Suggest Treatment For Constant Fever

Posted on Sat, 22 Apr 2017

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Question : Hi my wife's mother is suffering from high fever since three days. doctors are suspecting it might be Malaria. My daughter is at an age of 18th month now..Could you please let me know what precautions we need to take so that the Malaria will not be transmitted to my daughter or any one else in the family

Answered by Dr. Dr.Arnab (-3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
malaria is not a contagious disease...

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX Welcome to HealthcareMagic,
I've gone through your query and understand your concern,

Well first of all, please note that malaria is not a contagious disease, it doesn't spread from person to person like a cold or flu, so don't worry...

It's mainly transmitted due to biting by an infective female anopheles mosquito and sometimes through blood transfusion, organ transplant, or by shared use of needles or syringes contaminated with the blood of an infected person...Transmission can only happen from the mother to the (her) 'unborn baby' prior or during delivery (it's termed as congenital malaria).

So as you see, there's no risk of transmission of malaria to your 18month old daughter or to any family members in this scenario...

However, it's advisable that all of you should be practicing good hand hygiene generally (thorough washing with anti-bacterial hand washes prior and after using the washrooms), always use mosquito repellents and mosquito nets while sleeping and to make sure no water gets stagnant anywhere as a part of preventive measures from any mosquito born infections...

Hope this answers your query...

Take Care
Kind Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee