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Estrongiloidiasis - Treatment

Tratamiento:

El objetivo del tratamiento es eliminar los gusanos utilizando medicamentos antiparasitarios, como ivermectina o albendazol.

En algunos casos, se tratan personas sin ningún síntoma. Esto incluye a personas que toman fármacos para inhibir el sistema inmunitario.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

Con un buen tratamiento, las personas deben recuperarse por completo y los parásitos deben eliminarse. Algunas veces, es necesario repetir el tratamiento.

Las infecciones que sean graves o generalizadas con frecuencia tienen un mal pronóstico, especialmente en pacientes con un sistema inmunitario debilitado.

Complicaciones:

Estrongiloidiasis diseminada, especialmente en pacientes con VIH o por otro lado con un sistema inmunitario debilitado
Neumonía eosinofílica
Desnutrición debido a problemas para absorber los nutrientes del tracto gastrointestinal (malabsorción)

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Solicite una cita con el médico si tiene síntomas de estrongiloidiasis.

Estrongiloidiasis, erupción progresiva en la espalda

Órganos del sistema digestivo

Reviewed last on: 12/7/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Maguire JW. Intestinal nematodes (roundworms). In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolan R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Orlando, FO: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 287.

Kazura JW. Nematode infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 378.

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