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Are Symptoms Of Flu And Diarrhea Signs Of Malaria?
Hi I returned from Ghana on 26 th march having taken malarone to prevent malaria. I had diarrhoea for a week after returning and was treated with cipro which resolved it. I now have flu like symptoms which started last Tuesday lasted two days and have now returned on Sunday till present. Do I have malaria
Fri, 9 Jan 2015
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Brief..This is less likely that it is malaria
Detailed answer...since signs and symptoms of malaria are swinging high grade fever, there is periodicity of fever, low haemoglobin , headache , malaise and some time haematuria.
Still if you want to clear the doubt you can get blood malarial parasite checked 3 times at least to confirm the result.
Hopefully my answer is helpfull,
Regards, Dr.Maheshwari
Brief..This is less likely that it is malaria
Detailed answer...since signs and symptoms of malaria are swinging high grade fever, there is periodicity of fever, low haemoglobin , headache , malaise and some time haematuria.
Still if you want to clear the doubt you can get blood malarial parasite checked 3 times at least to confirm the result.
Hopefully my answer is helpfull,
Regards, Dr.Maheshwari
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