The Smiling Plasmodium || Blood capsule, Vitamin C and ACT

Let me guide you through a fun fact about these drug combinations.... You may learn something new so read down carefully

Looking closely above, you will believe with me that those (ACT, Vitamin C and Blood Capsules/ Tonics) in combination with antibiotics and analgesics are drugs used in treating Malaria caused by the Plasmodium falciparum organism using female Anopheles Mosquito as vector.

Now tell me why exactly will the Plasmodium falciparum actually meant to be killed by these drugs be smiling when you take them?

Continue down to know why😍

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Once the infectivity dosage of P.falciparum is reached, it triggers the series of symptoms and signs that we know comes with malaria (fever, lethargy, nausea and vomiting e.t.c)

While treating Malaria, most of us are also given Blood tonics/ Blood Capsules and Vitamin C together with the Anti malarial drugs and some of the pharmacists or chemists as the case maybe fail to let us know taking all of them together is actually counterproductive and we end up taking the three drugs together..... The Plasmodium falciparum must really be glad whenever you do this

Let's take them one after the other:

• The Plasmodium falciparum

This is a parasite that really loves iron. The young ones in the presence of iron develops into adult faster than normal to show you the extent of love they have for the nutrient

They go as far as lysing the red blood cells to get these irons .
For this very reason is why patients suffering from long standing malaria disease without treatment may become anaemic with time.

• Antimalarials

ACT means Artemisinin-based combination therapies, which included the Artemether and Amodiaquine family and others contained in the various Antimalarial drugs we buy.

These drugs works by releasing superoxide agents that helps to kill these plasmodium falciparum parasites in our blood and reduce their number hence reducing their effects on us and subsequently reducing the symptoms they cause which invariably means us recovering from the malaria we are suffering.

• The Vitamin C

Vitamin C is an essential vitamin that helps the absorption of iron in the body ( this means that when Vitamin C is available, the iron in the body will be rapidly absorbed.... Let's say it kinda acts as a catalyst)

These Vitamins are also antioxidants and recall that antimalarial drugs act by releasing superoxides to kill these plasmodium falciparum parasites and when we take them together with these vitamin Cs, they end up making the net equation zero.

Superoxide + Antioxidants = 0

You See How Counterproductive Your Treatment Is?

• The Blood Tonics/ Blood Capsules:

Just like the name implies, they are haematinics.

They help boost our blood especially when we fear we are getting anemic.

This is a very good drug for someone not suffering from malaria but it is a very bad combination for treating Malaria.

Remember the Plasmodium falciparum goes as far as lysing the blood to get the iron it needs?

When we take blood tonics, we are invariably feeding the plasmodium parasite.

We take the blood tonics/ capsules, they help boost the blood we have and then the parasite gets more blood to Lyse and see more iron hence increasing in number.

Stop Feeding Plasmodium Please!

ADVICE

Antimalarial drugs are always a 3day treatment therapy,

When you are done taking them with just the Analgesic and antibiotic of your choice, kindly take a break for atleast two to three days before starting the Vitamin C and Blood Capsules/ Tonics.

By doing this, they get to give you a 100% on what you took them for.

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I hope you learnt something new or rather I refreshed your memory?

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