The evening before the test, 4 tablets are taken with 8 ounces of a clear liquid every 15 minutes for a total of 5 doses (20 tablets total). The next morning, about 3 to 5 hours before the test, another 3 doses of 4 tablets are taken at 15 minute intervals (12 tablets total).
Cerebral malaria: Related Medical Conditions. To research the causes of Cerebral malaria, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Cerebral malaria: 1  Malaria. 2  Ague. 3  Mosquito. 4  Plasmodium vivax. 5  P vivax. 6  Plasmodium ovale. 7  P ovale. 8  Plasmodium malariae.
Malaria is spread by protozoan parasites that are transmitted from person to person by female mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus. Symptoms of the disease include high fever, shaking chills, joint pain, headaches, muscle aches, fatigue, vomiting, anemia, hemoglobinuria, retinal damage, and convulsions. Malaria also has been found to cause cognitive impairments and neurologic damage, especially in children.