▲ 63 ▼ Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jet@hackertalks.com 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) Is there going to be a second rush on ivermectin? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] robocall@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago maybe they'll get the covid booster to cure this permalink fedilink source parent [–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] deafboy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The Big Worm™ strikes again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] robocall@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago maybe they'll get the covid booster to cure this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The Big Worm™ strikes again. permalink fedilink source parent