Serious reactions after mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in an area endemic for Loa loa infection (1997 Cameroon)

TrumpLyftAlles | 3 points | Aug 28 2020 05:10:38

Serious reactions after mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in an area endemic for Loa loa infection (1997 Cameroon)

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(96)11094-1/fulltext

[-] TrumpLyftAlles | 1 points | Aug 28 2020 05:10:52

TLATODO: Read!

[-] Ill-Hand-404 | 2 points | Aug 28 2020 16:41:34

thank you. I once read if things work too well, and the kill off is too fast, the body can't handle it. I think some people call it a herxheimer reaction. Maybe they should do a slow kill for parasites, I think I read vets do this if an animal is very parasitic. anyway, valuable lessons for sure.

[-] wallahmaybee | 1 points | Aug 28 2020 18:02:31

Makes me wonder if the high infection rates caused the problem: what if all these dead parasites release some toxic chemical simply by dying and that overwhelms the body's cleaning up ability?

[-] No-Sandwich-777 | 1 points | Aug 29 2020 02:16:27

Does not relate to Covid. Purely a helminthic problem. It's exactly why you don't give ivermectin to a dog with adult worms.