AFTER YOUR TRAVELS

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  • When you have returned from your travels, please do not get complacent about following your travel health advice; this is because the malaria parasite can remain in your body and continue to reproduce rapidly and potentially leave you exposed to malaria, so:
  • It is essential to complete your course of antimalarials to get full protection. Keep taking them when you get home as prescribed.
  • Initial symptoms of malaria can often be mild, difficult to recognise and can be confused with flu. If you develop flu like symptoms once you return home, (particularly in the first three months, but up to a year later), seek medical advice immediately and tell them that you've recently returned from a malaria-risk zone. This will enable a speedy diagnosis and could potentially save your life.

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