At what age is it best for children to take anthelmintics?

For someone like me who was born in the 1980s, when I think of anthelmintics, what comes to mind are the particularly fresh pills in red, green, pink and blue colours. They are shaped like umbrellas and look particularly good. I still remember when I was a child, I would hide far away whenever I was taken to the hospital to take deworming medicine, thinking that I would be given an injection. But after seeing such tempting deworming medicine, I no longer hide. So at what age is it best for children to take anthelmintics?

1. Overview

The anthelmintics we are talking about can mainly expel the roundworms in the stomach and expel the roundworms in the intestines from the body. In other words, they are mainly used for diseases caused by intestinal parasites. Patients often have abdominal pain, bloating, anorexia or excessive hunger and appetite, yellow face, weight loss, etc. Generally speaking, it is not recommended for children to take medicine to deworm. Generally, we need to pay attention to the daily habits of children and prevent them from eating unhygienic things. Medicines are poisonous to some extent. Therefore, children under two years old should not take anthelmintics.

2. Steps/Methods:

1First of all, it is not recommended to give anthelmintics to children under two years old. We can only try our best to prevent children from eating unhygienic things. For example, when giving fruits and vegetables to children, soak them in soda water for more than an hour in advance, and do not give children cooked food.

2 Secondly, the instructions for general anthelmintics usually state that the dosage for children over two years old and adults is the same. This is because it is almost not absorbed by the human body. Only a small amount of it completes the task of killing larvae in tissues, adult worms and eggs in the intestines, and is excreted from the body with urine within 48 hours.

3 Also, children under two years old cannot take anthelmintics because their livers are not fully developed, and most anthelmintics contain ingredients that affect liver function, which can cause liver damage after taking them. However, for children over two years old, after taking anthelmintics, they can eat some acidic foods such as plums to help expel roundworms.

3. Notes:

It should be noted that children under two years old cannot take anthelmintics. Also, anthelmintics are generally taken in the summer, when the effect will be best, because people eat more fruits and vegetables in the summer, and the plant fiber in fruits and vegetables can promote gastrointestinal motility, making it easier to expel roundworms.