Pediatric Indications

• Children may undergo Naftalan therapy from age 6;
• Contraindications match those for adults, plus congenital heart defects;
• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in inactive stage, Still’s syndrome;
• Minor chorea.

Contraindications for Naftalan Therapy

• All diseases in the acute stage;
• Malignant and benign tumors (any location);
• Psychiatric disorders;
• All blood disorders;
• Mastopathy;
• Myopathies;
• Urolithiasis;
• Cholelithiasis;
• Parkinson’s disease;
• Encephalopathies;
• Epilepsy;
• Post-stroke conditions;
• Post–traumatic brain injury conditions;
• Hypertension, stage III;
• Post-myocardial infarction;
• Cardiovascular insufficiency (II–III degree), arrhythmias;
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• Infectious and venereal diseases (including hepatitis A, B, C; AIDS; tuberculosis; cholera, etc.);
• Parasitic and viral skin diseases.