Ja es nervt.
In case this topic needs any reinforcing, I should point out that I lived in West Africa for 15 years, malaria was like the common cold - I would get it 3x or so a year. As soon as I felt the onset of symptoms then I would take artmether based drugs and feel awful for three days. It would take two weeks for blood sugar levels and energy to recover though. Fast forward to Zambia where I have had it twice in almost 6 years. Each time it has made the Ghanaian malaria look like a walk in the park. In July I had it come on while on the way into town (Lusaka). I recognise the symptoms and carry drugs in my bag whenever I travel, so I took them immediately (the time and lack of confidence in tests is not worth it to me). People react with different initial symptoms (and the symptoms are not always the same each time), so there is a very high chance of not actually realising it is malaria unless you are very familiar with it. These symptoms can feel like flu or be like a stomach upset, aching joints, severe headaches, so in short can be like the stuff we all get while travelling. The malaria test is not always conclusive. The parasite goes through a cycle over time in the body, and if you are tested at the wrong time then a negative result can be thrown up despite the fact you are positive. All this takes time.... meanwhile your red blood cells are being destroyed as the parasites multiply inside them.
Luckily we were staying with friends (at the wonderful Pioneer Camp), because I was literally in bed for 5 days. On day three once I started feeling a bit better then Julia came down with it. We ended up spending over a week in Pioneer Camp and coming back to the lodge shattered. My friend Paul that owns Pioneer is not as familiar with symptoms as I am and ended up flying home with it while going on holiday at the end of the season last year. Attempting to fight the symptoms, not being 100% sure of what it was. He ended up almost dying in a UK hospital. I know many people with similar stories. Not knowing what it is, or waiting for 3 days while a 'first world' based doctor tries to figure out what is wrong with you and wait for test results can end up being the end of you.
June is a relatively cold month, but mosquitoes are still around. Mosquitoes can breed in the water trapped in a maize cob. so there are no shortages of places in both town and country to breed and bite. Zambia is a malarial zone and people get it all year round.
As has been said; see your doctor and unless there is a medical reason (allergy or whatever) not to take, then he or she would be an idiot if they recommend or endorse not taking prophylactics in a malaria zone.
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