How many pills of anthelmintic should I take at a time?

I believe that most of us were very naughty when we were young, and our hands came into contact with countless bacteria, which then entered our stomachs, causing worms in the stomachs and abdominal pain. Then the doctor would tell your parents that you have worms in your stomach and you need to take medicine to kill the worms. However, everyone's situation is different, so you can't take anthelmintics casually, otherwise it will be of no use. How many pills of anthelmintic should be taken at a time to be effective?

Anti-worm drugs are any drugs that can kill or expel intestinal parasites from the body. This type of drug is mainly used for diseases caused by intestinal parasites (ascaris, red worms, hookworms, pinworms, etc.). Patients often experience abdominal pain, bloating, anorexia or excessive hunger and appetite, yellow complexion, and weight loss. You can choose the medicine according to the type of parasite. Taking anthelmintics can paralyze or kill the worms, expel them from the body, and achieve a fundamental cure. For patients with physical weakness, they should first replenish and then attack, or use both attack and replenishment. When deworming, it is usually taken on an empty stomach so that the medicine can easily come into contact with the worm body and better exert the deworming effect. It is often used in combination with laxatives to promote the excretion of worms. Some anthelmintics are highly toxic and should be used with caution by pregnant women. Commonly used anthelmintics include neem bark, quisqualis, betel nut, pumpkin seeds and thunder balls.

Children aged seven years old usually take anthelmintic medicine, usually albendazole. The dosage of anthelmintics varies depending on the type of parasitic infection in the body. Generally speaking, to eliminate hookworms, roundworms, pinworms, and whipworms, 0.4g of the drug can be taken at one time. For children over 2 years old, 0.2 g can be taken at a time for anthelmintic treatment of simple pinworm and simple ascariasis infection. If necessary, the treatment can be repeated after one week. Take intestinal worm clearing twice a day, two pills each time, and take it twice more after half a year.

Generally speaking, it is sufficient to take anthelmintics once a year. Autumn is the best season for expelling roundworms, because in summer, both adults and children will eat a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits, which inevitably carry roundworm eggs and have a higher chance of being infected with roundworms. In autumn, the larvae grow into adults and are concentrated in the small intestine. Taking anthelmintics at this time is a good way to deal with the problem. Moreover, it is best to take anthelmintics on an empty stomach or before going to bed at night. At this time, the gastrointestinal food has been basically emptied, and the drug can easily come into full contact with the insect body after entering the intestine, which can improve the insecticidal effect.

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