What happens to your blood cell count if you have malaria?!
Question: What happens to your blood cell count if you have malaria?
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As far as I know, malaria's onset is a lot quicker than several months. I think that if it's been more than a few weeks between when you returned and when you started witnessing the symptoms, you probably didn't get it down there. I'm not saying you don't have it! They can't tell from a blood smear? I know that we looked at plasmodium in the lab, and you could see them in the actual blood cells. I'd say wait a few days to see if the antibiotics take care of it. If not, then go back to the doctor and mention the labwork. As far as I know, plasmodium destroys RBCs. Don't you get black urine from the heme in the destroyed RBCs? Been a while since I learned about malaria.