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DEWORMING – IS IT REALLY
NEEDED???- IN INDIA
DR SHAILESH MEHTA
M.D. PEDIATRICS
A. Lumbricoides T. Trichiura Hookworm
IF PREVALENCE MORE THAN 50% ,
REGULAR ANNUAL DEWORMING IS INDICATED - WHO 2006
INDIAN DATA-BMC Public Health (2017) 17:201
DOSES SCHEDULES OF DEWORMING- CDC 2016
• ASCARIS AND HOOKWORM
ALBENDAZOLE 400MG SINGLE DOSE
MEBENDAZOLE 100 MG TWICE A DAY -3 DAYS
• TRICHURIS IS TREACHEROUS –
NEEDS 3-7 DAYS DOSES OF ALBENDA /MEBENDA
• ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS
ALBENDAZOLE 400MG SINGLE DOSE
REPEAT 400 MG AFTER 14 DAYS
MEBENDAZOLE 100MG SINGLE DOSE
REPEAT MEBENDAZOLE 100 MG AFTER 14 DAYS

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Is routine deworming needed in india

  • 1. DEWORMING – IS IT REALLY NEEDED???- IN INDIA DR SHAILESH MEHTA M.D. PEDIATRICS
  • 2. A. Lumbricoides T. Trichiura Hookworm IF PREVALENCE MORE THAN 50% , REGULAR ANNUAL DEWORMING IS INDICATED - WHO 2006 INDIAN DATA-BMC Public Health (2017) 17:201
  • 3. DOSES SCHEDULES OF DEWORMING- CDC 2016 • ASCARIS AND HOOKWORM ALBENDAZOLE 400MG SINGLE DOSE MEBENDAZOLE 100 MG TWICE A DAY -3 DAYS • TRICHURIS IS TREACHEROUS – NEEDS 3-7 DAYS DOSES OF ALBENDA /MEBENDA • ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS ALBENDAZOLE 400MG SINGLE DOSE REPEAT 400 MG AFTER 14 DAYS MEBENDAZOLE 100MG SINGLE DOSE REPEAT MEBENDAZOLE 100 MG AFTER 14 DAYS