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Paediatrician
It is very difficult to prevent flea bites. It will help if you give both of your boys Vitamin B1 daily for 3 months. The Vitamin B1 comes in tablet form and is known as Thiamine HCL.The tablets come in a 100mg strength. Your 2 year old must take one quarter of a tablet once daily for 3 months and your 5 year old half a tablet once a day for 3 months. You may need to crush the tablets in a very small amount of honey or jam in a teaspoon.The Thiamine tablets can be bought over the counter at your pharmacy without a prescription.
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