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by JoeAltmaier 4000 days ago
Confused: you can't 'have had' malaria, its a lifetime affliction isn't it?
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Mikeb85 4000 days ago
It can recur, and you can get it multiple times, but no, not a lifetime affliction.
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noselasd 4000 days ago
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/faqs.html#treatment
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peterfirefly 4000 days ago
Yes, but it only breaks out occasionally.

If you get it as a child, you will most likely end up with a lower IQ, though, which certainly is a lifetime affliction.

How much malaria costs when it is dormant is something I don't know. My intuition is that there is a cost (for example in a heightened inflammation response which is hard on the body) but I simply don't know.

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zo1 4000 days ago
You can get re-infected. As far as I know, it doesn't stay dormant in your body (like say Herpes). But I'm not a doctor, just had it a few mild times as a kid.
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JupiterMoon 4000 days ago
> it doesn't stay dormant in your body

Yes it does.

> just had it a few mild times as a kid.

Nope you have it. When you are in poor general health it will probably resurface. Good luck.

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