- children from 2 to 10 years - 25-50 mg (1 / 4-1 / 2 tablets) once, to prevent re-infection take the same dose after 2 and 4 weeks.
With ascariasis, teniosis, strongyloidosis, trichocephalosis, ankylostomiasis and mixed helminthiasis:
- 1 tablet 2 times a day for 3 days.
How to give vermox to children?
Take medication with a small amount of water. Do not take concomitant laxatives with it. Since during the treatment with vermox, the load on the liver increases, it is desirable to limit the use of fatty and spicy food during this period. In order to achieve the maximum possible effect, it is necessary to treat not only the child, but also all members of the family. Children up to two years of the drug given only if they are so infected with helminths that this threatens their normal development.
As with any other drug, side effects are possible when taking Vermox. In case the infection with helminths is massive, then with their rapid elimination the child can feel nausea, dizziness, and pain in the abdomen. If treated with vermox for a long time in high doses, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, various allergic reactions, anemia, hair loss can be observed. With prolonged use of vermox, continuous monitoring of the liver and kidneys is necessary. Also, you should periodically do anal smears and stool analysis. Treatment is considered effective if, after administration, the worms or their eggs are absent for a week.
Appoint a drug Vermox for the treatment of children should a doctor, because only he can objectively assess the condition of the child,
- cramping in the abdominal cavity;
- vomiting;
- diarrhea.
In case of an overdose, it is necessary to induce vomiting in the child, washing his stomach with a weak solution of potassium permanganate (manganese). For this, the potassium permanganate is dissolved in water until a light pink solution is obtained, at a rate of about 20 mg per half glass of water. It is not superfluous also to give the child activated charcoal.