The World Health Organization treatment guidelines group endorses the use of ibuprofen and paracetamol to treat fevers. Reports suggest that antipyretics may lengthen malaria parasitic infection. However, researchers generally regard paracetamol as safe and well tolerated when used as directed. This article discusses paracetamol’s role in treating malaria, the risks of using it as the only treatment…

Typhoid fever (or typhus) is a serious acute infectious disease, still widespread in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America Typhoid is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi and occurs after an incubation period of one to three weeks, depending on the amount of bacteria ingested. Typhoid fever, how is typhoid transmitted? Typhoid can…