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| ==Treatment==
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| [[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 (>95%). [[Niclosamide]] has also been used. | |
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| A three-day course of [[nitazoxanide]] is 75–93% 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=193–96 | 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=701–3 }}</ref>
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| ==Complications==
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| * [[abdominal discomfort]]
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| * [[dehydration]] from prolonged diarrhea
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| ==Prevention ==
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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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| ==Source==
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| * [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001378.htm Hymenolepiasis]. Medline Plus.
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| ==References==
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| {{Helminthiases}}
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| [[Category:Parasitic diseases]]
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| [[fr:Hymenolepis nana]]
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| [[pl:Hymenolepioza]]
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