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Teniasis - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

Tenia del cerdo (T. solium, la solitaria); Tenia del ganado vacuno (T. saginata ); Tenia; Tenia saginata; Tenia solitaria

Tratamiento:

Las tenias se tratan con medicamentos orales generalmente en una dosis única. El medicamento preferido para estas infecciones es la niclosamida y también se pueden utilizar el prazicuantel y el albedanzol.

Pronóstico:

Con tratamiento, la infección por tenia desaparece.

Posibles complicaciones:

Rara vez, las lombrices pueden causar un bloqueo en el intestino.

Si las larvas de la tenia del cerdo se desplazan por fuera del intestino, pueden causar tumores locales y dañar tejidos como el cerebro, el ojo o el corazón. Esta afección se denomina cisticercosis. La infección del cerebro puede causar convulsiones y otros problemas del sistema nervioso.

Cuándo contactar a un profesional médico:

Solicite una cita médica si en la deposición elimina algo con apariencia de un gusano blanco.

Órganos del sistema digestivo

Reviewed last on: 8/28/2009
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and 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

King CH. Cestode infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 375.

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