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Malareich and Pregnancy

August 17, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Hi , am 31 weeks pregnant and had to take Malareich as my Anti malaria drug. I did not take the drug until I felt I had malaria, because I had body pains and headaches. Please advise if I will be ok after taking the malareich. ANSWER Malareich is a combination drug comprising of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine, which is one of the medications recommended for treatment of malaria in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, diagnosis, Malareich, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax, pregnancy, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, treatment

Chewable Malaria Medication

June 13, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can this drug be chewed by an older person who can not swallow drugs? ANSWER Some malaria medication can be administered via injection. In places where malaria is still resistant to chloroquine, a syrup formulation is sometimes given to children who are unable to swallow tablets, so this might be an effective solution. Otherwise, you can talk to your doctor about the efficacy of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, injections, malaria tablets, syrup, treatment

How is Malaria Treated

June 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION how is malaria treated? ANSWER Malaria can be a severe, potentially fatal disease (especially when caused by Plasmodium falciparum) and treatment should be initiated as soon as possible. Patients who have severe P. falciparum malaria or who cannot take oral medications should be given the treatment by continuous intravenous infusion. Most drugs used in treatment are active … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: artemisin, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, atovaquine-proguanil, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, Coartem, combination therapies, Doxycycline, drug resistance, Lariam, Malaria Treatment, Malarone, Mefloquine, Primaquine, Quinine

Duration of Malaria Fever for Child

June 3, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can fever duration in malaria is 5-6 Hours for back? And if I m giving 5 ML of Lariago to my 5 Yr Child how many days it will take to reduce the fever or increase the gap of fever coming back in 5-6 hours. ANSWER Please give more information regarding the first part of your question - I am not sure what you are asking regarding malaria fever duration? Regarding Lariago, its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, arteminsin, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, intravenous, Lariago, Plasmodium Falciparum, Quinine, suppository, World Health Organization

Can’t Get Rid of Malaria

May 27, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Each and every month I am suffering from malaria ..Treatment is also going on but I am unable to get rid of it. ANSWER It is very unusual to be reinfected so constantly with malaria. First of all, how are you getting diagnosed? You should be getting a blood test, and not relying on symptoms only; the symptoms of malaria are very general and it could be that you are suffering from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, blood smear, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, diagnosis, Fansidar, Lariam, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Control, Mefloquine, Plasmodium Falciparum, prevention, rapid diagnostic test, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, treatment, World Health Organization

Am I more susceptible to malaria?

May 20, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I contracted common malaria, vivax?, when i was 20 yrs old from long visit to Papua NewGuinea, 1970. Returned to USA and was treated with chloro, primaquine drugs and really no problems since treatment. Now going to Thailand for week, Chiang Mai and region. If bitten by local malarial mosq. am i more likely to recur? And should I certainly choose prophylaxis? thnx ANSWER If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: acquired immunity, atovaquone-proguanil, Chiang Mai, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, Doxycycline, Lariam, Malarone, Mefloquine, mefloquine resistance, Papua New Guinea, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine, relapse, Thailand

Treatment of Malaria

May 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How is malaria treated? ANSWER Malaria can be a severe, potentially fatal disease (especially when caused by Plasmodium falciparum) and treatment should be initiated as soon as possible. Patients who have severe P. falciparum malaria or who cannot take oral medications should be given the treatment by continuous intravenous infusion. Most drugs used in treatment are active … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: artemether-lumefantrine, atovaquone-proguanil, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, Coartem, intravenous, Lariam, Malarone, Mefloquine, oral medication, Plasmodium Falciparum, Quinine, species, treatment

Repeated Malaria

March 17, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Since January 2011 I got three times malaria. Is it come regularly? Last week also I got maleria and I took medicine but still I have mild headache and sweating feeling tiredenes in between.. ANSWER The timing of the repeated malaria episodes you have experienced means that it could be recrudescence (where treatment does not completely kill all the malaria parasites in your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, blood film, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, Coartem, Fansidar, indoor residual spraying, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Diagnosis, Malaria Prevention, microscopy, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, rapid diagnostic test, re-infection, recrudescence, relapse, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

Paludrine/Avloclor Anti Malaria Travel Pack

March 3, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Is this anti malaria travel pack suitable for Borneo? ANSWER This kit is NOT appropriate for preventing malaria in Borneo. Avloclor contain chloroquine phosphate, and some types of malaria present in Borneo are resistant to chloroquine. The CDC recommends that travelers to Malaysian or Indonesian Borneo should use atovaquone-proguanil (Paludrine contains proguanil, but the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: atovaquone-proguanil, Borneo, CDC, Chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, Doxycycline, Indonesia, Lariam, Malarone, Malaysia, Mefloquine, paludrine/avloclor

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