Question

K.A. is a 22-year-old nursing student who is in a small village south of Kenya, Africa, on a medical mission trip with her nursing college. K.A has been taking prophylactic antibiotics to prevent malarial infection, which is common in the area. It is the sixth day of the trip, and upon awakening, K.A. has a fever of 103° F is complaining of chills and joint pain, and just wants to sleep." One of the mission physicians thinks that Κ.Α. is in the prodromal stage of malaria and suggests that KA begin treatment with ibuprofen and cbloroquine (Aralen). 1. What should K.A. expect in regard to length of treatment with chloroquine? Answer and Rational: 2. What adverse effects of chloroquine may K.A. experience? Answer and Rational:

Answer 1

Answer: Chloroquine is given to the patient suffering from malaria. The dose of the drug is taken 1000 milligram for once a day for two days and then 500 milligram should be taken once a day for atleast 2 to 3 weeks. This is because the complete cure and treatment of malaria has to be performed as to kill and stop the growth of the parasites completely.

The side effects of the Chloroquine are:

• Dizziness
• Blurred vision
• Changes of hair colour
• Vomiting
• Nausea