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It's a nice piece of writing, Eddy. I want to hear more about your travel, so please keep writing. I still wonder a bit why the diagnosis came passably late. Your symptoms were very typical of conventional malaria. You were very good example for case-report lol (sorry, it's not very tactful of me). In Indonesia, Papua in particular, you would be sent directly for RDT - test for malaria. But even if the test isn't available, in here with your symptoms we are allowed to treat patients with quinine and antibiotics. The decision relies on clinical signs and symptoms. I'm pretty sure there was hardly any malaria in Mongolia, so it doesn't come as the first differential diagnosis. Anyway, your near-death experience must make you be more aware of being alive. Reading yours, I can empathise with patients' agony through attacks. We saw too many severe malaria patients that it just becomes mere job. Thank you for sharing.

Hotel in Jinghong
Thank you for this very interesting article. I expect to go to Jinghong next april for that festival, may be you know about a hotel i could go and if I can make a reservation from France. May be you know exactly the dates of next festival. thank you for answer Jean-Louis

pain
just got to read the second installment today. wow, i can almost feel the pain. great way of writing about the experience. hope you're all good in Moscow!

It is no wonder the mongolians had no Malaria drug in the state hospital as we have no Malaria here. I, myself contracted Malaria in India and know the trauma. glad that you are ok.

Travel Preparation
Hello Ed, Malaria is a common disease among tropical countries. Granting you have traveled (visited) different countries before the signs and symptoms of Malaria, it could be possibly prevented if there's a vaccination that ranges from TB, Flu, etc...including Malaria. The best next option is to carry with you medicines for common diseases based on the country you visit. It's a very challenging point when you travel and at the same time being sick with Malaria. In any case, you are still very lucky......looking forward to read more of your travel blogs. God bless!

http://www.roadtraveledless.com
Great writing man! These are the kind of travel experiences I enjoy reading about....unusual things in unusual parts of the world where not many people go.

You must be a bit of a nutter
Well done on an emotion filled blog that captures the essence of what you went through.

wtf?!?
jesus! dude, that's a hell of a story - a near LIFE experience i'd say. i just had an unexpected hernia operation myself in mongolia which went fantastically well - a mere trifle compared to the maddening events you survived. well done... may you never have to repeat such an experience ever again!

Wonder where you got it.
Hi Eddy, After reading your harrowing experience I looked up malaria on Wikipedia.. says it can take 1 or 2 weeks from time of the mosquito biting you. But this kind of mosquito that can carry it is usually from hotter sub-tropical climates. . I doubt it would be in Mongolia. . . so I wonder where the infected mosquito bit you. . I may have even happened in Beijing given the time range. We definitly had lots of mosquitoes in my apartment until I finally got around to fixing all the window screens. You are more likely to get it in South China. .but that was quite a while before you started showing symptoms. Anyhow I'm glad you had good health travel insurance coverage and are still alive! You know that area looks just like depictions of Native Americans in what is now Canada. . but 700 years or more in the past. . It's really like going back in time.. I wonder if you retired from your travels after the Malaria or plan to do more voyages. D

Hope you are fully recovered
That was one scary experience for you, we hope you are fully recovered now - are you back home? Have you been able to figure out where you caught the malaria or is that a mystery to you? It was a good job you weren't travelling alone and you had Lizz there to help you out with getting doctors etc. All the best to you and for the future...hope it hasn't put you off travelling for good. Take care!

correction
... i meant non-english speaking places ... i'm a sissy! hehe