Malaria Treatment FAQ:
I have been running a fever for about 3 months.
and I have nearly all the symptoms of malaria but my fever is never super high its anywhere from 99 to 100.8 might have been 100.9 before.
I have been running a fever for about 3 months.
and I have nearly all the symptoms of malaria but my fever is never super high its anywhere from 99 to 100.8 might have been 100.9 before.
there are times I feel almost normal then always get worse again,
is it possible to have malaria this time and it be mild?
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any chronic disease can result in low grade fevers.
some include:
mono
hbv
hcv
amongst others. time for a check up!
Yes it could be malaria. There are four species of malaria causing parasites namely Plasmodium falciparum, malariae, ovale and vivax. The P falciparum attack all forms of red blood cells, the fever occurs every day and without an effective treatment you couldn’t last more than a few days. So we can exclude this type of malaria as the cause of you current problem.
The other 3 species only attack young and old red blood cells, the infections tend to be mild and the fever occur every other day in P vivax/ovale infections and every third day in P malariae infection. So in these 3 types of malaria, the disease can last for weeks, months or even years. It just wears you down and it could eventually kill or you develop enough immunity and fight it to a stand still or you even win.
The parasite gets into your body via the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. The parasites enter the circulation and travel to the liver where they multiply and develop. After that liver cells rupture and the parasites reenter the blood circulation to attack the red blood cells. The rupture of the red blood cells cause the fever. More parasites attack more red blood cells and the disease continue. At some stage some of the parasites are ****** up by other mosquitoes which become infected and thus the cycle continue. The mosquito carry the parasite around without itself being infected with malaria.
Pellegrini Kitara-Okot
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