Helminth infections play a role in diseases of children. The child may be infected with worms in the sandbox, talking to other children or adults - helminthisms carriers and so on. Against the background of helminthiasis in children can develop a variety of chronic diseases, including allergic.

What kind of worm infestation are most often found in children

Most often found in children roundworm Worms - how dangerous they are?   or nematodes - roundworm, pinworm, whipworm, hookworm, American hookworm. From the round worms often take up residence in the body of the child pinworm and roundworm.

Pinworms enterobiasis cause that is no less common disease among children than runny. Pinworms - a very small worms, the length of which is less than a centimeter. Pinworms live in the rectum, laying their eggs in the anal area. Pinworms can be infected through dirty hands, contaminated household items and so on - in this way pinworm eggs get into the intestine, where they appear worms. Life expectancy of pinworms - about six weeks, after which they die.

But deceit enterobiasis that is constantly happening autoinfection these parasites: intense itching makes the child scratch the anal area, the eggs to fall into his arms, under the fingernails, and then swallowed again. Pinworms can be cured completely and without drugs, if carefully follow the child, but it does not always work, and pinworms may contribute to sensitization (sensitization) of the body and be the basis of various inflammatory and allergic processes.

Roundworm - and roundworms, but they are much longer than pinworms can form tangles in the intestines and cause of his obstruction. Ascaris is very dangerous because moving against the movement of stool can get into the upper gastrointestinal tract, and even in the respiratory tract. Just like pinworms, they can become the basis for many infectious and allergic processes in the body of the child.

But more often the drug of choice for treatment of ascariasis is enterobiasis and pyrantel that actively removes helminths and has at the same toxic properties.

How does pyrantel in the body of the child

Pyrantel for children available in special dosage form of a slurry. The suspension has a pleasant taste and a child swallows it easily. Once in the intestine, suspension of pyrantel operates mainly locally, paralyzing neuromuscular apparatus worms. Immobilized worms yourself removed from the body with feces. No advance preparation for the treatment of pyrantel do not need to spend, after his admission and do not need to take laxatives.

How to give your child pyrantel and contraindications for its reception

Prirantel child may be given only on prescription. When enterobioze ascariasis and pyrantel given a one-off. However, in order to avoid re-infection can give a slurry again with the same dose three weeks later.

Pyrantel vial contained 15 ml of the suspension is attached to the bottle scoop 5ml (it also has a mark corresponding to 2, 5 mL). Each ml contains 50 mg pyrantel, one scoop - 250 mg.

A child between the ages of 6 months to two years prescribed 125 mg (half-measuring spoon or 2, 5 ml) per day; from two to six years - 250 mg (1 scoop or 5 ml); from 6 to 12 - 500 mg (2 scoops or 10 ml). After 12 years of pyrantel administered as well as adults, if the weight of the baby's body less than 75 kg, then 750 mg (3 scoops or 15 mL), and weighs more than 75 mg - 1000 mg (4 scoops or 20 ml).

Since pyrantel caution is indicated for hepatic dysfunction and children first six months of life.

Can pyrantel give any side effects

Generally well tolerated pyrantel children. But sometimes side effects do occur:

• from the gastrointestinal tract may occur violation of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea;
• of the liver - increase in liver enzymes, which indicates a transient abnormal liver function;
• the central nervous system - headache Headache: Causes and Complications , Dizziness Dizziness - if the ground is slipping from under his feet , Violation of sleep and sleep Dreams: how to understand our dreams , Daytime sleepiness, and various sensory disturbances (areas of numbness on the skin, crawling "chills" in the skin, and so on), hallucinations, confusion;
• may occur as transient hearing loss, fever, allergic reactions.

Pyrantel in the suspension will help to save the child from worms.

Galina Romanenko

All newborn babies after birth develops physiological jaundice that lasts one - two weeks. But lately there is a tendency to increase the duration of the physiological jaundice, which is associated with the accumulation of toxic levels of indirect bilirubin Bilirubin - a great tool for the diagnosis Which has a negative impact on the brain of the child. For the treatment of jaundice hofitol apply.

Why newborn hofitol

During fetal development, the child is not breathing on their own. Oxygen bringing its tissue erythrocytes which contain fetal hemoglobin. After birth, fetal hemoglobin breaks down, and from a so-called indirect bilirubin. This bilirubin is insoluble (so do not excreted by the kidneys), and toxic. Very slowly toxic indirect bilirubin in neutral straight because of imperfections in the enzyme systems of the newborn. Direct bilirubin is excreted from the body, and newborn jaundice goes away.

Long-term preservation of the physiological jaundice is due, apparently, with some disorders of the enzymatic systems. At very high bilirubin levels in newborns develop jaundice pathological. The main reasons for such a state is incompatible mother and child on the Rh factor and blood group, intrauterine infection (liver disease), obstruction of the biliary tract or bowel, some congenital diseases and conditions.

The contents of a large number of indirect bilirubin is dangerous in that it has a toxic effect on the brain of the child first and foremost on the activities located in its vital nerve centers. This is called jaundice or bilirubin nuclear and leads to the development of encephalopathy - a non-infectious lesions of brain structures.

How does hofitol neonatal jaundice

Hofitol - it phytopreparation a choleretic and diuretic effect Its active substance is a dry aqueous extract of fresh leaves of an artichoke field. The composition of the extract of artichoke field enters a complex of biologically active substances that have a beneficial impact on the work of the liver cells and promote the removal of bile into the intestine.

These biologically active substances are tsinnarin and phenolic acids (kofeolovaya, quinic and others), flavonoids, sekviterpilakton inulin. Tsinnarin and phenolic acids have choleretic effect and protect liver cells from any impact, they improve metabolism and helps to restore basic (including enzymatic) functions. The artichoke extract Artichoke extract - for the treatment and prevention of various diseases   field also contains inulin, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene and B vitamins B vitamins: the body useful helpers Which also contribute to the normalization of metabolic processes in the liver cells. This leads to the fact that toxic indirect bilirubin gradually begins to move to the neutral line.

Contained in the extract of artichoke field sekviterpilakton improves the filtration capacity of the kidneys, that is, it has a mild diuretic effect. Together with urine from the body appears direct bilirubin.

In newborns with jaundice who received hofitol, bilirubin blood decreases the ninth day of life, and the complete disappearance of the symptoms of jaundice occurs within two weeks.

At the same time these children were under the Chophytol signs of cholestasis - stagnation of bile in the liver (intrahepatic cholestasis), and biliary tract.

As prescribed hofitol newborn

Clinical practice of Chophytol for the treatment of jaundice in newborns did not reveal the side effects of the drug. All of the children tolerated it well and quickly went to the amendment.

For the treatment of newborns the dosage form Chophytol Hofitol - has beneficial effects on liver function   as a solution for oral administration. The doses corresponded to the weight of newborn babies: Assign usually one to three drops Chophytol three times a day. The duration of treatment depend on the condition of the child.

There is a practice of Chophytol to treat jaundice in newborns. Side effects with the drug to babies have been identified. The clinical effect of this treatment is positive, but the application for the treatment of newborn Chophytol requires further study.

Galina Romanenko