How are parasitic infections treated?
Usually parasitic diseases can be treated successfully with antibiotics, but the responsible parasites can be very difficult to detect. For example, trichinae hide inside muscle tissue, and the only way to detect them is to do a muscle biopsy. Malarial parasites hide in red blood cells and the liver, and it takes special chemical stains to demonstrate them. Giardia attaches to the wall of the intestine; discovery is by laboratory examination of the stool.
