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Prevention is the best treatment of Malaria
June 11th, 2010 by admin
Malaria is a deadly vector-borne infectious disease that although curable if contracted the best form of protection in way of treatment for malaria is actually prevention. The malaria disease is responsible for over a million deaths a year in malarious regions such as Africa, Latin America and Asia. There a re several campaigns and charities that work tirelessly to make everybody aware of malaria and the danger that it presents to people that live in these countries. As these are poorer parts of the world as the countries are generally third world or at best developing there is only so much that the people themselves can do but awareness really does help to a degree. World charities raise money in order to aid malaria prevention by providing drugs and sleeping nets for the inhabitants of the countries at risk. Something as simple as a net to sleep in to keep away the malaria carrying mosquitoes when people are asleep and at their most vulnerable, is one of the biggest efforts of prevention and therefore a very effective treatment of malaria. Of course it is possible if you are somebody in the western world that is travelling to a malarious region to pack your case with anti-malarial drugs and insect repellent which are also brilliant preventative methods, along with your sleeping net of course. However leaving catching the disease to chance just because you know that you have travel insurance that will get you treatment would be a very foolish move. The Symptoms of Malaria can take well over a year to display themselves which means you can have caught the disease and be back at home in your normal routine when you start to experience the symptoms that you will more than likely confuse for general flu symptoms.
With this being the case you may carry on as usual and it won’t be until you are really sick as the disease has developed and taken a hold of you, that you may think of seeking medical attention. The longer it takes seek treatment for malaria the more chances there are that the disease can lead to long term complications for you such as possible anemia. So if you have returned home from a trip to a region of the world where you have been exposed to the malaria disease then you should at the very least remember to seek medical attention as soon as you begin to display flu symptoms anywhere up to 2 years after you return home. The symptoms are very similar and not to be taken lightly, quick treatment of malaria is key and a wasted trip to the doctor is surely a better alternative to slipping into a coma and possibly dieing!