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Treatments for Botulism food poisoning
The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Botulism food poisoning includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.
Botulism food poisoning: Is the Diagnosis Correct?
The first step in getting correct treatment is to get a correct diagnosis. Differential diagnosis list for Botulism food poisoning may include:
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- stroke
- myasthenia gravis
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Poliomyelitis
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Drugs and Medications used to treat Botulism food poisoning:
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Some of the different medications used in the treatment of Botulism food poisoning include:
- BIG-IV - mainly used to treat infants
- BabyBIG - mainly used to treat infants
Discussion of treatments for Botulism food poisoning:
The respiratory failure and paralysis that occur with severe botulism may require a patient to be on a breathing machine (ventilator) for weeks, plus intensive medical and nursing care. After several weeks, the paralysis slowly improves. If diagnosed early, foodborne and wound botulism can be treated with an antitoxin which blocks the action of toxin circulating in the blood. This can prevent patients from worsening, but recovery still takes many weeks. Physicians may try to remove contaminated food still in the gut by inducing vomiting or by using enemas. Wounds should be treated, usually surgically, to remove the source of the toxin-producing bacteria. Good supportive care in a hospital is the mainstay of therapy for all forms of botulism. Currently, antitoxin is not routinely given for treatment of infant botulism. (Source: excerpt from Botulism General: DBMD)Book Excerpts: Treatment of Botulism food poisoning
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Botulism:
Treatment (Tx)
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Botulinum antitoxin
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Botulism:
Treatment
(Handbook of Diseases)
With food-borne illness, administration of botulinum antitoxin (available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is the treatment of choice. Infant botulism requires supportive care because neither antitoxin nor antibiotics are beneficial; human botulism immune globulin is experimental.
Clinical tip Antibiotics and aminoglycosides shouldn’t be administered because they increase the risk of neuromuscular blockade. They should be used only to treat secondary infections.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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