Comments on: Malaria Christmas (or, As I Lay Dying)

By: ESO

ESO — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:05:01 +0000

Paroled–
Kenyans treat malaria like we treat a cold–any time they are sick they self-diagnose themselves as having malaria. One of my students told me she couldn’t eat bacon because pork gave her malaria! She was 13–of course, you get malaria from mosquitoes.

petra–even in countries that have a lot of malaria, there are certain elevations at which the mosquitos that carry it thrive. Maybe you were up high. Still, I strongly recommend prophylactic drugs and donating to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.

By: Paroled from the Primary Presidency

Paroled from the Primary Presidency — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:14:10 +0000

There was a recent article in National Geographic about malaria… I had no idea the infection rates in some parts of the world are 125% which means (if I understand correctly) many people get malaria more than once in a given year providing they survive it the first time! I am constantly amazed by what amazes me!

By: petra

petra — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:33:01 +0000

I can’t believe I’ve visited and travelled India four times in a row without even considering prophylactic drugs … I hope you get well soon, Tagore, and may the kickbacks stay away …

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By: DKL

DKL — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:33:54 +0000

Tagore, I only learned how bad Malaria is from reading Coope’rs biography of Jefferson Davis (Davis had it.) I’m sorry to hear that you have it.

By: BrianJ

BrianJ — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:28:17 +0000

MAC, How awful that you can actually make the comparison between dengue and malaria.

By: bbell

bbell — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:32:27 +0000

One of my comps in South Africa got TB. We all thought he would get really sick but a long course of drugs cleared it all up really quick.

By: MAC

MAC — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:30:37 +0000

Dengue isn’t fun, isn’t as bad as malaria, speaking from experience. Amoebic dysentery is one thing, but amoeba induced encephalitis keeps me awake at night.

One of our kids went to primary school in Africa while we were there and brought home countless bugs to which our family wasn’t yet immune. We were frequent fliers at the local clinic for months. Not to mention that French speaking-Africa has retained the French affinity for suppositories.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:40:57 +0000

I think you’re forever forbidden to donate blood after having Malaria.

Even if you take quinine as a preventative, you have to be off quinine for like 6 months before donating blood, even if you never got malaria.

Hey, there’s a thought for another thread: missionary diseases. Tape worms, anyone? Giardia. Paramecium. Amoeba.

Ah, the tropics!

By: Tagore

Tagore — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:26:49 +0000

ESO: I knew you’d probably be among the ranks of malaria veterans. You’re probably right about what the Ugandans already knew; I just hate being the one to provide supporting evidence.

BrianJ: I’ve never experienced dengue, but I’ve heard it’s brutal.

JA Benson: lol.