Malaria Treatment, Dealing with a Killer Disease

Malaria Treatment

Your best course of action is Prevention.
Reapply mosquito repellent at dusk, keep you skin covered, sleep under mosquito nets, take an anti malarial and USE mosquito repellent.

If there is significant rainfall in an area of Kenya there is the risk of Malaria.

Who's at Risk?

Those most at risk are

• children under age 5
• individuals with HIV/AIDS and
• pregnant mothers

Malaria is the number one killer of children under five in Kenya.

The Bad news

"The disease is caused by the parasite falciparum. This is the deadliest form of malaria and left untreated it can cause death in only a few hours. The parasite is known for developing resistance to single drug therapy in a short period of time. Traditional treatments are only partly effective in treating falciparum malaria due to the resistance.

Most Kenyans continue to use the older cheaper drugs that may yield only a 50-60% chance of cure or leave the patient with a smoldering form that reeks havoc on the body over time.

Left untreated Faciparum malaria can effect all major organs leading to lung, liver and kidney failure with coma and death.

The Good News

Falciparum Malaria responds best to a new treatment derived from the Chinese herb Artemisinum. The drug is sold in two forms with
Coartem being the drug of choice in Kenya.
Coartem has a 98 % cure rate when started in time."

Quoted text from newsletter sent out by KenyaRelief.org

Hope this will help you in planning a safe and wonderful trip.

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