Many mothers ask: Children crawl around all day and stuff unclean things into their mouths? Should I take anti-parasite repellents regularly?
The doctor said that if the child is suspected of growing worms, parents should not give the child anthelmintic drugs indiscriminately, and it is best to take the medicine under the guidance of the doctor. Some parents believe that when there are bugs in the child's body, they will give the child anthelmintic drugs on their own, which is not responsible. Blind self-deworming may lead to increased resistance to the parasite, adding difficulty to future deworming, and may also cause acute biliary ascaria due to improper deworming that causes roundworms to sneak into the biliary tract, or other more serious consequences.
How to tell if a child has roundworms in their stomach
1. Children often cry stomach pain, especially in the perumbilical area, which can be relieved after rubbing.
2. Children are prone to wake up, grind their teeth and drool when they sleep at night.
3. There are often pale white nearly round or oval patches on the skin of children's faces and necks, with fine gray-white scales on them, which are commonly known as "insect spots".
4. Without obvious reasons, the child's skin often recurs "wind pimples".
5. Children have a partial eating performance, and eat some strange things such as dirt, paper, cloth head, etc.
6. Children eat a lot and are hungry, love to eat snacks, and eat more and always get fat.
Of course, these symptoms are only a way to assist in judgment, if you suspect that the baby has parasites, you should still take the baby to the hospital as soon as possible to do routine stool examination, which is an important basis for diagnosing parasitic diseases in babies. If the diagnosis is made, it is found that the baby is indeed infected with the parasite, and it needs to be treated with medication under the guidance of a doctor. Do not use anthelmintics without authorization, because there are many types of insect repellents, and different types of parasites are different, and the effect of insect repellent is not the same.
Babies under 2 years of age should not take deworming drugs
Most deworming drugs need to be excreted through liver or kidney metabolism, and the liver and kidney function of babies under 2 years of age are not yet perfect, so it is easy to cause liver and kidney function damage after taking, causing side effects such as elevated aminotransferase.
Usually children over 2 years old can take anthelmintic drugs, the common medication is generally intestinal worms (albendazole), please follow the doctor's instructions or refer to the medication instructions.
Babies under the age of 2 may also need to be beaten if they are found to have worms, but they must be cautiously taken under the guidance of a doctor.
What should I pay attention to in my diet after taking the medicine?
1) Drink more water and eat foods with high fiber content, such as coarse grains, nuts, fresh vegetables, fruits, etc., which are conducive to strengthening intestinal peristalsis, promoting defecation, and timely discharging the insect body killed or paralyzed by the drug together with feces.
2) Eat less oily foods, if you eat too much food with high oil content, you can promote the absorption of deworming drugs in the body, which not only increases the toxicity to the human body, but also reduces the efficacy.
3) Eat less gas-producing foods, such as radishes, sweet potatoes, beans, etc., as well as spicy and irritating foods, in order to prevent bloating, stool knots, and unfavorable parasite excretion.
Insects are not excreted immediately after taking the drug
Some parents are anxious to check the stool one day after the child takes the medicine, and if the worm body is not found, they think that the drug is not effective or the dose is not enough, so they repeatedly take the drug. This misconception stems from the use of traditional anthelmintics, which are more toxic and should not be left in the body for a long time, so they form a compound preparation with laxatives. In this way, after the anthelmintic drug paralyzes the worm body, the worm body is excreted with the help of laxatives and intestinal peristalsis.
The pharmacological mechanism of the new anthelmintic drugs is to inhibit the absorption of glucose by the parasite, exhaust the glycogen of the insect body, and make the parasite unable to survive and reproduce. It is precisely because of this unique insecticidal mechanism that the insect body is excreted 2-4 days after taking the drug. Therefore, after taking the drug, you must wait patiently for 2-4 days to see the insects discharged.
Taking an anthelmintic drug, the stool should be checked within 2 weeks to see if there are still eggs, and those who have not been cured can repeat the treatment, but must be spaced more than 2 weeks apart to avoid the toxicity of their drugs.
Note: Under normal circumstances, it is not necessary to take laxatives, but if you do not defecate for a long time after taking the medicine, you can take some diarrhea drugs after taking the medicine for several hours according to the age and strength of the child, but it should be noted that once there is a diarrhea effect, it should be stopped immediately.
Drink plenty of water and eat more high-fiber foods
● Drink more water, water and plant fiber can strengthen intestinal peristalsis, promote defecation, and timely excrete the insect body that has been killed or paralyzed by the drug along with feces.
● Eat more foods with high fiber content, foods with high fiber are coarse grains, nuts, fresh vegetables (celery, leeks, cabbage, spinach, etc.), fruits (bananas, apples), etc.).
● Eat less greasy foods, because insect repellent drugs are mostly fat-soluble drugs, if you consume too much food with high oil content, you can promote the absorption of deworming drugs in the body, which not only increases the toxicity to the human body, but also reduces the efficacy.
In fact, the best way to prevent this is to teach children:
Do not eat raw food (including vegetables, meat, fish, etc.), fruits and melons washed with water before eating.
In areas where direct drinking water is not provided, drinking water must be boiled before drinking.
Cut nails frequently, wash your hands before meals, and wash your hands in the toilet.
Seek prompt medical attention if symptoms of suspected parasite appear.
emphasize
If your baby has the above symptoms, or suspects that your baby has bugs, parents should first take their child to a stool test. If worm eggs are indeed found, it can be proved that the child does have ascariasis, and the medicine is used rationally under the guidance of the doctor.
However, taking medicine is only the last link, and it is more important to strengthen daily family and personal hygiene and eliminate parasites to the greatest extent.