QUESTIONis rotam and maladar malaria medicine?ANSWERI have never heard of Rotam, but Maladar is the brand name of a combination sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, and is used to treat malaria. However, it should be noted that it is not recommended by the World Health Organization as a first-line treatment option, due to concerns about drug resistance, and also lack of efficacy against certain … [Read more...]
Malareich and Pregnancy
QUESTIONHi , 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.ANSWERMalareich is a combination drug comprising of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine, which is one of the medications recommended for treatment of malaria in … [Read more...]
Doxycycline After Malaria Diagnosis
QUESTIONMy daughter is 24 and in rural Uganda for 4 months. She has been diagnosed with malaria (plasmodium falciparum) and is taking treatment now. Treatment is 3 tablets of Neosidar tablets contain of sulfadoxine BP and of pyrimethamine followed tonight and for the next 3 days by 4 tablets of Lumarten in the morning and at bedtime with milk. Lumarten is a mix of artemether and lumefantrine. … [Read more...]
Malaria Fever and Recovery
QUESTIONMy 21 year old daughter spent 4 months on a study abroad program in Dakar. A week before returning home she started having night fevers and would complain of retrosternal pain and rib and neck and shoulder pain. The next day she would be fine.The episodes came every other day and eventually it occurred to her that it might be malaria. It was evening so she went to a pharmacy for a … [Read more...]
Relapsing Malaria
QUESTIONI'm constantly on malaria drugs, fall ill every 2 weeks and always diagnosed with malaria.I'm getting really fed up and need a permanent solution to all of this. I want to live a healthy life and I'm tired of being on malaria drugs. How do I overcome malaria permanently?ANSWERIt is very unusual to be reinfected so constantly with malaria. First of all, how are you getting … [Read more...]
Malaria Fever
QUESTIONMy Father aged 65 years was diagnosed with 2 types of malaria almost a week back. he has been given medicines but temperature is fluctuating and not coming down. all other organs are functionining properly except platelet count which is little less.Now he has been suggested new medicines for a duration of 14 days. How fast can he recover from this malaria and when will the fever … [Read more...]
Can’t Get Rid of Malaria
QUESTIONEach and every month I am suffering from malaria ..Treatment is also going on but I am unable to get rid of it.ANSWERIt 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...]
Malaria Prevention
QUESTIONWhat are the ways in which you can prevent yourself from being infected with malaria?ANSWERMalaria prevention consists of a combination of mosquito avoidance measures (since malaria is transmitted by infected mosquitoes) and chemoprophylaxis (medication to prevent the establishment of malaria in your body, if you do get bitten). Although very efficacious, none of the … [Read more...]
Treatment of Chronic Vivax Malaria
QUESTIONWhat is the treatment of chronic Vivax malaria?ANSWERBlood stage infection with Plasmodium vivax can usually be treated successfully with chloroquine, though resistance is spreading in some areas (notably the Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, parts of south-east Asia and especially Indonesia, and Peru). P. vivax is also sensitive to artemisinin-based combination therapies … [Read more...]
Repeated Malaria
QUESTIONSince 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..ANSWERThe 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...]