Monday, August 18, 2008

Malaria Symptoms and Treatment

Symptoms of Malaria:

* Chills

* Fever

* Sweating

* Headache

* Nausea

* Vomiting

* Muscle pain

* Anemia

* Stools, bloody

* Jaundice

* Convulsion

* Coma

Treatment for Malaria:

Anti-malarial drugs can be arranged to people traveling to areas where malaria is prevalent. It is vital to see your health care provider well in go forward of your departure, because action may begin as long as 2 weeks before toward the inside the area, and carry on for a month after leaving the area. The types of anti-malarial medication arranged will depend on the drug-resistance pattern in the areas to be visited.

According to the CDC, traveler going to South America, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Asia, and the South Pacific should take one of the next drugs: mefloquine, doxycycline, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, or Malarone.

Malarone is a moderately new anti-malarial drug in the U.S. and is a mixture of atovaquone and proguanil. It may be optional over the other drugs mention, depending on your purpose and the opportunity of mefloquine resistance.

It is very significant to know the countries and areas you will be visit to obtain suitable preventive hold for malaria.

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