Malaria Relapses for Biology Lesson?!
Question: Malaria Relapses for Biology Lesson!?
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what causes the relapses of malaria in infected people!. We were doing it in bio yesterday and I asked why after so many months and after some treatment the parasites can lie dormant in the liver and then cause symptoms of malaria once more!. It always says it CAn cause a relapse but never says WHY!.!.!. My teacher didn't know and I offered to look it up, I haven't found it yet and I wanted to see if anyone knew lol!.!.!.
So if you could help it would be great!Www@Answer-Health@Com
So if you could help it would be great!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Malaria is caused by a parasite that breeds in the red bloos cells!. However, these parasites can lie dormant in the body for years!.
I had a patient with malaria, he relapsed six months later, because the parasites never leave the body!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Image:Malar!.!.!.
this shows the life cycle of the parasites!.
Because the parasites are unicellular (similiar to bacteria) they produce asexually, and therefore, they simply reproduce via mitosis!.
So, a malaria relapse can happen at any time!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I had a patient with malaria, he relapsed six months later, because the parasites never leave the body!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Image:Malar!.!.!.
this shows the life cycle of the parasites!.
Because the parasites are unicellular (similiar to bacteria) they produce asexually, and therefore, they simply reproduce via mitosis!.
So, a malaria relapse can happen at any time!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i dont know specifically about malaria but there a lot of things like herpes which gives cold sores that lie dormant then when ur run down or catch a virus they flare up again, so it could be like this!.Www@Answer-Health@Com