The Right Time To Give Drug To Children

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YOGYAKARTA 'worms are a disease caused by parasitic worms due to environmental factors or food that are not well maintained. This disease can cause itching in the anus and can cause stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Parasitic worm infections are more susceptible to children than adults. To prevent this, parents can provide worm medicine regularly to the baby. So, when is the right time for the child to be given worm medicine?

According to the official website of the Bandung District Health Office, the ideal administration of worm medicine is every 6 months or 2 times a year.

The administration of worm medicine aims to free up or reduce the number of deworming in preschoolers and school-age children.

Citing the Vinmec International Hospital page, worm medicine can be taken at any time, morning, afternoon, or night in an empty or full stomach state.

People who take worm medicine do not need to fast. However, to avoid unwanted effects (although rare) such as stomach pain, nausea, and others, worm medicine should be taken after breakfast.

If you want to get the best effect in killing parasitic worms, worm medicine can be taken 2 hours after dinner or early morning in an empty stomach.

For additional information, worm medicine should not be given to children under 2 years of age and pregnant women, especially in the first trimester of pregnancy. In women who want to run a pregnancy program, worm medicine should be taken 3 months before carrying out the promoter.

Antithelmintic drugs are a class of drugs that can treat worm infections in the intestines and other organs of the body.

The drug caccacing can be found in the form of preparation of tablets, kunyak tablets, suction tablets, powders, and suspendes.

The way deworming drugs work is to paralyze nerves and worm muscles, inhibit the absorption of nutrients in the worm's body, or prevent adult worm reproduction.

Anti-helimintic drugs can inhibit the growth and feasibility of worms, so that worms die and are carried out with feces or feces.

Antihelmintic drugs can treat infections with kremiworms, roundworms (ascariasis), mining worms, bandworms (taeniasis or cystiserkosis), and liver worms. Some of the worm medicines are sold freely, some of which have to use a doctor's prescription.

Some of the side effects that can arise after consuming deworming include:

If the side effects of deworming drugs do not heal or even strengthen, immediately check with a doctor.

You also have to visit the nearest health facility if a drug allergy reaction appears or the following complaints arise:

That's the information about the right time for a child to be given an anthelmintic drug. Hopefully this article can add insight to the loyal readers of VOI.ID.