Editing Toxocariasis (section)

==Treatment==
Toxocariasis will often resolve itself, because the ''Toxocara'' larvae cannot mature within human hosts.<ref name="Markell_2006"/> Corticosteroids are prescribed in severe cases of VLM or if the patient is diagnosed with OLM.  Either albendazole (preferred) or mebendazole (“second line therapy”) may be prescribed.<ref name="Markell_2006"/><ref name="Huh, Sun, Sooung"/><ref name="ocular larva migrans"/><ref name="Auweerter"/> Granulomas can be surgically removed, or laser photocoagulation and cryoretinopexy can be used to destroy ocular granulomas.<ref name="Holland_2006"/><ref name="ocular larva migrans"/><ref name="Auweerter"/><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Werner JC, Ross RD, Green WR, Watts JC | title = Pars plana vitrectomy and subretinal surgery for ocular toxocariasis. | journal = Archives of Ophthalmology | date = April 1999 | volume = 117 | issue = 4 | pages = 532–4 | doi = 10.1001/archopht.117.4.532 | pmid = 10206586 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

Visceral toxocariasis in humans can be treated with antiparasitic drugs such as [[albendazole]] or [[mebendazole]], [[tiabendazole]] or [[diethylcarbamazine]] usually in combination with anti-inflammatory medications. Steroids have been utilized with some positive results. Anti-helminthic therapy is reserved for severe infections (lungs, brain) because therapy may induce, due to massive larval killing, a strong inflammatory response. Treatment of ocular toxocariasis is more difficult and usually consists of measures to prevent progressive damage to the eye.<ref>"Toxocariasis." Parasites. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 Jan. 2013. {{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxocariasis/treatment.html |title=CDC - Toxocariasis - Treatment |access-date=2017-09-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906223048/https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxocariasis/treatment.html |archive-date=2017-09-06 |date=2017-05-02 }}. 22 Apr. 2014</ref>