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Cyclosporiasis Symptoms And Treatment. Vomiting body aches headache fever and other flu-like symptoms may be noted. When passed in an infected persons stool the parasite may require days to weeks in the environment before becoming infectious. Cyclosporiasis can have serious implications just like any parasitic infection. Additionally these patients may develop acalculous cholecystitis with right upper quadrant pain and tenderness 10 11 12.
Severe complications are always a possibility if the infection isnt taken seriously and treated. Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole TMPSMX sold under the trade names Bactrim Septra and Cotrim is the usual therapy for Cyclospora infection. Treatment Just as it is with most causative agents of diarrhea cyclosporiasis can easily be treated with the use of antibiotics. The parasite can also cause loss of. Other symptoms include loss of appetite weight loss bloating increased gas stomach cramps nausea vomiting tiredness muscle aches and low-grade fever. Other common symptoms include loss of appetite weight loss stomach crampspain bloating increased gas nausea and fatigue.
The symptoms of cyclosporiasis in patients with a depressed immune system are more aggressive and should be treated with antibiotics.
Symptoms usually appear one week after exposure. The parasite can also cause loss of. Treatment Just as it is with most causative agents of diarrhea cyclosporiasis can easily be treated with the use of antibiotics. Cyclospora infects the small intestine and typically causes watery diarrhea with frequent sometimes explosive stools. Some symptoms like fatigue can last for. You may recover and then have diarrhea and other symptoms again.