Vitamin A prophylaxisis is :-
Correct Answer: Specific protection
Description: - Vitamin A Prophylaxis is given before the disease has occurred to children at-risk. So, it is a primary prevention. - Since, it is specific to prevention of Vitamin A deficiency blindness, it is specific protection. - All vaccines, prophylaxis comes under primary prevention i.e specific protection of the disease. Prophylactic dose- Under the new recent guidelines in NIS, vitamin -A is given: GROUP DOSE 6 months - 1 year of age 1 lakh IU orally 1 - 6 years of age 2 lakh IU orally All of the early stages of xerophthalmia can be reversed by administration of a massive dose (200,000 IU or 110 mg ofretinol palmitate) orally on two successive days.
Category:
Social & Preventive Medicine
Get More
Subject Mock Tests
Practice with over 200,000 questions from various medical subjects and improve your knowledge.
Attempt a mock test nowMock Exam
Take an exam with 100 random questions selected from all subjects to test your knowledge.
Coming SoonGet More
Subject Mock Tests
Try practicing mock tests with over 200,000 questions from various medical subjects.
Attempt a mock test now