A patient who is a missionary has returned from Africa to the United States and has completed treatment for an acute attack of P. vivax malaria. The provider has determined that clinical cure has been achieved
The nurse will expect to teach this patient about:
a. beginning medications for a radical cure.
b. beginning suppressive therapy.
c. reporting visual disturbances and headaches.
d. using insect repellents and mosquito netting.
ANS: A
Once a clinical cure has been achieved with treatment of an acute attack, radical cure is begun if the patient is out of a malaria-endemic region and not likely to become reinfected. Because this patient has returned to the United States, radical cure therapy may begin. Suppressive therapy is used to prevent infection in individuals traveling to areas where malaria is endemic. Insect repellants and mosquito netting are nondrug measures to prevent infection and are not necessary for this patient.
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