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Neurosífilis - Treatment

Tratamiento:

Para el tratamiento de la neurosífilis, se utiliza la penicilina, la cual se puede administrar de diversas maneras.

  • Se puede inyectar en una vena varias veces al día durante 10 a 14 días.
  • Usted puede tomar probenecida por vía oral cuatro veces al día, combinada con inyecciones intramusculares diarias, ambas durante 10 a 14 días.

Se tienen que hacer exámenes de sangre de control a los 3, 6, 12, 24 y 36 meses para constatar que la infección haya desaparecido. Igualmente, se necesitarán punciones lumbares de control para análisis de líquido cefalorraquídeo cada seis meses. Si usted tiene VIH u otra afección, sus esquemas de control pueden ser diferentes.

Para encontrar información sobre el tratamiento de la sífilis, lea los siguientes artículos:

  • Sífilis primaria
  • Sífilis secundaria
  • Sífilis
  • Sífilis terciaria

Expectativas (pronóstico):

Ésta se considera una complicación potencialmente mortal de la sífilis. El pronóstico depende de la gravedad de la neurosífilis antes del tratamiento.

Complicaciones:

Los síntomas pueden empeorar lentamente.

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Solicite una cita con el médico si ha sufrido de sífilis en el pasado y ahora tiene signos de problemas neurológicos.

  • Reviewed last on: 9/15/2010
  • 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

Hook EW. Syphilis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 340.

Tramont EC. Treponema pallidum (syphilis). In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 238.

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