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Malaria Drugs Side Effects

April 3, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 4 Comments

QUESTION I was affected by malaria 5 months back. I am feeling tiered and weakness and heart trembling symptoms. Any suggestions to overcome weakness? ANSWER Your fatigue is probably not caused by the treatment—one of the potential residual effects of malaria infection is iron deficiency, which can lead to anaemia, and this can cause tiredness. Eating iron-rich foods or asking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anaemia, fatigue, haemoglobin, iron deficiency, iron supplements, Malaria Treatment, recovery time, side effects, weakness

Malaria Symptoms

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

QUESTION How does the virus cause the symptoms? ANSWER Malaria is actually not caused by a virus—it is caused by a microscopic single-celled parasite called Plasmodium. Several different species cause malaria in humans, the most common of which are P. vivax and P. falciparum. To describe the process in a very oversimplified way, the malaria parasites cause disease by infecting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anaemia, Cerebral Malaria, fever, haemoglobin, immune response, inflammation, parasite, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax, red blood cells, sequestration, synchronised bursting

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