Treatment for Trichinosis involves treating the parasite and the muscle aches. Trichinosis is an infection that is caused by the roundworm, Trichinella Spiralis. Anti-parasitic medication is used as the first line of treatment to fight Trichinosis. “If the Trichinella parasite is discovered early, in the intestinal phase, albendazole (Albenza) or mebendazole can be effective in eliminating the intestinal worms and larvae” (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2015). Albendazole works in the intestinal cells of the parasite, by binding to the β-tubulin and inhibiting their ability to combine and from a polymer in microtubules. β- tubulin is a basic structural unit of microtubules, and a component of eukaryotic cytoskeleton. Without microtubules the parasite
