Maternal treatment with spiramycin for toxoplasmosis infection occurring within the first two weeks of pregnancy prevents transmission to the fetus. The prognosis for congenital toxoplasmosis depends on its severity.
The disease can be fatal to all immunocompromised patients, especially AIDS patients, and particularly if not treated. As a result, immunocompromised patients are typically placed on anti-toxoplasmosis drugs for the rest of their lives.
Most individuals who contract toxoplasmosis do not require treatment because their immune systems are able to control the disease. Symptoms are not usually present. Mild symptoms may be relieved by taking over-the-counter medications
Up to one-third of all people are infected with toxoplasmosis.
The prognosis for an otherwise healthy, well-nourished child who contracts measles is usually quite good.
If the mother becomes infected in the last three months of pregnancy, however, the prognosis is good and the baby may not even display any symptoms.
A young, healthy person with Chlamydia pneumoniae has an excellent prognosis. In the elderly, however, there is a 5-10% death rate from this infection.
The incidence of toxoplasmosis in newborns is one in 1,000 live births.
You can catch toxoplasmosis from mice feces in your home. Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease that pets can carry, especially cats.
Cats are toxoplasmosis carriers and toxoplasmosis is dangerous for foetuses except if the mother has already had toxoplasmosis.
Jacob Karl Frenkel has written: 'Toxoplasmosis' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis, Brain, Diseases 'Toxoplasmosis; pathology of neonatal disease, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment' -- subject(s): Toxoplasmosis
The prognosis for most people with Raynaud's disease is very good