En Novembre nous allons partir faire un safari photo d'une semaine au Kenya et en Tanzanie. Pouvez vous me dire si nous devons prendre un traitement anti paludeen. Si oui lequel devons nous prendre, sachant que je ne supporte pas le Lariam, savarine et malarone? De plus je trouve que ces traitements sont trés onéreux.
Il y a des toubibs formés dans les centres de Maladies Tropicales de chaque région pour répondre à ce genre de questions. On a cela dans notre petit hémisphère climatisé, utilisons le....
Merci pour votre amabilité.... L'utilité d'un forum est de pouvoir echanger des informations... Si c'est pour être si peu aimable n'allez pas sur un forum.
Effectivement le Lariam, Savarine et consors sont des fois peu ou pas indiqués chez qqun, pas compatibles avec pas mal d'anti dépresseurs... et je ne sais quoi d'autre.
Comment veux tu que l'on puisse te conseiller sur des questions MEDICALES, en fonction de tes tolérences, antécédents... C'est pour cela que je te conseille d'étudier la question avec quelqu'un de compétent...
Quand au tarif, c'est le prix d'un bon resto...
Merci pour l'info. Je posais ce genre de question car j'ai entendu parler de la nivaquine ou de la chloroquine...
De toute façon je souahitais savoir par le biais de ce forum si un traitement anti palu etait obligatoire pour le Kenya ou la Tanzanie.
Sinon je ne prends pas d'anti depresseur... et je prends rarement des medicaments et ce genre de medicaments sont souvent tres fort et je les supporte mal (fievre, fatigue et baisse de tension...)
En fait en conclusion je voulais juste savoir si Nivaquine ou Chloroquine pouvait suffire.
PS : je ne suis pas franchement adepte des remarques caustiques ou supposées spirituelles que j'ai pu recevoir jusqu'à maintenant
Merci de l'info mais la prochaine fois que je souhaiterais un renseignement je ne m'adresserais plus à un forum... vu la gentillesse de la reponse des gens etde leur amabilité....
Mais faut pas le prendre mal, y'a pas de mal de réponse comme cela si tu regardes un peu d'autres discussions...
Simplement y'a beaucoup de sujets abordés déjà et c'est bien de les regarder un peu aussi.
Mais bien sur tu es le bienvenu, reste sur ce forum, c'est cool.
M'en veux pas je rentre voila 15 j de vacances et le stress de la vie quotidienne me reprend déjà, la jalousie de voir les autres partir... pardon, mais reste sur ce forum, je veux pas être responsable avec oliverte de ton trop court séjour ici. 🙁
On dit que la nature en nous donnant 2 yeux, 2 oreilles mais qu'une seule bouche a voulu nous obliger à moins parler pour mieux voir et entendre.
Salut vero,
Perso je connais la nivaquine mais elle me rend malade ainsi que tous les autres cités, maintenant je ne prend + rien contre le palu mais faut faire gaffe: pas boire eau du robinet, pas de glaçons dans les boissons etc.....
et prendre des crêmes anti-moustiques efficasses et t'en enduire comme une tartine matin, midi et soir.
Chacun prend ses responsabilités.
A+
Merci de ta reponse. Mais en fait je ne sais même pas si le Kenya est une zone a fort risque. J'essaie d'aller sur le site du ministere des affaires etrangères mais je n'y trouve rien... Sais tu ou je pourrais avoir cette info. J'ai vu avec mon toubib, mais bon ils sont en cheville avec les labos et ils te poussent à prendre les dernières molecules et evidemment qui coutent trés chers et qui te donnent des effets secondaires trés desagréables...Sinon je vais chercher encore sur internet.
RE,
si tu pense faire un safari et que tu vas pour la première fois en Afrique prend au moins de la nivaquine cela sera suffissant si tu fais gaf en + tout ira bien. PAS DE PANIQUE.
Tu dois prendre la nivaquine avant de partir, pendant ton séjour et après ton séjour.
nous sommes aller au kenya 2 fois avec safri et extension a monbasa voyage super a chaque fois une merveille les reserves et tous ces animaux, nous avons pris la malarone mieux tolere d'apres le medecin et n'avons eu aucun probleme
je pense qu'il vaut mieux se protege car le palu existe reellement la bas question de prix oui c'est cher il faut compter 40 euros la boite
si vous voulais plus d'info faite moi signe
bonne vacance😉
pour le palu, que je ne te conseille pas de chopper (3 jours sous perfu avec 40, 7° au bénin), le lariam c'est pas terrible, tu fais des bons cauchemars et les sticmou de la bas, avec tous les touristes gavés d'antipaludéen de toutes sortes, commencent à développer des résistances à ces produits ce qui fait que les pops locales n'ont plus de traitements appropriés, là bas en plus ils ont presque tous le palu depuis tout petit.
Le kenia c'est dans la zone 3 ils apellent ca, c'est à dire que la résistance des sticmou est fortes, c'est une zone à risque. Le mieux c'est de pas se faire piquer, c'est la nuit que ca se passe, l'anophèle pique pas le jour, et il est si petit qu'on l'entend pas, enfin elle car c'est les filles qui piquent.
il existe des trucs qui sont pas reconnu en france, car contre la médecine qu'apprenent nos médecins, à base d'huile végétale ou autre, renseigne toi en pharmacie, mais tu rique de te faire rire au nez!!! pourtant ca a permis à des potes d'éviter les crises pendant 6 mois la bas, ca chasse les moustiques aussi.
malarone trop cher, mais efficace
et les produits que tu as cité marchent aussi, c'est ca qu'il y'avait dans ma perf, ca te mets ko par compte et te bouche les oreilles, accouphène et c'est pas bon en cachet, très amer.
bois du schweps indian tonic! parait que ca marche!!! 😉
bon voyage
miloud
et sorry j'avais pas vu ton temps de séjour!
1 semaine donc prend la malarone sans hésitez, demande au médecin quand même! c'est le seul médoc qui non seulement empêche le palu de proliférer dans le fois mais aussi est utilisé comme curatif, les autres c'est seuelemnt préventif.
voila une boite suffit pour une semaine.
ciao
sache que pour les traitements anti paludeens on est oblige de passer par un médecin pour les renseignements car le taux de risque varie selon les annees dans les services de maladie tropicale ils ont ca en temps et en heure chaque année une carte de risque est refaite avec des zones orange et d autres rouge en zone rouge la savarine et nivaquine ne serve pas a grand chose dans ce cas il vaut mieux prendre le lariam qui malheureusement dérange pas mal de personne, de plus pense a prendre un anti moustique pour zone tropicale et vaporise tes habits et ta peau avec!
Il me semble que pour cette année le traitement est fortement conseillé!!?!
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