Need Help what is Malaria?

[caagirl 0]

I have a friend who sadly has gotten malaria and was planning on coming to the USA. Can this friend still come over my friend is going to be taking a medical examination will they still allow my friend over or will they not allow my friend in because of this stupid malaria...Thanks for any help on this question...

Sincerly a fiancee in waiting,

Christina

[mybackpages 0]

Malaria is not contagious and is easily treatable IF you can afford the medicine.

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

Malaria (from Medieval Italian: mala aria — "bad air"; formerly called ague or marsh fever) is an infectious disease that is widespread in many tropical and subtropical regions. It causes between one and three million deaths annually, mostly among young children in Sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is caused by a protistan parasite of the genus Plasmodium that is transmitted primarily by female Anopheles mosquitoes.

There are several families of drugs used to treat malaria. Chloroquine was the antimalarial drug of choice for many years in most parts of the world. However, resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine has spread recently from Asia to Africa, making the drug ineffective against the most dangerous Plasmodium strain in many affected regions of the world.

There are several other substances which are used for treatment and, partially, for prevention (prophylaxis). Many drugs can be used for both purposes; larger doses are used to treat cases of malaria. Their deployment depends mainly on the frequency of resistant parasites in the area where the drug is used.

Currently available anti-malarial drugs include:

Artemether-lumefantrine (Therapy only, commercial name Coartem)

Artesunate-amodiaquine (Therapy only)

Artesunate-mefloquine (Therapy only)

Artesunate-Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (Therapy only)

Atovaquone-proguanil, trade name Malarone (Therapy and prophylaxis)

Quinine (Therapy only)

Chloroquine (Therapy and prophylaxis; usefulness now reduced due to resistance)

Cotrifazid (Therapy and prophylaxis)

Doxycycline (Therapy and prophylaxis)

Mefloquine, trade name Lariam (Therapy and prophylaxis)

Primaquine (Therapy in P. vivax and P. ovale only; not for prophylaxis)

Proguanil (Prophylaxis only)

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (Therapy; prophylaxis for semi-immune pregnant women in endemic countries as "Intermittent Preventive Treatment" - IPT)

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[Marc and Olga 0]

www.malaria.org