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Traveling to Africa, beware of Malaria? Take Vibramycin (Doxycycline) to prevent spread of Malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a very serious disease that can sometimes result in death. Although absent in United States, infections are carried by travelers visiting Malaria-endemic regions esp. sub-Saharan Africa resulting in almost 1500 malarial deaths every year. Nearly 35 countries (30 in Africa and 5 in Asia) report 98% of worldwide Malarial deaths. In fact in Africa, Malaria ranks second only to HIV/AIDS as cause of death by infectious diseases.
Malaria spread
Four types of parasites known as Plasmodium cause malaria. Each Plasmodium has its own intensity and severity. These parasites first grow and populate human livers and then reach the blood stream. Once in the blood stream, they start affecting red blood cells and start reproducing. The next generation affects other red blood cells.
When any female Anopheles mosquito (parasites are only transferred via this particular group of mosquito species) drinks an infected person's blood, the parasite is transferred to the mosquito, where it reproduces. These parasites then reach the mosquito's saliva and when it bites a healthy person, the parasite is transferred into the new blood stream to start the infection cycle again.
Malaria can also be spread through blood transfusion, organ transplant procedures, sharing syringes/other penetrative articles, or from mother to unborn child.
Chlamydia Symptoms, Treatment and Advice
Chlamydia is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD). In the United States, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2006, over one million chlamydial infections were reported to CDC from fifty states and the District of Columbia. In the United Kingdom, it is reported that one person in ten between the ages of fifteen and twenty five who are sexually active are infected with Chlamydia.
Chlamydia symptoms typically become evident within three weeks of sexual contact with an infected person. Chlamydia is frequently termed as the "Silent STD" because in a large percentage of chlamydial infections, people show absolutely no symptoms at all. It is estimated that approximately 75 % of women and 50 % of men show no signs of the disease when infected.
When symptoms do occur in women, they frequently include vaginal discharge, pain or a burning sensation during urination, abdominal pain, pain during sexual intercourse, fever, nausea, and vaginal bleeding between periods.
In men, common symptoms include burning or painful urination, white cloudy discharge from the penis, burning or itching around the opening or the tip of the penis, as well as pain or swelling of the testicles.
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