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Curing Malaria

May 10, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is needed to cure malaria? ANSWER Malaria is usually cured through treatment with an anti-malarial drug. The World Health Organization recommends use of an ACT (artemisinin-based combination therapy, such as Coartem) as first-line treatment for all non-complicated (i.e. not severe) malaria, and especially P. falciparum malaria (which in most places is resistance to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Coartem, intravenous, oral medication, Quinine, treatment, World Health Organization

Herbal Treatment for Malaria

April 5, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can any form of malaria be treated by herbs or plants, and how long does it take to recover from malaria? ANSWER Actually, two of the most important kinds of anti-malarial medication are derived by substances found naturally in plants, though they need to be processed in certain ways before the full pharmaceutical effect is felt. Quinine, administered intravenously, is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin, China, Cinchona, Malaria transmission, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Quinine, treatment, wormwood

Duo-Cotecxin and Fansidar as Treatment

March 24, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 4 Comments

QUESTION My husband weighs and has malaria. He was told by the pharmacist to take 2 tablets stat, then 1 daily for five days followed by 3 Fansidar tablets. We live in Papua New Guinea. I see on the Duo-Cotecxin web site the dose is three tabs daily. Which is correct? ANSWER Fansidar is a very different drug to Duo-Cotecxin—it is made of a combination of sulfadoxine and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, CDC, Duo-Cotecxin, Fansidar, Papua New Guinea, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, WHO

Dangerous

March 1, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Why malaria so dangerous? ANSWER Malaria can be dangerous for a number of different reasons, some of which relate to each other. First of all, there are five different types of malaria that infect humans, and each varies in terms of its severity and potential for severe consequences. Even within these types, the severity of the disease caused (termed "virulence" by scientists and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, artemisisin-based combination therapies, Cerebral Malaria, Coartem, life cycle, Malaria Symptoms, Malaria Treatment, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, red blood cells, sequestration, World Health Organisation

Malaria Medicine for Pregnant Women

February 26, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What medicine can be given to a pregnant woman who has malaria? ANSWER The type of anti-malarial that should be given to a pregnant women depends on the type of malaria they have, its severity and how long she has been pregnant. Chloroquine, quinine and artemisinin-derivatives can be given during all trimesters, but in many places malaria is resistant to chloroquine. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Chloroquine, contraindications, halofantrine, malaria in pregnancy, Malaria Treatment, Mefloquine, Primaquine, sulfa allergies, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

Do malarial drugs engender joint pains?

February 24, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I am now over 50 and I lived all my life in Africa during which time I have had a considerable incidences of malarial attacks. Each time I took any anti-malarial drug I experienced some side-effects including blurred vision, fatigue and joint pains. The pains especially have since become a permanent part of me and even severe enough to hamper my mobility. Does my condition sound to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, antimalarials, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, quinine sulphate, side effects, World Health Organisation

Lasting Headaches and Malaria

February 2, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I had malaria in July of 2011, returned to the U.S. in August, and had an occurrence of P. falciparum a little more than a month later. It was quickly treated, but I continue to get headaches. They occur about daily, and exercise induces a very severe headache. Is this a common lasting symptom of malaria? ANSWER Once successfully treated, malaria almost never has recurring or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, headaches, Plasmodium Falciparum, side effects, symtoms

Treatment of Malaria in India

January 7, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 2 Comments

QUESTION In India how to treat a child and adult suffering from malaria? ANSWER Chloroquine-resistant malaria has been observed in India and so the first line drug of choice should be an artemisinin-derivative in combination with another drug (this group of medications are more generally known as "artemisinin-based combination therapies" or ACTs). A common example of this is artemether in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, artemether, Artemisinin, Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria, Coartem, India, lumefantrine, Malaria Treatment

Malaria Cure

December 10, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the cure for malaria? ANSWER Malaria can be cured with a number of different medications, depending on then type of malaria and how far the disease has been progressed. For standard, non-complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria, the World Health Organisation recommends use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), such as Coartem. This is due to increasing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Chloroquine, Coartem, complicated malaria, non-complicated malaria, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Quinine, World Health Organisation

Malaria Symptoms, Cures, and Prevention

December 2, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is malaria cure, prevention, symptom and course? ANSWER I am not sure what you mean by "course" - however, links to information on malaria treatment, prevention and symptoms can be found on the main page of our website. For your convenience, I have provided them here: Information on malaria prevention Information on malaria symptoms and causes As for malaria … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, atovaquone-proguanil, Bednets, Chloroquine, Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria, Coartem, DEET, Doxycycline, Laraiam, malaria cures, Malaria Prevention, Malaria Symptoms, Malaria Treatment, Malarone, Mefloquine, prophylaxis, repellant

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