Antimalarial drugs are often very strong and effective. If the medication is effective and the patient has no complications, the fever will disappear within 36-48 hours. In most cases, malaria-causing bacteria will be completely eliminated from the body within 2-3 days and the patient will recover within 2 weeks.
Your doctor will continue to perform a blood biopsy when you are being treated.If the treatment is successful, the amount of malaria-causing parasites in the blood will gradually decrease in each blood test.
5. Take Primaquine to prevent relapse
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Although malaria may disappear initially, it can recur infrequently for several years. Although this usually happens without any prominent symptoms, you may have symptoms similar to colds when malaria recurs. Therefore, preventing recurrence is essential. Primaquine is an antimalarial drug that is usually taken after other drugs have killed the malaria parasite in the blood.
Begin taking Primaquine after the fever disappears two weeks.
The dose and time taken will be based on specific factors: the type of malaria you have and how your body responds to medication.Usually, the doctor will recommend taking the medication within 2 weeks.
Follow your doctor's instructions exactly.Do not arbitrarily increase or decrease the dose, should take the medicine according to the prescribed time.
6. Avoid mosquito bites
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If you live in a low-risk area, you should not move to a high-risk area during the recovery process after malaria. To get more mosquito bites can lead to bad consequences. If you live in a high-risk area, try to protect yourself as much as possible.
Wear long-sleeved clothing to cover the skin, even in hot weather.
Always apply mosquito repellent.
Choose mosquito repellent containing DEET, Picaridin, lemon eucalyptus essential oil (OLE) or PMD, or IR3535.Carefully read the information on the product label to make sure the mosquito repellent contains these effective ingredients.
Burn mosquitoes to prevent mosquitoes from approaching.
Should be in places with air conditioning to avoid mosquitoes.
Blinds when sleeping in a place with lots of mosquitoes.