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How long malaria will last in your system will depend entirely on the type of malaria you are suffering from. If, after taking medication for 15 days, your blood test still shows presence of malaria, you need to immediately consult your physician, who will be able to provide you with a clearer picture, as well as the required treatment.
Malaria is a fever that is caused when our blood gets infected with parasites that are carried around by mosquitoes. Usually the symptoms of malaria appear only after eight to tens days of being bitten by the mosquito. Depending on the type and extend of malaria, a bout of malaria can last from one week to as long as one year. Malaria is a disease that has to be treated under proper medical supervision.
Apart from taking medical treatment, here are a few things that you can do at home that will provide you with some relief as well as help you recover from malaria faster. Make sure your diet consists mainly of grapefruit, orange juice and other fresh fruits, and raw vegetables. If you want to have boiled vegetables, do not add any spices to it. Fever dehydrates the body to a very large extend. To counter this deficiency, drink lots of fluid, such as fresh fruit juices and water. Do not drink aerated drinks, tea, or coffee. You can, however, have milk.
A combination of lime and lemon juice will also work wonders in controlling the fever. Add one tablespoon of lime juice to 50 ml of water and include the juice of one lemon to this mixture. Take this mixture whenever you feel the onset of fever.
Add a teaspoon of cinnamon powder to one glass of hot water. Add a pinch of pepper powder and one teaspoon of honey to this mixture. Take this concoction every morning, for the duration of the illness. Another thing that you can do is apply a cold pack to the whole body during a fever attack. This will help to reduce the temperature naturally whenever the fever strikes. The cold pack should be made up of a large piece of linen material soaked in cold water. This material should then be wrapped around the whole body, covered then by a warm blanket. Keep this cold wrap on for at least half an hour. All this, along with the medication prescribed by your physician, will surely help you to get rid of malaria faster.
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