Malaria Flashcards
1
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What does does Primaquine do?
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2
Q
What are the three main causes of death for malaria?
A
Adherence or sequestration, hemolysis, and impairs erythropoietin
3
Q
In Metabolic Acidosis, what happens
A
Anaerobic hypoxia
-no drugs to fix this
4
Q
3 most common symptoms of malaria
A
Cerebral malaria, acidosis, severe anemia
5
Q
What does Choloruqin do?
A
Build up and kill the parasite
6
Q
Antemisin function
A
Kills the parasite along with quinine and chloroquine
7
Q
What are Artemisinin Combination Therapies?
A
- rapidly acting antimalarial
Artemisinin alone is not recommended
8
Q
What do ACT’s include?
A
A slower acting companion drug
9
Q
After a few cycles what happens to artemisinin resistance?
A
It ends up overcoming the drug resistance and it evens out on the graph
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