infections
Onchocerciasis
Treatment of Onchocerciasis
Ivermectin Sometimesdoxycycline is transmitted, doctors check them for Loiasis before giving them Sometimes doctors also treat onchocerciasis withdoxycycline(an antibiotic), given for 6 weeks.Doxycyclinekills bacteria that live inside the worms and that are essential to the worms' survival. As a result, many of the adult female worms die, and others produce fewer or no microfilariae. Side effects are usually mild. In the past, nodules were surgically removed, but this treatment has been replaced byivermectin. 