Malaria and enzyme drugs

Ricardo Emilio YaradApril 13, 2015

Malaria is a serious tropical disease spread by infected mosquitoes.

It’s an infection caused by single-celled parasites that enter the blood through the bite of anAnopheles mosquito. These parasites are called plasmodia.

If malaria is not diagnosed and treated promptly, it can be fatal.

Malaria is transmitted among humans by female mosquitoes of the genusAnopheles. Female mosquitoes take blood to carry out egg production.

Life Cycle in human body: https://youtu.be/zqJIrhLCFgQ

Symptoms of Malaria and solutions

A high temperature (fever), Sweats and chills, Headaches, Vomiting, Muscle pains, Diarrhoea

By using DDT we can help the disease to decrease but it has many health problems.

 DDT may have a variety of human health effects, including reduced fertility, genital birth defects, breast cancer, diabetes and damage to developing brains. Its metabolite, DDE, can block male hormones.

New type of drugs

Malaria is treated with antimalarial drugs and measures to control symptoms, including medications to control fever, antiseizure medications when needed, fluids and electrolytes. The type of medications that are used to treat malaria depends on the severity of the disease and the likelihood of chloroquine resistance. 

Dugs such as: Chloroquine Quinine, Hydroxychloroquine, Clindamycin, Artemether and lumefantrine, Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), Atovaquone, Proguanil, Mefloquine, Doxycycline. 

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