How Do You Get Rid Of Microsporidiosis

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Microsporidiosis

Causal Agents Life Cycle Geographic Distribution Clinical Features Laboratory Diagnosis Treatment [Brachiola spp. ] [Encephalitozoon cuniculi] [Encephalitozoon hellem] [Encephalitozoon intestinalis ( syn. Septata intestinalis)] [Enterocytozoon bieneusi] [Nosema spp. ] [Pleistophora sp. ] [Trachipleistophora spp. ] [Vittaforma corneae ( syn. Nosema corneum)] --> Causal Agents The term microsporidia is also...

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microsporidiosis in kidney transplant

my wife had a kidney transplant in august 1999. developeda nasty CMV infection that was not resolved by iv ganciclovir. this precipitated a kidney rejection and she was treated with okt3 that really dropped her immune system.January 2000 she had a...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

The stronger a person's immune system is, the better the chance that they will get over an OI (or at least, keep it under control). For organ transplant recipients, the weakness in their immune system comes from the drugs they are given to... Read more »

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Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I will assume that you are asking about clearing hepatitis B after new infection...If your Hepatitis B surface antigen is reactive six months into infection, I would be concerned about the development of chronic infection.... Read more »

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My husband is on interferon/ribaviron and doing very well. He told his care provider that he guessed the dead virus was being evacuated from his body via his urine. His care provider said, no, that the dead virus "just disappeared." How...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Interferon and ribavirin are antiviral agents that help upregulate the body's own antiviral immune system to kill infected hepatocytes (liver cells)... Read more »

How do I get rid of lipomas?

HiCould you please tell me, is there a safer non surgical way of getting rid of lipomas that develop under the skin? I have a few of these fat bumps and they are quite irritating. They are painless but I am so self-conscious of these things.I heard...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Unfortunately I am not aware of any form of medication or non-surgical interventions that have proven safe and effective long term for decreasing size, number of lipomas.KH... Read more »

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