Malaria

Question 1

What is malaria

Answer 1

-Malaria is a life-threatening disease spread to humans by some types of mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable.

-The infection is caused by a parasite and does not spread from person to person

Question 2

What are symptoms?

Answer 2

a high temperature
sweats and chills.
headaches and feeling confused.
feeling very tired and sleepy (especially in children)
feeling and being sick, tummy pain and diarrhoea.
loss of appetite.
muscle pains.
yellow skin or whites of the eyes.
a sore throat, cough and difficulty breathing.

Question 3

What are ways to prevent bites?

Answer 3

Anti malarials

use insect repellent on your skin – make sure it’s 50% DEET-based

(apply SPF 50 first as it can reduce spa)
sleep under mosquito nets treated with insecticide

wear long-sleeved clothing and trousers to cover your arms and legs in the evening, when mosquitos are most active

Question 4

Name the FIVE drugs used in antimalarial prophylaxis

Answer 4

1. Malarone (Atovaquone and proguanil)

2.Chloroquine

3. Chloroquine and proguanil
4. Mefloquine
5. Doxycycline

Question 5

What is treatment of malaria dependent on?

Answer 5

-species of Plasmodium parasite

-severity of infection

-tolerability of specific drugs

• patterns of drug resistance.