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Malaria and Weight Loss

June 9, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can malaria make you lose weight? Can malaria cause itching in the body. ANSWER Since malaria is often associated with extreme nausea and high fever, this can often cause people to lose their appetite and not eat properly while they are experiencing infection, leading to weight loss. However malaria is usually quite an acute infection, lasting a few days to at most a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: acute, chronic, fever, itching, Malaria Symptoms, muscle pain, nausea, weight loss

High Count of Malarial Antibodies

May 31, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION In 2007 we travelled to Kenya and Zanzibar. We took the normal anti-malarial tablets and were unaware of having been bitten. My older son has recently had a full medical and one of the blood tests which he had to repeat came back with a high count for malaria antibodies for Plasmodium falciparum. The doctor told him that he had had malaria at some time. We are puzzled as he has never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: acute infection, antibodies, blood smear, chronic, East Africa, Malaria Diagnosis, microscope, treatment

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