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when should a baby be given deworming medicine
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A. Deworming medgxicine needs to be given routinely to every child after one year of age and the dose is 200 mg of albendazole once at night time and then repeat the same dose after 14 days once this cycle should be repeated every six months at least till 5 year of adge but it is advisable to give this medicine only after taking guidance by your doctor
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A. Right from the age of two, a child should be dewormed regularly. Children with recurrent worm infestations need repeated deworming. In addition, children living in endemic areas need en mass (community-level) deworming.
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