Hymenolepiasis: Difference between revisions

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Good hygiene, public health and sanitation programs, and elimination of rats help prevent the spread of hymenolepiasis.

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-==Treatment==
-[[Praziquantel]] as a single dose (25 mg/kg) is the current treatment of choice for hymenolepiasis and has an efficacy of 96%.  Single dose [[albendazole]] (400 mg) is also very efficacious (&gt;95%).  [[Niclosamide]] has also been used.
-A three-day course of [[nitazoxanide]] is 75&ndash;93% efficacious.  The dose is 1g daily for adults and children over 12; 400mg daily for children aged 4 to 11 years; and 200mg daily for children aged 3 years or younger.<ref name="Chero2007"/><ref>{{cite journal | author=Ortiz JJ, Favennec L, Chegne NL, Gargala G. | year=2002 | title=Comparative clinical studis of nitazoxanide, albendazole and praziquantel in the treatment of ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hymenolepiasis in children from Peru | journal=Trans R Soc Trop med Hyg | volume=96 | pages=193&ndash;96 | id=PMID 12055813 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author=Reomero-Cabello R, Guerro LR, Munez-Gracia MR, Geyne Cruz A. | year=1997 | title=Nitazoxanide for the treatment of intestinal protozoan and helminthic infections in México. | journal=Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg | volume=91 | pages=701&ndash;3 }}</ref>
 ==Complications==
 * [[abdominal discomfort]]