Trichinosis. Still a public health threat

Stack, P.S.

Postgraduate Medicine 97(6): 137-139; 143-144

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481
PMID: 7777441
Document Number: 449276
Trichinosis remains a worldwide public health problem, although most US physicians have little or no experience with the disease. A history of exposure to raw or undercooked pork and findings of myopathy, eosinophilia, and periorbital edema are characteristic. The diagnosis can be confirmed with tissue biopsy or serodiagnostic testing. Mild infections respond to limited bed rest and use of analgesics and antipyretics. More severe cases can be treated effectively with corticosteroids and anthelminthics.

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