Daily Zinc Supplement Effect on Prevention of Diarrhea and Acute Respiratory Infections in Children Less Than Five Years

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Zinc deficiency in children is a major problem which leads to compromised immunity and accordingly repeated infections. This study aims to investigate the effect of supplementing zinc to decrease the incidence of diarrhea and respiratory illness in children between 6 months and 5 years in Paediatric Outpatient Clinic in Ain Shams University Hospital.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Zinc; Zinc Sulfate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Apparently healthy child with good general health

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with severe malnutrition requiring hospital admission,

• Cases of chronic and metabolic diseases as diabetic children

• Children suffering from any type of cancer or any other debilitating disease.