People infected with adult worms can take a yearly dose of medicine, called diethylcarbamazine (DEC), that kills the microscopic worms circulating in the blood. While this drug does not kill all of the adult worms, it does prevent infected people from giving the disease to someone else. Lymphedema and elephantiasis are not indications for DEC treatment because most people with lymphedema are not actively infected with the filarial parasite. Physicians can obtain DEC from CDC after lab results confirm infection.
Lymphatic filariasis medical therapy
Loa loa filariasis medical therapy
Leishmaniasis medical therapy
Whipworm infection medical therapy
African trypanosomiasis medical therapy
Cyclosporiasis medical therapy
Ascariasis medical therapy
Enterobiasis medical therapy