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Common complications of trichinosis affect cardiovascular, neurological, ocular, respiratory and digestive systems.<ref name=abc>FAO/WHO/OIE Guidelines for the surveillance, management, prevention and control of trichinellosis. FAO (2007). http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/61e00fb1-87e8-5b89-8be1-50481e43eed1/ Accessed on January 28, 2016 </ref> Most people with trichinosis have no symptoms, the infection goes away by itself. The prognosis of trichinosis is good with treatment. More severe infections may be more difficult to treat, especially if the lungs, the heart, or the brain is involved.<ref name=bb>Trichinosis. MedlinePlus. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000631.htm Accessed on January 28, 2016 </ref> | |||
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Most people with trichinosis have no symptoms and the infection goes away by itself. More severe infections may be more difficult to treat, especially if the lungs, the heart, or the brain is involved.<ref name=bb>Trichinosis. MedlinePlus. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000631.htm Accessed on January 28, 2016 </ref> | *Most people with trichinosis have no symptoms and the infection goes away by itself. More severe infections may be more difficult to treat, especially if the lungs, the heart, or the brain is involved.<ref name=bb>Trichinosis. MedlinePlus. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000631.htm Accessed on January 28, 2016 </ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Danitza Lukac
Overview
Common complications of trichinosis affect cardiovascular, neurological, ocular, respiratory and digestive systems.[1] Most people with trichinosis have no symptoms, the infection goes away by itself. The prognosis of trichinosis is good with treatment. More severe infections may be more difficult to treat, especially if the lungs, the heart, or the brain is involved.[2]
Natural History
Complications
Common complications of trichinosis include:
- Cardiovascular:
- Heart failure
- Heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias) from heart inflammation (myocarditis)
- Thromboembolic disease
- Deep thrombophlebitis
- Intraventricular thrombi
- Pulmonary embolism
- Paroxysmal tachycardia
- Pericardial effusion
- Neurological:
- Encephalophalitis
- Neuromuscular disturbances:
- Decreased muscular strength and tendon reflexes
- Dysphagia
- Trismus
- Ocular:
- Edema and vascular lesions within the conjunctiva, uvea, retina, and, in some cases, the optic nerve
- Pain when moving the eyeballs
- Muscle paralysis
- Diplopia
- Disturbed accommodation
- Respiratory:
- Dyspnea
- Pneumonia
- obstructive bronchitis
- Löffler-type infiltrates or ventilature failures
- Digestive:
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Acute intestinal necrosis
- Prolonged diarrhoea[1]
Prognosis
- Most people with trichinosis have no symptoms and the infection goes away by itself. More severe infections may be more difficult to treat, especially if the lungs, the heart, or the brain is involved.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FAO/WHO/OIE Guidelines for the surveillance, management, prevention and control of trichinellosis. FAO (2007). http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/61e00fb1-87e8-5b89-8be1-50481e43eed1/ Accessed on January 28, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trichinosis. MedlinePlus. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000631.htm Accessed on January 28, 2016