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Are Albendazole And Azithromycin Advisable For Headache, Vomiting And Abdominal Pain?

My son is 4yrs 10months old.he complained of having headache and stomach pain yesterday early morning.took him to General doc and being prescribed ibugesic and junior lanzol.he was fine whole day.but again this mrng he got headache (less frequent n mild) and leg cramp.later he complains of having neasea n vomited twice.went to pediatric n prescribed albendazole,pcm, sinerest, azithromycin.doc thinks he s anemic by his pale face n gave folic syrup to be taken for 6months.is he gonna be fine,or is there any test to run to diagnose any hidden illness?thank you.really appreciate your suggestion n time.
Fri, 13 Jan 2017
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Hi,

Azithromycin is not a right choice in such case. Secondly no one can diagnose a patient anemic just by complexion and just start folic acid. Basically, you have to do blood complete picture and check out the level of hemoglobin and than decide about is your son anemic or not and even if he is anemic than what kind of anemia is there.

So better stop folic acid and do the blood test first. For abdominal pain give anti-colic syrup and for headache give Paracetamol as per body weight. Stop all other medicine as per my advise. Azithromycin is antibiotic and your do not need it at the moment as per the condition explained.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Best Regards,
Dr. Zeeshan
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Are Albendazole And Azithromycin Advisable For Headache, Vomiting And Abdominal Pain?

Hi, Azithromycin is not a right choice in such case. Secondly no one can diagnose a patient anemic just by complexion and just start folic acid. Basically, you have to do blood complete picture and check out the level of hemoglobin and than decide about is your son anemic or not and even if he is anemic than what kind of anemia is there. So better stop folic acid and do the blood test first. For abdominal pain give anti-colic syrup and for headache give Paracetamol as per body weight. Stop all other medicine as per my advise. Azithromycin is antibiotic and your do not need it at the moment as per the condition explained. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Best Regards, Dr. Zeeshan