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Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's no specific treatment for a rat lungworm infection. No anti-parasitic drugs have proven effective, and, in fact, there's some evidence they can make symptoms worse by spurring more immune responses to dying worms. For now, supportive treatment, pain medications, and steroids are typically the only options.

So yes, and it will be just as useless.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

studies from Thailand and China show that the combination of glucocorticoids and antihelminthics is safe and decreases the duration of headaches and the number of patients who had significant headache.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiostrongylus_cantonensis#Treatment