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Out of curiosity, what is the treatment?

• dyim 4y ago
  also curious; nothing on this page looks controversial (https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/babesiosis/health_professionals/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/babesiosis/health_professional...), unless you believe that doctors are wrongly overprescribing azithromycin. (which is fair! but probably not conversation-killingly controversial)
• macintux 4y ago
  I’d assume ivermectin, since it’s a parasite treatment.
  • 77pt77 4y ago
    That's what I though but it's not mentioned as a standard treatment.
  • Zak 4y ago
    Chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine would be the other likely candidates. A quick web search suggests they've been tested and found ineffective for Babesia. Of course, their being found ineffective for treating a disease in a scientific study does not always stop people from trying them. There's a mouse study from 2019 suggesting ivermectin is likely to be effective against Babesia, but it is not a standard treatment as far as I can tell.