Prevention and Treatment of malaria virus you should know

Prevention of Malaria

Avoiding yourself from being bitten by mosquitoes is the best way to avoid getting infected with malaria. Some other ways that can be done are:

1. Use an insecticide treated bed to cover the bed.
2. Use clothes or blankets that can cover the skin of the body.
3. Clean the tub and sow abate powder to eradicate the mosquito larva.
4. Get rid of or close a pool of water that has the potential to become a nest of mosquito larvae.
5. Use an insecticide lotion. The most effective lotions are those containing DEET or diethyltoluamide.
6. Use a mosquito coil or spray regularly.
7. Perform regular fogging or fumigation in a residential environment.

If you plan to travel to an area where the malaria cases are high, you can be on the lookout for taking anti-malarials as a precautionary measure. People living in malaria-free areas, their immune systems against malaria parasites are not as good as people living in malaria endemic areas.

Treatment of malaria

A complete recovery can be done if malaria is treated and treated properly. This process is done immediately after the diagnosis of malaria is known. The antimalarial drugs administered depend on:

• The type of parasite that causes malaria
• The severity of symptoms experienced by the patient
• Where you have malaria
• Do you use antimalarial drugs
• Are you pregnant?

Some types of malaria are sometimes resistant to certain drugs. For example, chloroquine antimalarial drugs have proved ineffective in treating malaria cases in Indonesia because the parasite species in Indonesia have been resistant to this drug. For this problem, the combination of malaria drugs will be recommended by the doctor. If malaria is at a severe level, the drug will be administered by infusion and done in the hospital.
To treat malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the WHO established a therapeutic regimen called artemisin-based combination therapies (ACT), namely:

1. Combination of artemether and lumefantrine or
2. Combination of artesunate and amodiaquine or
3. Combination of artesunate and mefloquine or
4. Combination of dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine or
5. Combination of artesunate + sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine.

This treatment should be given for at least 3 days. As for malaria due to Plasmodium vivax, the recommended treatment is to use chloroquine groups in areas that are still not resistant klorokuin. However in areas that have been resistant to chloroquine, the recommended treatment is with ACT.

Antimalarial Drugs in Pregnant Women

The risk of severe cases of malaria will increase in patients who are pregnant. The baby and the mother can have serious complications. Some antimalarial drugs are not suitable for pregnant women because of the potential side effects for both the mother and the baby.

To know more about the types of drugs and their side effects, check with your obstetrician and your doctor who treats your malaria. They will explain which drugs can and can not be consumed during pregnancy.