malaria
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- OH NO!
- Hello Hospital? Yes, my friend is really sick and it seems serious.
- I´m sorry, you have Malaria, but it is common around here. A parasite bit you like the one on the screen.
- Is it easy to cure?
- Yes!
- How could I prevent it?
- To get better you should take these anti-malarial pills.like these-Drug Half life Atovaquone 2–3 days Chloroquine 6–60 days Doxycycline 12–24 hours Mefloquine 2–3 weeks Primaquine 4–7 hours Proguanil 14–21 hours Tafenoquine 2 weeks
- You should also use bug spray and screens in your home to prevent it.A very efficient mosquito (Anopheles gambiae complex).Stay home and get rest.
- During a long trip down to Jungle safari,I began to have aches and chills. I ignored it because I didn't think anything of it.Soon later I started to have nausea and headaches. I didn't feel good, I knew something was wrong.
- Hospital
- Blood transfusions means giving your blood to others who need it.
- The doctor diagnosed me with Malaria, a disease which was common where we were. I must have been bitten by a mosquito carrying a parasite, then the parasite bit me and transferred the disease.
- It can spread by the parasites biting people and passing it on with sharing needles, blood donations and transfusions.
- Sharing Needles
- Blood donations
- I was lucky because sometimes, victims have seizures or lose consciousness. He told me that I should stay away from people, because this was contagious and infectious.
- Snehal Ughade
- MALARIA
- Depending on the type of parasite, the victim could be an outpatient in the hospital for a few days. I might need help breathing and blood transfusions.
- If it is diagnosed early and treated, it can be cured in 2 weeks. If not, it can be deadly especially in young children and the elderly.
- I know you are all better, but how can you spread it?
- Taking antimalarial medication to kill the parasites and prevent becoming illKeeping mosquitoes from biting you, especially at nightSleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets, using insect repellent, and wearing long-sleeved clothing if out of doors at night.
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