Connective Tissue Disease: Malaria by Alex Masley https://padlet.com/Alexmasley/8h87fhhjfnxu en-us 2014-11-20 17:40:26 UTC 2024-08-12 09:57:27 UTC hello@padlet.com What is it? Alexmasley https://padlet.com/Alexmasley/8h87fhhjfnxu/wish/41931462 A protozoan parasite that takes over the red blood cells,

causing severe fevers.

]]> 2014-11-20 17:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Alexmasley/8h87fhhjfnxu/wish/41931462 What do the cells look like? Alexmasley https://padlet.com/Alexmasley/8h87fhhjfnxu/wish/41932024 2014-11-20 17:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Alexmasley/8h87fhhjfnxu/wish/41932024 What does it look like, on a larger scale? Alexmasley https://padlet.com/Alexmasley/8h87fhhjfnxu/wish/41932052 2014-11-20 17:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Alexmasley/8h87fhhjfnxu/wish/41932052 Treatment Alexmasley https://padlet.com/Alexmasley/8h87fhhjfnxu/wish/41932115 Treatment depends on the species of the 

parasite, the area where the person has been infected,

the clinical status of the patient, having other

illness', pregnant, or drug allergies.

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The treatment depends of the severity of symptoms,

some medications are chloroquine, doxycycline,

quinine, mefloquin, atovaquone/proguanil, and

artemether/lumefantrine.

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