Question
The drug shown in the picture below is given to infants who are at least 5 weeks old to treat ?
A. Infantile hemangiomas.
B. Tremors
C. Chest pain.
D. Heart rhythm disorders.
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Ans:A. Infantile Hemangioma
The image shows Hemangeol which contains Propranolol oral liquid 4.28 milligrams.
- Infantile hemangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms that have a characteristic clinical course marked by early proliferation and followed by spontaneous involution.
- Hemangiomas are the most common tumors of infancy and usually are medically insignificant.
- The vast majority of infantile hemangiomas do not require any medical or surgical intervention.
- Treatment options for clinically significant hemangiomas include the following:
Medication:
- Propranolol has become the treatment of choice for disfiguring or functionally significant hemangiomas ; an expert panel developed provisional recommendations for the use of propranolol in complicated infantile hemangioma.
- The FDA has approved an oral pediatric formulation of propranolol hydrochloride (Hemangeol) for the treatment of proliferating infantile hemangiomas requiring systemic therapy
- Corticosteroids can slow the growth and decrease the size of proliferating infantile hemangiomas
- Oral corticosteroids are preferred over intralesional injection
- Laser surgery
- Surgical excision
