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Triquinosis - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

Triquinelosis; Triquiniasis

Tratamiento:

El mebendazol o el albendazol se pueden usar para tratar infecciones en los intestinos. No hay un tratamiento específico para la triquinosis una vez que las larvas invaden los músculos. Los quistes siguen siendo viables durante años. Los analgésicos pueden ayudar a aliviar el dolor muscular.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

La mayoría de las personas con triquinosis son asintomáticas y la infección se resuelve por sí sola. Las infecciones más graves pueden ser más difíciles de tratar, especialmente si existe compromiso de los pulmones, del corazón o del cerebro.

Complicaciones:

Encefalitis
Insuficiencia cardíaca
Problemas con el ritmo cardíaco (arritmias) por inflamación del corazón (miocarditis)
Neumonía

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Consulte con el médico si usted tiene síntomas de triquinosis y recientemente comió carne mal cocida o cruda que pudiera haber estado contaminada.

Trichinella spiralis en el músculo humano

Órganos del sistema digestivo

Reviewed last on: 12/10/2010
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

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

Kazura JW. Tissue nematodes including trichinellosis, dracunculiasis, and the filariases. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolan R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Orlando, FL: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 288.

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