tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post3552761269708896865..comments2023-10-20T15:06:46.493+01:00Comments on A Changing Life: Malaria and pregnancyA.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-88613249139404874172007-11-18T21:09:00.000+00:002007-11-18T21:09:00.000+00:00Thank you all for the comments.Captain L, there ar...Thank you all for the comments.<BR/>Captain L, there are considerable efforts being made to distribute the nets. Of course, they do have to be used properly.<BR/>Tor, I don't know what anti-malaria pills you took. I've heard some can have horrible side-effects.<BR/>j, thanks for your detective work, and ZapPow too. I'm still wondering why it changed from pludism to malaria.<BR/>YTSL, we had toA.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-41846836318712824322007-11-17T20:16:00.000+00:002007-11-17T20:16:00.000+00:00oops ! I didn't see j had already found the answer...oops ! I didn't see j had already found the answer.ZapPowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055974915059655780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-75791259524119929192007-11-17T20:14:00.000+00:002007-11-17T20:14:00.000+00:00The word "paludisme" has the same root as "palud" ...The word "paludisme" has the same root as "palud" or "paludier". It comes from the latin "palus, paludis", meaning "swamp". A paludier works in marshes where he harvest salt. The palud is where he works, or is it a division of a salting marsh ?ZapPowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055974915059655780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-38454447404014618012007-11-17T11:29:00.000+00:002007-11-17T11:29:00.000+00:00Hi A. --Took Paludrine combined with Chloroquine w...Hi A. --<BR/><BR/>Took Paludrine combined with Chloroquine when I was in Tanzania. Apparently, Paludrine no longer is enough in Tanzania. The trouble with Chloroquine was that it would give me technicolor dreams/nightmares. So could only take them once a week. Still, they were a heck of a lot better than Mefloquine -- which, if taken for longer than a year (and I was in Tanzania for two yearsYTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-18757996741992274882007-11-17T08:42:00.000+00:002007-11-17T08:42:00.000+00:00P.S. Palus is the latin for marsh.jP.S. Palus is the latin for marsh.<BR/>jAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-74683569259828949522007-11-17T08:40:00.000+00:002007-11-17T08:40:00.000+00:00Frivolous comment on a serious issue, but I find i...Frivolous comment on a serious issue, but I find it a bit quirky that the french call malaria paludisme, seeing as malaria comes from the romance languages 'bad air', which is what was thought to have caused it until a French army doctor Charles Laveran discovered parasites in the blood in 1800 and Sir Ronald Ross proved it was transmitted by mosquitos in 1898. Prior to being called malaria it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-34006440249862593992007-11-16T23:38:00.000+00:002007-11-16T23:38:00.000+00:00I do not know how to comment wisely.The only thing...I do not know how to comment wisely.<BR/>The only thing I know, is that anti-malaria pills makes me sick. For at leats 4 weeks. I'm still allive, so I'm sure the pills did their "job"TorAahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044855607413895442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-48669110156092854082007-11-16T20:54:00.000+00:002007-11-16T20:54:00.000+00:00Great work indeed. The mosquito nets are such simp...Great work indeed. The mosquito nets are such simple solutions that should be given out without any discussions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com