Can infants be dewormed routinely?
Dr PSN Menon
Consultant & Head, Department of Pediatrics
Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Kuwait
Consultant & Head, Department of Pediatrics
Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Kuwait
Q: Is it OK to give deworming medicine to a baby of 14 months? If it so, what is the dose?
A:It is not recommended to routinely deworm an infant or a child below 3 years old unless the child has symptoms of worm infestation or laboratory evidence for the same.