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Could Cerebral Malaria cause 'brain seizures' 5 yrs later
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Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
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Could Cerebral Malaria cause 'brain seizures' 5 yrs later
by whisgar, Nov 21, 2006 12:00AM
I am a 56 yr female. A neurologist told me that I had had a brain seizure. He put me on Lamictal 100mg because of the following symptoms I had experienced over a 4 days period: hallucination, visual and audial, short term memory loss(complete sudden loss of memory intermittantly during conversations), inability to concentrate, total unconsiousness for a couple of hours, and no memory at all of one day. (I didn't see the doctor until at least a week after the seizure)
5 yrs ago I had Cerebral Malaria which I contracted in Luanda, Angola; it manifested itself while I was back in the U.S. I has a temperature of 105 degrees, chills and severe joint pain. I was given Maladrone but I do not remember the four days during which I was taking it. My husband said I was talking, but making no sense, waving my arms, crying that "I hurt" and having what he described as "spasms". (I was no longer in a hospital at this time.)
I have tried to cut down on the Lamictal but started again to have hallucinations, difficulty concentrating and memory disfunction. Even when taking this medication, I still have difficulty remembering things.
Could the malaria have caused these problems?
Thank you for your assistance.
5 yrs ago I had Cerebral Malaria which I contracted in Luanda, Angola; it manifested itself while I was back in the U.S. I has a temperature of 105 degrees, chills and severe joint pain. I was given Maladrone but I do not remember the four days during which I was taking it. My husband said I was talking, but making no sense, waving my arms, crying that "I hurt" and having what he described as "spasms". (I was no longer in a hospital at this time.)
I have tried to cut down on the Lamictal but started again to have hallucinations, difficulty concentrating and memory disfunction. Even when taking this medication, I still have difficulty remembering things.
Could the malaria have caused these problems?
Thank you for your assistance.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Nov 24, 2006 12:00AM
, Nov 24, 2006 12:00AM
yes, but your neurologist or an infectious disease doctor can give you a more definitive estimate of how likely it was malaria vs. something else.
Member Comments (3)
by caregiver222, Nov 25, 2006 12:00AM
Yes. Consider finding a physician who will treat you with artimesia, which is a plant being tested by the United Nations and the WHO as a treatment for malaria. It has been used in China for this purpose for thousasnds of years.
by caregiver222, Nov 25, 2006 12:00AM
In the United States Rutgars University has a grant to develop treatment protocols using artimesia. You might want to contact them.
by caregiver222, Dec 04, 2006 12:00AM
This is what I want you do do. Have your physician contact Dr. William Jacobs or Louis Nkrumha. Jacobs is professor of molecular genetics. microbiology and immunology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeschiva University. He is thre worlds expert on malaria, and I have interfaced with him recently on behalf of the United Nations effect to contain malaria in Africa. There is nothing on the planet that these guiys don't know about malaria, but they don't have time to give you a medical education, so have your M.D. contact them. Good luck.
