MALARIA: WHY IT KEEPS COMING BACK Imagine treating malaria today and just the moment you think you’re finally free; boom! Fever, chills, and that annoying joint ache show up again like an ex who doesn’t want to move on😭 Why does malaria keep coming after treatment? Here are 3 major reasons why this happens. Come with me 👇 THERE ARE 3Rs OF MALARIA REOCCURRNCE 1• Re-infection; This occurs when you have another fresh mosquito bite after your last treatment. Imagine you’ve just recovered from malaria and are looking forward to getting back to your routine. Suddenly, another mosquito bite reintroduces the sporozoites from its gut into your system. The sporozoites pass through all the phases, from Schizonts to Merozoites and maybe to Gametocytes, if you don’t act fast. Once the Merozoites form in the red blood cells, you’ll start to observe symptoms. Also note that when the Sporozoites from mosquito’s saliva turns into Schizonts in the liver, they usually don’t show symptoms. So, at this point you’re already infected but no symptoms yet.