Treatments for Trichinosis
Treatment list for Trichinosis: The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Trichinosis includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.
- Thiabendazole - only works in the early stages.
- Corticosteroids - these work in the larval migration stage but may be contraindicated for later stages (or used for related heart or CNS problems).
- Mebendazole
- Pain medications
- Bed rest
- Fluids
- Hospitalization - in rare severe cases
Treatments of Trichinosis discussion: Several safe and effective prescription drugs are available to treat trichinosis. Treatment should begin as soon as possible and the decision to treat is based upon symptoms, exposure to raw or undercooked meat, and laboratory test results. 1
A doctor can
prescribe medicine only to relieve symptoms. There is no treatment
for the infection. If the doctor diagnoses infection while the
patient is still having digestive symptoms, standard antiparasite
drugs can be used to dislodge some of the worms. Once encystment of
the parasite has begun, treatment is for any symptoms. In most
cases, the chances of recovery are good.
Thiabendazole may
help patients with trichinosis if treatment is begun very early,
during the incubation state. Corticosteroids can relieve the
inflammatory reaction during the larval migration state, and the
patient should take them with thiabenazole. Steroids could, however,
prolong the intestinal phase of the
infection.2
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Trichinosis: DPD
2. excerpt from Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID
Last revision:
June 13, 2003
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