Treatment Treatment is controversial. This is because the disease normally goes away by itself without causing further symptoms. Where performed, treatment may include Laser photocoagulation of the retinal lesions Oral steroids, since most of the damage is thought to be due to the body's immune reaction rather than to the disease itself. Maternal transmitted toxoplasmosis Toxoplasmosis transmitted from mother to child is a much more serious infection. The earlier the infection occurs, the worse the outcome.
Transmission is most common in the third trimester.