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One drug that has been proposed for the treatment of onchocerciasis is doxycycline. This drug is effective in killing both the adult worm of O. volvulus and Wolbachia, the bacteria believed to play a major role in the onset of onchocerciasis while having no effect on the microfilariae of L. loa. In a study done at five different co-endemic ...
Diethylcarbamazine is a medication used in the treatment of filariasis including lymphatic filariasis, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, and loiasis. [1] It may also be used for prevention of loiasis in those at high risk. [1] While it has been used for onchocerciasis (river blindness), ivermectin is preferred. [2] It is taken by mouth. [3]
Filariasis, is a filarial infection caused by parasitic nematodes (roundworms) spread by different vectors.They are included in the list of neglected tropical diseases.. The most common type is lymphatic filariasis caused by three species of Filaria that are spread by mosquitoes.
Where the diseases are endemic many times more are exposed routinely to infection. Some victims harbour more than one medically significant infection simultaneously and this can complicate diagnosis and treatment. [7] Humankind is the definitive host of at least eight species of filariae in various families. Six are particularly significant in ...
Often homeopaths recommend patients stop getting medical treatment such as surgery or drugs, which can cause unpleasant side-effects; improvements are attributed to homeopathy when the actual cause is the cessation of the treatment causing side-effects in the first place, but the underlying disease remains untreated and still dangerous to the ...
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Early recognition and treatment with the antifilarial drug, diethylcarbamazine, is important, as delay before treatment may lead to progressive interstitial fibrosis and irreversible impairment. [5] The condition of marked eosinophilia with pulmonary involvement was first termed tropical pulmonary eosinophilia in 1950. [6]
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