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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

Effects of Malaria

September 15, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION what are effects of malaria? ANSWER If a person becomes infected with malaria, they may start to experience the symptoms of the disease. These include high fever, aches, chills, nausea, headache, and sometimes more severe manifestations, such as severe anemia, impaired consciousness and even coma or death. These latter severe effects are more commonly associated with Plasmodium … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: anemia, chills, coma, death, effects, fever, impaired consciousness, nausea, Plasmodium Falciparum, symptoms

Malaria: Should I See a Doctor?

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

QUESTION For the last couple of days I am suffering from all the symptoms that are mentioned on your website and I am taking tylenol for these symptoms thinking that it is flu but I am feeling better now. Should I still see a doctor or keep taking Tylenol? ANSWER Symptoms of malaria often include high fever, aches, chills, nausea, and headache.  When severe, malaria can lead to anemia, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood test, coma, early treatment, impaired consciousness, Malaria Diagnosis, prevention, severe malaria, symptoms

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

Duration of Malaria Symptoms

August 2, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION If untreated how long will a person suffer symptoms caused by Malaria? ANSWER The answer to that depends a lot on what type of malaria they have as well as their own immune status, and particularly if they have been infected with malaria before. So, for example, P. falciparum is the most severe and deadly kind of malaria, and without treatment, many people who do not have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: acquired immunity, chronic malaria, duration, immunity, mortality, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, severe malaria, symptoms

Malaria and Nausea

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

QUESTION Can malaria cause vomiting when a smell of petrol is inhaled? ANSWER One of the symptoms of malaria is nausea, and vomiting can also occur, but it would not necessarily be linked to certain smells. The most characteristic symptom malaria is a high fever, often also accompanied by periods of chills. See more malaria symptoms here. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chills, fever, nausea, petrol, symptoms, vomiting

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

Death from Malaria: Humans and Other Primates

July 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION If not treated in some form, do most who acquire malaria die? What about primates, such as orangutans that live in the wild and would not be treated as such. Do they die or do they become chronically ill within period of remission? ANSWER That's a really good question, and the answer is: it depends! In humans, the most deadly form of malaria is Plasmodium falciparum—when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: disease, long-tailed macaque, macaque malaria, molecular research, orangutan, Plasmodium cynomolgi, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium inui, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium pitheci, Plasmodium silvaticum, Plasmodium Vivax, Primates, rhesus macaque, symptoms

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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