Mentors Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Over 40,000 people, including local residents and migrant workers across the country, have sought medical treatment for malaria infection in recent months, health records reveal. The Department of Disease Control's (DDC) chief, Dr Somchai Chakkrabhand said this year the number of Thai people infected with malaria in the first nine months was 20,506 - while the number of migrant workers was 20,803. Tak province is the most hit area with 4,471 cases; while Yala recorded 3,971; and Narathiwat 1,284 cases. Somchai said the number of migrant workers with malaria in three provinces is increasing - in Chantaburi, Tak and Kanchanaburi - and he expects the overall number of malaria cases to be even higher next year. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30087475 this is always what i afraid of when i stay in the South country side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Take your pills - the big white one and the little pink one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Take the pills and maybe kill your liver! The pills that they gave me to take, for sure killed your liver, so I never took the pills!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_schist Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I have Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria aka cerebral malaria at the moment as does a fair percentage of the workforce where I am in a very remote part of West Afrique. (last month was 300+ out of 500 people). Cerebral can knock you stone cold in a couple of days. I take my prophylactics daily, which managed to keep it at bay until I got my hands on some Coartem. better to risk your liver than your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I was in a high malaria area in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The Army made everyone take the tablets and had the medics check to see that they did. Made sense since for a couple of months the 500 or so of us accounted for over 50% of all the malaria cases in RVN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I hear some people have strange side effects to the meds. Like having very vivid dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 << Take your pills - the big white one and the little pink one.>> I use Doxycycline - I don't have malaria - does it work - no idea 1 a day - 1 or 2 weeks before and one month after visiting infected area. What do others use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_schist Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 i have been taking Doxycycline (100mg a day) and so far have only caught malaria once in 3 months. Some of the other guys have been not taking it and have caught it 3 times in 3 months. Larium is the med that makes you cranky and gives you nasty dreams. the company won't hand out malarone as it is expensive but it seems to work. They say doxy is about 95% effective but i am not convinced. I do know i did not get as sick as some others who wee not taking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 I have only ever used doxycycline hydrochloride 50mg. Never caught it but my mate uses something differnet as he spends a lot of time in PNG and Indo. He has caught it several times. One thing I always carry and we usually give to the clinics and camps is Avagard hand wash. Amazing preventive of the spread specially with children. Dabbed on the bite it kills the parasite, cleans the wound and stops the itching in one go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Interesting - you'd have to move fast - anyone using mozzie repellents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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