Why Malaria Sucks Today
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:laugh: I do it all the time, and I've only had 50 years of mistakes...
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I'm at 40, but I'll bet I've made just as many mistakes as both of you combined... :)
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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I'm at 40, but I'll bet I've made just as many mistakes as both of you combined... :)
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
I am so not getting into that contest! :laugh:
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Lee Humphries wrote:
Almost managed to get through 5 years of living in the Solomons without catching Malaria.
I'm just curious as to why you are there in the first place? Work. Family.
Lee Humphries wrote:
I almost lost my right index finger to a tropical sore last week,
My buddy in the Army lost half of his right index finger (trigger finger) to a spider bite (The Brown Recluse) while we were on patrol. He had to be medivac out of our area of operation.
Lee Humphries wrote:
If you're travelling anywhere tropical these holidays
I don't do tropical, the Mid-East or Mexico anymore. :)
Slacker007 wrote:
Work. Family.
Yes and yes.
Slacker007 wrote:
I don't do tropical, the Mid-East or Mexico anymore.
Unfortunately I've acclimatised (21c feels like freezing to me now) so I don't know how I'm going to do when I move out in a month's time.
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Hi Lee, I thought Falciparum was the really bad flavor that required hospital and iv-admin of drugs. Glad to hear you are off more "lightly" than that. Dengue is the big one here in Thailand, and this year was a great one for the virus, and a lousy ones for humans. Dengue's carried by Aedes Aegyptus, and like the Anopheles that carries malaria, is carried only by the females (only the females suck blood). And, while I'm not sure about Anopheles and Malaria, only a mature Aedes female can give you Dengue. Be well, soon ! best, Bill
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Here PF is regarded as the easy option and P. Vivax as the nasty one - but that has more to do with how they make you feel, not necessarily how dangerous they are. To get hospitalised here (which you don't want because of the state of most hospitals) you really need to be +4 (4/200) or worse - although +4 or worse usually means dead. If I had left it another day I would have been around a +3.
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I always thought that once you got malaria, you always had it, and you always had to take medication for it...
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you always had it
Ha ha ha - have you been reading pre WWI medical texts again? Two of the kinds of Malaria parasite can lie dormant in your liver - but even before artensunate turned up they could be killed off by taking very low doses of anti-malarials for about a year.
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Lee Humphries wrote:
I almost lost my right index finger to a tropical sore last week
I almost lost a foot and part of a leg, a few years back in Thailand, to a septic wound that developed from a scratch which I let go for too long before seeking medical attention. I knew I was in trouble when the doctor took one look and said to go right to the hospital. I even had the pleasure of having gangrenous skin cut out of the wound without anesthesia on that occasion. I seem to develop these infections most often at the start of the monsoon season. So does my father-in-law. He treats them with some herbal compresses. No more home remedies for me. I am off to the chemist at the first sign of inflammation. The tropics are alive with life at every level of evolution.
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let go for too long
Yep. It's hard getting used to the idea that you can't even leave a wound for a day if you've never lived in the Tropics before. You don't get man points for having a limb chopped off (although some may disagree).
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JimmyRopes wrote:
let go for too long
Yep. It's hard getting used to the idea that you can't even leave a wound for a day if you've never lived in the Tropics before. You don't get man points for having a limb chopped off (although some may disagree).
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Lee Humphries wrote:
You don't get man points for having a limb chopped off
Not to my way of thinking. Good luck fighting the malaria. I haven't had the pleasure, yet, but I did have a touch of dengue fever once. That was a real joy also spread by mosquito. You are right not to take anti-malarial medication. That is why some strains of malaria are now immune to chloral quinine.
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Almost managed to get through 5 years of living in the Solomons without catching Malaria. But I've been experiencing weird flu-like symptoms, so I went down to the Clinic, had the test, and I've got P. Falciparum 2/200. My wife and I have been having this running joke - The Solomons won't let you leave without a 'scar'. I almost lost my right index finger to a tropical sore last week, but managed to stop the infection with some anitbiotics. So it hit back with PF. Anyway I'll take the Coartem and it will be gone in 3 days. Why so many people die from Malaria is completely beyond me, there's just no excuse. PS. If you're travelling anywhere tropical these holidays where Malaria is a threat DO NOT take anti-malarials. Just try to not get bitten by the mossies (why mosquitoes suck today) and buy some Coartem or Artensunate from a local chemist when you leave, just in case.
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Bummer :( Good luck & be careful.
Lee Humphries wrote:
Why so many people die from Malaria is completely beyond me, there's just no excuse.
Unbelievable really. It's friggin' US $0.80, after support from GFATM[^].
Lee Humphries wrote:
If you're travelling anywhere tropical these holidays where Malaria is a threat DO NOT take anti-malarials.
The recommendations regarding medication whether to take prophylactic or stand-by, and what drug - vary from region to region and have significantly changed over the years. So beyond the "avoid getting bitten", rely on a doctor specializing on travels for advise.
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Bummer :( Good luck & be careful.
Lee Humphries wrote:
Why so many people die from Malaria is completely beyond me, there's just no excuse.
Unbelievable really. It's friggin' US $0.80, after support from GFATM[^].
Lee Humphries wrote:
If you're travelling anywhere tropical these holidays where Malaria is a threat DO NOT take anti-malarials.
The recommendations regarding medication whether to take prophylactic or stand-by, and what drug - vary from region to region and have significantly changed over the years. So beyond the "avoid getting bitten", rely on a doctor specializing on travels for advise.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
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The recommendations regarding medication whether to take prophylactic or stand-by, and what drug - vary from region to region and have significantly changed over the years. So beyond the "avoid getting bitten", rely on a doctor specializing on travels for advise.
That's pretty much true. What I was really getting at is the paranoia many people have about Malaria. Catch it early and it's no worse than a mild case of the flu, and very easily treatable assuming the medicine is available.
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