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Traditional Treatments for Malaria

November 15, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are some traditional treatments for malaria? ANSWER Many different cultures have had their own traditional ways of treating malaria. Perhaps the two best known come from the native tribes in the Western Amazon basin and the ancient Chinese. Tribes in the Amazon used the bark of a shrub called Cinchona to treat fevers and shivering; Spanish priests in this region observed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Chloroquine, Quinine, traditional medicine

Who Discovered that Cinchona Bark is Medicine (Quinine)?

October 30, 2013 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

Question: Who discovered the cinchona bark as medicine? Answer: Tribes in the Amazon used the bark of a shrub called Cinchona to treat fevers and shivering; Spanish priests in this region observed traditional Quechua healers using this bark and started using it themselves to treat the fevers associated with malaria. Many centuries later, the active ingredient from this bark was isolated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Cinchona, Quinine, traditional medicine

Antimalarial Drugs During pPregnancy

August 6, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the safest antimalarial drug to be used by a pregnant woman in her second trimester? ANSWER With regards to treating malaria, intravenous artesunate (or quinine, if artesunate is not available) should be used for the treatment of severe/complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Signs of severe and/or complicated malaria include impaired consciousness, organ failure, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: anti-malarial treatment, Artesunate, Chemoprophylaxis, Chloroquine, clindamycin, complicated malaria, drug resistance, IV, malaria in pregnancy, Mefloquine, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, primagravidae, Quinine, severe malaria

Traditional Methods for Malaria Treatment and Prevention

June 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the traditional methods on treating and preventing malaria? ANSWER Many different cultures have had their own traditional ways of treating malaria. Perhaps the two best known come from the native tribes in the Western Amazon basin and the ancient Chinese. Tribes in the Amazon used the bark of a shrub called Cinchona to treat fevers and shivering; Spanish priests in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Artemisia annua, Chinese, Cinchona, Dr Youyou, Malaria Treatment, Mao Tse-tung, Quechua, Quinine, traditional medicine, Vietnam War

Malaria Treatment and Prevention Methods

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

QUESTION I work in Central Africa republic.I was recently diagnosed with malaria (p.falciparum) after a blood test—my 4th attack in 15 months and given Co-Arinate. Two days after completing my dose I went for a 2nd blood test and the trophozoite count was 720/mm3. The doctor prescribed co-artem and said if I don't get better he shall transfuse quinine. Whats your comment on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Bednets, Central African Republic, Co-Artem, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, lumefantrine, mosquitoes, prevention, pyrimethamine, Quinine, spraying, vector control

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

Treatment of recurrent Malaria

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

QUESTION If one takes the first dose of Coartem and tests indicate presence of malaria parasites,is it advisable to take a second round of coartem, or to start on quinine? Is quinine usually administered on its own or in conjunction with another drug? At what point is malaria considered complicated? ANSWER Usually, if a first round of treatment is unsuccessful, a doctor will prescribe a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: clindamycin, Coartem, combination therapies, complicated malaria, Doxycycline, intravenous, Malaria Treatment, oral medication, Quinine, tetracycline

Is Malaria Incurable?

June 6, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION is malaria incurable? ANSWER No. Malaria can usually be very easily treated, if diagnosed early and if appropriate medication is given promptly. The World Health Organization recommends artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as the first line treatment against uncomplicated malaria; intravenous quinine is usually the first-line recommended treatment for severe, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Malaria Treatment, Quinine, World Health Organization

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

First Cases of Malaria

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

QUESTION What is the first infected person with Plasmodium? ANSWER Plasmodium, the single-celled parasite which causes malaria, has been infecting humans since ancient times. In fact, the first written reference to its symptoms dates back almost 5000 years, to an ancient Chinese manuscript! It was also known from the writings of other ancient peoples, such as the Greeks, Romans and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ancient chinese, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Cinchona, Egyptians, Greeks, Malaria, native Americans, Plasmodium, Quinine, Romans

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