I contracted Malaria twice while driving around Africa for three years. The first time in Mali was like the worst cold/flu I've ever had. The "cure" medicine (

I contracted Malaria twice while driving around Africa for three years. The first time in Mali was like the worst cold/flu I've ever had. The "cure" medicine (Coartem [1]) helped a lot. I was alright. The second time I was in remote Angola and it was B.A.D. I was only 35 and very fit and strong. For five days I did not walk, talk, eat, sleep or function in any way. My friends were injecting me with the stronger version of Coartem twice a day, and I thought my head was going to split open from the severe headache. I did not think I was actually going to die, but mighty close. I lost 20lbs in those 5 days. After that I was severely paranoid about covering up and using bug spray in the evenings, and I'm extremely happy I didn't get it again all through Southern and Eastern Africa for the 18 months after that. I've been reading up on the drugs that are supposed to permanently remove it from your system, but they seem to function best on the Asian strain of Malaria. Maybe I'll take it anyway to prevent a relapse. TLDR: I don't recommend getting Malaria. [1] https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2009/022268lbl.pdf https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2009/02...