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38. My father had malaria

Reply to Claritie Pixie (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:09 PM

Mar 2020

He contracted it during WWII.

He drank quinine water often and he also used to take zinc with it as it helped make the quinine work better he used to say.

He also took vitamin C and vitamin E.

He also contracted dengue fever and beri-beri to go with the malaria which never goes away.

I often wonder how he lived to be as old as he did in hindsight which was 75 years with a load of suffering that went with it. My poor Dad. How I miss him so!

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Breakthrough: Chloroquine phosphate has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of COVID-19 [View all] Claritie Pixie Mar 2020 OP

Add some zinc CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #1

Add some gin Midnightwalk Mar 2020 #3

I'll have a gin and tonic and not a Corona virus wth a twist of Lyme disease...... nt mitch96 Mar 2020 #34

Not the same drug, same class. Agree with adding Zinc. Claritie Pixie Mar 2020 #7

My father had malaria CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #38

2nd time I've seen this floater. I hope so OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #17

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WHO is skeptical: dalton99a Mar 2020 #4

Okay, I'll bite. Who is skeptical? jberryhill Mar 2020 #6

1st base JDC Mar 2020 #8

Sometimes his wife is skeptical jberryhill Mar 2020 #11

Why? dalton99a Mar 2020 #10

Because one of the authors was Xu jberryhill Mar 2020 #13

I didn't write it. Who did. n/t Yavin4 Mar 2020 #24

This will clear it up. President Ronald Reagan: AZ8theist Mar 2020 #30

Classic, LOL... Rollo Mar 2020 #32

First time I've seen Laughing Elsie's mask! LOL. You crack me up! PSPS Mar 2020 #25

Not quite. The Who ARE skeptical. calimary Mar 2020 #31

I get on my knees and pray, we won't be fooled again! Bongo Prophet Mar 2020 #36

As they should be. Methodology is missing. Claritie Pixie Mar 2020 #9

Don't knock The Who, they were a very influenza-- I mean...*influential* band. VOX Mar 2020 #33

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Ok, that got a chuckle... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #22

I take that Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #12

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Let me ask my apothecary, I'll get back to you ... (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #19

We could put the chair between the sheets. denem Mar 2020 #21

bwahahaha Captain Zero Mar 2020 #23

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Given that Chinese "medicine" Dopers_Greed Mar 2020 #27

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Chloroquine phosphate - is it easy to get? Can my doctor prescribe it? BComplex Mar 2020 #40