QUESTION When is parasitological confirmation not recommended? ANSWER It is always best to get a laboratory or rapid diagnostic test for malaria (parasitological confirmation) to make sure the person actually has malaria before giving treatment, and to make sure the treatment is appropriate. There are four main types of malaria which infect humans: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. … [Read more...]
URGENT HELP ON MALARIA
QUESTION I 25 yr old male from Lagos, Nigeria. I have been having frequent malaria since 2006 till present. My symptoms are always weakness of the body, feeling cold sometimes not always and also my mouth got better most cases. I have been to the hospital several times and the doctor told me my frequent malaria is because my blood genotype is AA and also am having a malaria parasites. I was … [Read more...]
Testing for Dormant Malaria
QUESTION When malaria is dormant in the body can it be detected in a blood test? ANSWER Not directly, no. A normal malaria blood test consists of a thick or thin smear, which is often stained and then looked at under a microscope; with these tests, you would not be able to see any sign of the malaria which is lying dormant in the liver. However, there is another type of blood test, known … [Read more...]
Malaria Treatment Statistics
QUESTION Where can I find information on the ratio of malaria cases treated annually globally or per country? ANSWER A great resource for information on malaria is the World Health Organisation (WHO). They publish an annual malaria report which also includes lots of statistics about numbers of cases, numbers treated, and numbers of deaths from malaria. Some of the data is even available … [Read more...]
Malaria or Kidney Infection?
QUESTION Two months ago my daughter was in Uganda working and when came back to the States she was hospitalized for 4 days with Malaria symptoms. Her tests came back negative they really didn't act like they knew how to treat this. They kept telling her they didn't know how to diagnosis Malaria. So they treated her for it. She now after 2 months is once again hospitalized with the same … [Read more...]
Medicine for Malaria
QUESTION is rotam and maladar malaria medicine? ANSWER I have never heard of Rotam, but Maladar is the brand name of a combination sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, and is used to treat malaria. However, it should be noted that it is not recommended by the World Health Organization as a first-line treatment option, due to concerns about drug resistance, and also lack of efficacy against certain … [Read more...]
Effects of Malaria
QUESTION what are effects of malaria? ANSWER If a person becomes infected with malaria, they may start to experience the symptoms of the disease. These include high fever, aches, chills, nausea, headache, and sometimes more severe manifestations, such as severe anemia, impaired consciousness and even coma or death. These latter severe effects are more commonly associated with Plasmodium … [Read more...]
Can malaria return?
QUESTION I got fever and weakness. I went to the doctor and my malaria report is the ring stage of p.vivax. I take artemether and lumafetrime drug but after ten days the fever returns. What is this? Is this malaria or not? Plz help. When my c.b.c was done before taking malaria drugs my hemoglobin is 8.8 and leucocyte 6800 and sgpt is 52 but after treatment my sgpt is 45 and hemoglobin is … [Read more...]
Malaria Control and Prevention
QUESTION What are the methods of control and prevention of malaria? ANSWER Detailed information about methods of prevention and control of malaria can be. assessed via the Malaria Overview section of Malaria.com in the article: Malaria Control and Prevention. … [Read more...]
After Malaria: Low Iron, Chest Pains
QUESTION I got malaria in Ghana in February 2012 and was treated for it and recovered within 10 days. I had no problem or illness after that. Returned to USA late May of 2012 healthy able to run 4 or 5 miles a day and be active. About 3 or 4 weeks later suddenly developed shortness of breath, chest pains with hunger and thirst. Have seen 5 different doctors and had extensive heart, lung, … [Read more...]