✅ Scabies can be very difficult to DETECT and causes great ITCHING and inflammation of the SKIN 😖 In this video we will help you CURE Scabies in ONE DOSE.
Ivermectin has been declared by the World Health Organization as an essential medicine for humanity. It is an effective, safe medication, with very few adverse effects and very economical in the treatment of Scabies.
We will be talking about this medicine, its multiple uses, and how to take it safely in this video.
Scabies currently affects more than 200 million people in the world and is a health problem in low-income countries like ours, for example. However, there are more and more cases in developed countries because factors such as the increase in the elderly who require assistance, immigration and the increase in the immunocompromised population are influencing.
Regarding the treatment of Scabies we have been talking about in previous videos and we continue to maintain the criterion that topical permethrin continues to be the treatment of choice or first line. However lately its effectiveness has diminished even with its correct use.
Many countries recommend Ivermectin as first-line treatment with the administration of two doses of 200 µg per kilo of weight separated by a week, and others combine oral Ivermectin with topical permethrin as first-line treatment.
I personally have indicated it to my children with little response to permethrin and the results have been amazing. I am even seeing much less cases of Scabies in my practice.
However, permethrin continues to be the treatment of choice in pregnant women, infants and young children weighing less than 15 kg.
During lactation, both medications, permethrin and ivermectin, are safe.
Many subscribers ask us about the dose of Ivermectin in Scabies. It seems that there are doubts about this.
Here we leave you a table that will be very useful for you to calculate the dose you should take according to your weight in kilograms.
In this case for the presentation in 6 mg tablets.
Here the dose does not appear in children under 15 kg because with that weight the use of Ivermectin is not recommended. Remember that the dose is repeated every week.
There are also other presentations such as the 3 mg tablet and in drops.
In the case of the latter, it occurs in children at the rate of one drop per kilo of weight, always above 15 kg.
See you in a next video.
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