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Injections for Malaria Treatment?

November 17, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I have a friend that just told me that she has Malaria. She said she has to go to the hospital every day for an injection for around the next 2 weeks. Is this a typical treatment. Why not just take pills? I`m just trying to wrap my head around this and understand the different treatments. ANSWER This is certainly not typical treatment for malaria. Uncomplicated malaria is usually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Chloroquine, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection, Malaria Treatment, oral medication, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Quinine

How is Malaria Cured?

November 4, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How is malaria cured? 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 levels of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Atovaquone, Chloroquine, Malaria Treatment, Mefloquine, Primaquine, proguanil, pyrimethamine, Quinine, sulfonamides, World Health Organisation

Paludisme Depuis 5 Mois (Malaria for 5 Months)

October 19, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: En fait je souffre d'un palu que le médécin a mal traité après une analyse sanguine. J'aimerais savoir comment faire pour m'en débarrasser car je traine ce palu maitenant depuis 5 mois. ENGLISH TRANSLATION: In fact I suffer from malaria which the doctor has treated poorly after a blood test. I would like to know how to clear myself of this because I have been carrying this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Chloroquine, paludisme, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine, rechutes, relapse, traitement

I am getting malaria every 6 months

October 9, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: I am getting malaria every six months, after taken chloroquine medicine tablets. Is this  normal,when my resistance is low, or is it coming aging, is there any medicine to clear the malaria? ANSWER: While taking chloroquine can be used to treat malaria, it will not prevent re-infection, unfortunately. One thing to check though is whether you are living in an area where the local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin, Chloroquine, microscopy, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, recurrence, relapse

ARCEVA for malaria

October 5, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: Is ARCEVA a good vaccine for malaria? ANSWER: ARCEVA isn't a vaccine for malaria, but it is a brand name of one type of medication used to treat the disease. It belongs to the group of drugs called artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), which are recommended by the World Health Organisation to treat uncomplicated malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, ARCEVA, artemether, lumefantrine, Malaria Treatment, Plasmodium Falciparum, vaccine, World Health Organization

Drugs to Treat Pregnant Woman with Malaria

September 28, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: What are the drugs for a pregnant woman who has malaria for the first to third trimester? ANSWER: The treatment of malaria in pregnant women has become more challenging in recent years, as many types of malaria are developing resistance to the standard arsenal of drugs. In locations where the dominant form of malaria is still chloroquine-sensitive, chloroquine can be used safely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, artemether, Artesunate, Chloroquine, Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria, Chloroquine-Sensitive Malaria, clindamycin, Doxycycline, Malaria and Pregnancy, Quinine

Causes of malaria, treatment with drugs and emerging resistance

June 16, 2011 By Malaria Q&A 2 Comments

QUESTION: What is malaria and what causes it besides bacteria? What is the name of the causal agent for malaria, which drug is used to cure it and how do the pathogens become resistant to the drugs? ANSWER: There are many questions in there! Malaria is actually caused by a single-celled animal, called a protozoan; it's not a bacterial disease. There are different species of these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin, Atovaquone, Chloroquine, drug resistance, Malaria causes, Malarone, Mefloquine, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax, proguanil, Quinine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

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