Question
My daughter is one year and eight months old, and she has lost her appetite. I’ve heard from others that she might have worms. How can I determine if my child has intestinal parasites?
Answer
It’s quite simple. Just go to the hospital for a routine stool test, and the results will be clear.
Question
If diagnosed with intestinal parasites, what kind of medication and dosage should be used for treatment?
Answer
Medications can selectively and irreversibly inhibit the worms’ glucose uptake, causing their endogenous glycogen to deplete and inhibit fumarase, blocking the production of adenosine triphosphate, leading to the gradual death of the worms due to energy depletion. Commonly used medications belong to the benzimidazole class, which are poorly absorbed in the intestines; after oral administration, 95% is not absorbed. They directly act on adult worms and worm eggs in the intestines, and are excreted in the stool within 24 hours. A small portion of these drugs are rapidly metabolized in the liver into thiacetamide and thiabendazole, which can kill off larvae within tissues and adult worms and worm eggs in the intestines, and are excreted through the kidneys within 48 hours. These drugs do not accumulate in the body. For acute infections, the conventional dosage is drug dosage, usually taken once daily for treatment days days; for chronic infections, the conventional dosage is drug dosage,