Training Manual for Preventive Malaria - Ministry of Health
Training Manual for Preventive Malaria - Ministry of Health
Training Manual for Preventive Malaria - Ministry of Health
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LEARNING GUIDE FOR TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA<br />
STEP/TASK<br />
6. Listen to the woman/family and respond to their concerns and<br />
questions.<br />
7. If she has had any <strong>of</strong> the complaints listed under Step 4 and 5<br />
above or has experienced fits, suspect complicated malaria<br />
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION<br />
8. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water and dry with a<br />
clean, dry cloth or air dry.<br />
9. Per<strong>for</strong>m a physical examination:<br />
• Does the woman look abnormally drowsy/sleepy?<br />
• Check the body temperature. Does she have a fever (above<br />
37.5 º C)?<br />
• Check blood pressure, pulse and respiration rate.<br />
• Check the eyes:<br />
– Pallor inside the eyelids<br />
– Yellowness <strong>of</strong> the eyes<br />
– Do the eyes appear sunken?<br />
• Check the mouth <strong>for</strong>:<br />
– Dryness<br />
– Pallor <strong>of</strong> tongue/mucous membranes<br />
– Bleeding from the gums<br />
• Check the legs <strong>for</strong> swelling (oedema)<br />
• Check the skin <strong>for</strong>:<br />
– Dryness<br />
– Looseness<br />
– Spontaneous bleeding<br />
10. If the woman is attending routine antenatal clinic, complete other<br />
ANC tasks.<br />
CASES<br />
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