Humanities Malaria
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- Please take these medications Artemether and Lumefantrine - twice a day for 3 days Primaquine - 15 days to prevent relapse.
- Ok thank you! But doctor, how did I get it!??!! Can I infect anyone else??!?
- Oh wow! This is such good information! While in bed I will do some reading.
- It is non-contagious. Malaria is spread by mosquito bites from infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. When the mosquito bites an infected person a small amount of blood is drawn which then gets transmitted to a non-infected person when the same mosquito bitt it.
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- Oh no! I am so scared! Wi-will I be cured?
- Ah Ha! I think it’s Malaria but I would like to confirm it with some tests. It is called Malarial parasite.
- Doctor! Doctor! I am not feeling well at all! I have a high fever of 103 degrees and flu-like symptoms!
- I was right! Your symptoms and tests confirm you have Malaria.
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- I will get it done right away! I want to get better soon!
- Ah Ha! I think it’s Malaria but I would like to confirm it with some tests. It is called Malarial parasite.
- Initially antibiotics were used to cure Malaria, but soon that became in-effective. Youyou Tu of China, created a Artemisinin-based combination which was very effective. Coming to your vaccine question, there is still no vaccine in India, but WHO has just approved the first ever Malaria vaccine this October.
- Oh, don’t worry! My husband had Malaria! Talk to him!
- Hi! I would like to know all about the time you had Malaria. I have it right now, and I am a bit worried.
- Oh wow! Thank you so much doctor! I will come back in a week for a checkup. Thanks again.
- It’s important to know that, Malaria is preventable and treatable, but if left untreated, the infection can cause lifelong mental disabilities, coma, and death in its most severe cases.
- Ahh! But, How did you come up with the treatments? Is there a vaccine?
- Oh! Don’t worry! You will not feel good for the first few days.. But after that you will feel better.
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