Visceral toxocariasis can be treated with antiparasitic drugs such as albendazole or mebendazole. Treatment of ocular toxocariasis is more difficult and usually consists of measures to prevent progressive damage to the eye.
Does toxocariasis go away on its own?
How Is Toxocariasis Treated? A child with mild symptoms might not need treatment because the infection will go away on its own when the larvae die. Kids with symptoms that affect the lungs, eye, or other important organs may be treated with anti-parasite drugs that will kill the larvae.
How is toxocariasis treated?
The standard treatment for toxocariasis is a five-day course of albendazole. This is sometimes supplemented with corticosteroids to suppress the allergic reaction to the roundworms. For OLM, surgery, steroids, and anthelminthic (anti-parasitic) chemotherapy are the preferred methods of treatment.
How do you kill Toxocara eggs?
PHYSICAL INACTIVATION: Toxocara eggs are killed by extremes in temperature, desiccation (13-15), and sunlight (15). SURVIVAL OUTSIDE HOST: Eggs can remain viable for several years in moist, shaded soils when temperatures are cool (2, 5).
How do you know if you have toxocariasis?
Symptoms of visceral toxocariasis include fever, fatigue, coughing, wheezing, or abdominal pain.
