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Malaria or Kidney Infection?

September 16, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Two months ago my daughter was in Uganda working and when came back to the States she was hospitalized for 4 days with Malaria symptoms. Her tests came back negative they really didn't act like they knew how to treat this. They kept telling her they didn't know how to diagnosis Malaria. So they treated her for it. She now after 2 months is once again hospitalized with the same … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood test, diagnosis, kidney infection, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine, rapid diagnostic test, relapse, symptoms, travel medicine, treatment, tropical medicine, Uganda

Malaria in Pakistan

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

QUESTION 4 years ago I traveled to FATA Pakistan and in every year in the month of August I caught malaria. Last few days I feel much Headache and fever in the evening and go to doctor. He diagnosed malarial parasites in blood and has advised me take tab artem ds 2 BD for three days after complete the course I feel same headache fever with shivering. Please recommend something. ANSWER I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Artemisinin, drug resistance, recrudescence, relapse, side effects, treatment, World Health Organization

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

Recurrence of Malaria Symptoms

August 4, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION If a person suffering from malaria is given the proper treatment and he gets well but he again develops the symptoms of malaria..? These symptoms would arise from liver or blood? Who'll be responsible for the recurrence of the symptoms? ANSWER Malaria can come back in three ways: first of all, the person could have been successfully treated, but then re-infected again by being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: anti-malarials, blood, liver, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, re-infection, recrudescence, relapse, reoccurrence, symptoms, treatment

Community Based Management for Malaria

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

QUESTION what are the methods for community based management for malaria? ANSWER Community-based management of malaria revolves around three main principles: prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Prevention mainly revolves around stopping mosquitoes from biting people. Methods for this include distribution of long-lasting insecticide treated bednets (and teaching people to use them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: community-based health care, diagnosis, indoor residual spraying, Intermittent preventive therapy, local health workers, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria education, prevention, treatment, vector control

Malaria Diagnosis

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

QUESTION How to identify malaria? My son has fever and headache for the past three days and also vomiting. Is treatment is necessary and what type of treatment he needs? ANSWER You need to take your son to the doctor or to a clinic where they can do a blood test to look for malaria. They will either look at his blood under a microscope or use his blood in a "rapid diagnostic test" (RDT), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, blood test, Malaria Diagnosis, rapid diagnostic test, symptoms, treatment, vomiting

Malaria Test – Can Malaria Return?

July 15, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 6 Comments

QUESTION I am working in Tanzania. I felt sick about 10 days ago and I went for a test for malaria and the test was positive. The doctor gave me some pills and said I must come back in one week for a test again. I went back and it was negative but now I don't feel too good. Is it possible for the malaria to come back after 10 days? ANSWER It is unlikely that the malaria has come back, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: immune system, Malaria Diagnosis, side effects, symptoms, treatment

Malaria Fever and Recovery

June 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 2 Comments

QUESTION My 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...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, artesunate-mefloquine, Chloroquine, dairy products, Dakar, Doxycycline, fever, immune system, Malaria Prevention, Plasmodium Falciparum, resistance, Senegal, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, Thailand, treatment

Untreated Malaria

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

QUESTION If I am infected with malaria and I get a wrong diagnosis and be treated for flu, can the other symptoms disappear but continue to experience severe headache especially on the right side temple and jawbone area combined with general weakness and numbness in the legs? ANSWER Certainly the symptoms of malaria can often be confused with other infections, including flu. Given that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood test, diagnosis, Malaria Symptoms, rapid diagnostic test, side effects, treatment

Diagnostic Blood Test: Malaria in Nepal and India

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

QUESTION My daughter has returned from a 6 week trip to Nepal and then India. About 20 minutes into the flight home she developed pains and aches in her hips and legs, fever, generally feeling dreadful but no nausea or diarrhea. When she arrived after the 10 hour flight her temperature was 100.5. We were concerned about malaria, but when she saw her primary care doctor the next morning she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood smear, Malaria Diagnosis, nepal, rapid diagnostic test, serology, species identification, symptoms, treatment

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