O treatment gives acute phase gives Chagas Disease is done using medicine specific. When there is no cure of the disease in the acute phase, the disease chronic phase and, at that stage, there is no specific treatment, but control of the symptoms and complications of the disease.
In the acute phase, treatment is performed with anti-trypanosomial medication with the objective of prevent evolution for the shape chronic of the disease.
Once the chronic form of Chagas' disease is installed, the treatment aims at controlling the heart disease caused by the parasite. At this stage, there may be gastrointestinal problems which affect the esophagus and intestine. The treatment of each of the problems will be done in a specific way, being able to contemplate:
- Use of certain medications;
- Performing certain surgeries;
- Use of pacemaker;
- Diet.
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