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Can you watch TV when you have malaria?
You can watch the TV, when you have malaria. But then you will not do the same. Your ability for accommodation is adversely affected due to chloroquine.
What medicine is available to treat malaria?
Chloroquine is the drug of choice for malaria. You have quinine, artemisinin derivatives like sodium aremether and artesunate, sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine combinations and many more for chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria.
Are the eyeballs the only parts of the body that malaria affect?
Malaria does not affect your eye balls. You get problem in accommodation after taking the drug chloroquine.
What is chloroquine often used for?
Chloroquine is often used for treating and preventing Malaria. You can learn more about this at the Wikipedia. Once on the page, type "Chloroquine" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.
What are the effects of chloroquine primiequin quinine?
Chloroquine and primaquine are antimalarial medications used to treat and prevent malaria. Chloroquine primarily targets the blood stages of the malaria parasite, while primaquine is effective against the liver stages and helps prevent relapses. Quinine, derived from cinchona bark, is used for treating severe malaria and can cause side effects such as cinchonism, which includes symptoms like tinnitus, headache, and nausea. Together, these medications can effectively combat malaria but may have varying side effects and resistance issues.
Why is the spread of malaria increasing?
There has been increasing resistance of mosquitoes to DDT. The P. falciparum became resistant to chloroquine. These two problems together was responsible for increasing the cases of malaria.
Is chloroquine a vaccine for malaria?
There is no vaccine for malaria but chloroquine is a drug of choice for suppression and therapeutic treatment of Plasmodium infection, followed by primaquine for radical care and elimination of gametocytes. Chloroquine-resistant forms of Plasmodium can be treated with mefloquine +/- artesunate, artemisinin, quinine, pyrimethane-sulfadoxine (Fansidar) and doxycycline. All of these antimalarials are only used for chemoprophylaxis and not as a vaccine. All in all, you can prevent infection with Plasmodium by using those antimalarials.
What used to treat chloroquine?
Chloroquine is primarily used to prevent and treat malaria, particularly strains caused by Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium malariae. It is also used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythematosus. Historically, it was one of the main medications for malaria before the emergence of drug-resistant strains led to the development of alternative treatments.
Why is chloroquine superior to quinine?
Chloroquine is considered superior to quinine primarily due to its improved efficacy, safety profile, and tolerability. Chloroquine has a more favorable pharmacokinetic profile, allowing for easier dosing and better absorption. Additionally, it has fewer side effects and is generally better tolerated by patients compared to quinine, which can cause more severe adverse reactions such as cinchonism. Consequently, chloroquine has become the preferred treatment for certain types of malaria.
What is the cure against malaria?
If the patient has P. vivax, P ovale, P. malariae, or has been in an area where there is no chloroquine resistance in P. falciparum, chloroquine is the best drug to use to treat malaria. If the patient is infected with P. vivax or P. ovale, primaquine needs to be given as well. This drug is able to kill the liver stages of the parasites, unlike chloroquine. If primaquine is not used, the chloroquine will cure the acute attack, but the dormant liver stages will be able to cause recurrences in the future. In cases where chloroquine resistant P. falciparum is suspected, either quinine, mefloquine, halofantrine or the artemesinins can be used. Parasites that are resistant to mefloquine are also often resistant to halofantrine. Mefloquine is also not licensed for use as treatment in South Africa. Halofantrine has been associated with cardiac side effects, and should not be used for routine treatment. Quinine was the first drug used to successfully treat malaria, and with increasing chloroquine resistance, it is making something of a "comeback". It is thought to be the best available agent for treating complicated chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria. Unfortunately, resistance to this drug is also being described. A new class of drug is the artemesinin derivatives. This drug has been known for centuries in China and is derived from the wormwood plant. It shows great potential in being able to treat resistant falciparum malaria, and has been used often in SE Asia. Unfortunately, resistance to this agent is also being described. When these drugs are used to treat malaria, they should be combined with a second agent to try and reduce the development of resistance.
What do you treat malaria with?
There are many different treatments available, depending on the type of malaria and the local malaria resistance patterns. Medications like chloroquine, mefloquine, primaquine, quinine, pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine, and doxycycline are used. Often people traveling to endemic areas will take preventative doses of these medications.
Who invented the malaria drug?
The first effective treatment of malaria actually came from the bark of the cinchona tree. Later, French chemists extracted quinine from this bark, and created chloroquine as a more useful drug.
