WhipplE how the diagnosis and treatment of disease?

Where long-term pain associated with the festival diarrhea, or generalized lymphadenopathy, should be highly suspect that this disease may be. Xylose absorption tests detract from a small intestinal biopsy is PAS positive material. electron microscopy confirmed sickle-particles will be possible to make the diagnosis. Apart from the disease generally symptomatic treatment, mainly antibiotics, Plane procaine penicillin and streptomycin 10,000 units 1.0g, the daily intramuscular injection, the 1st, A total of 10 ~ 14 days after tetracycline to 0.5 g / times, four times a day, oral maintenance of 10 ~ 12, short course that is easy to relapse. After the beginning of treatment to improve the symptoms of patients, weight gain, but the symptoms disappeared completely take several months to several years, histological resume more slowly. Past that the disease incurable, in recent years because of the pathogen research and the use of antibiotic therapy, number of patients cured and restore health. 