Author/Editor | Schlagenhauf, Patricia | |
Title | Stand-by emergency tratment of malaria by travellers - concept, strategies and perspectives | |
Translated title | Samozdravljenje malarije pri popotnikih - zasnova, strategija in prihodnost | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Med Razgl | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 39, št. Suppl 8 | |
Publication year | 2000 | |
Volume | str. 123-8 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | Stand-by emergency treatment (SBET) of malaria is an option for travellers to areas with a low-risk of malaria infection, when the stay in the area is longer than one week. The traveller should use SBET if the symptoms and signs of malaria occur and the medical attention is unavailable within 24 hours. The possible agents for SBET are: chloroquine, mefloquine, sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine, sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine/mefloquine, atovaquone/proguanil and artemether/lumefantrine. After the use of SBET, the traveller should seek medical attention to check the diagnosis and receive further advice and treatment. As a perspective, rapid malaria tests are available for the self-diagnosis of malaria. | |
Summary | Popotnikom, ki za več kot teden dni potujejo v področja z majhnim tveganjem za okužbo s povzročitelji malarije, priporočamo namesto stalne zaščite z zdravili (kemosupresije), da s seboj vzamejo rezervno zdravilo (stand-by emergency treatment). Če se pojavijo simptomi in znaki malarije in v 24 urah ni možno poiskati zdravnika, naj popotnik začne s samozdravljenjem. Kot možna zdravila pridejo v poštev klorokin, meflokin, kombinacija sulfadoksina in pirimetamina, kombinacija sulfadoksina, pirimetamina in meflokina, kombinacija atovakona in prog- vanila ter kombinacija artemetra in lumefantrina. Po samozdravljenju je treba zaradi diagnostike, svetovanja in nadaljevanja zdravljenja čim prej k zdravniku. V prihodnosti se bodo verjetno pri samoprepoznavanju malarije uporabljali tudi testi za hitro diagnostiko malarije. | |
Descriptors | MALARIA SELF ADMINISTRATION TRAVEL EMERGENCIES HEALTH EDUCATION ANTIMALARIALS DRUG RESISTANCE |