Long-term effects of Toxoplasmosis

Posted By Joe on July 26, 1999 at 17:00:57
I'm a 37-year-old male diagnosed with toxoplamosis a few years ago. The parasite apparently attacks my left retina every couple of years,leaving me with a difficult-to-describe deterioration of vision -- something like looking through a heavy and wrecked spider web. The eye doctor tells me I'm fortunate because the area affected is off to the side and not close to the optic nerve. Sometimes he'll give me a dose of antibiotics when he thinks the parasite is active, but my vision usually clears up on its own after a month or so. My concern is that the frequency of these attacks seem to be increasing and I've had difficulty getting answers about the long term effects of the disease. For instance, will the parasite claim more and more of my retina/vision? Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening?
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