In most cases, the chances of recovery are good. Thiabendazole may help patients with trichinosis if treatment is begun very early, during the incubation state. Corticosteroids can relieve the inflammatory reaction during the larval migration state, and the patient should take them with thiabenazole. Steroids could, however, prolong the intestinal phase of the infection. Researchers and health care providers have known all the basic facts necessary for preventing trichinosis in humans for years.
Irradiation can also kill T. spiralis.
Smoking, pickling, and other methods of processing or preserving meats do not kill the parasite. The findings from this research may help scientists develop a skin test to diagnose stronglyloidiasis. NIH and CDC are agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.