After being bitten by a mosquito at the beginning of the summer, Valérie Trierweiler contracted a disease which can be serious. On her Instagram account, she calls for prevention.
In an Instagram post published on July 15, the famous French journalist and TV host revealed that she had suffered from a serious parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes following a trip to Benin in June 2023. The infection resembles gastroenteritis with high fever. She still provokes620,000 deaths per year worldwide. Parasites first affect the liver before spreading to red blood cells” remember Valerie Trierweiler in the caption of his post. It’s about malariaa disease potentially deadly if not taken care of. After the infective bite, malaria occurs within 8 to 30 days. It manifests itself by high fever, pain (abdominal, joint, muscle and headache) and digestive disorders.
“Obviously, you can’t see dark circles with sunglasses. But after a month full of severe malaria which overwhelmed me, I’m starting to get back in shape and smile“reassured the former companion of François Hollande before taking the opportunity to do prevention with his subscribers: “So a piece of advice, if you go to a country where malaria is present, Protect yourself! Preventive drugs, mosquito repellent and mosquito net, malaria can be very dangerous“. Malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of a female mosquito of the Anopheles genus, which is generally found in the Tropics, Africa, Central and South America or Asia. To make the diagnosis, the doctor observes fever attacks, their intensity and frequency. A blood test finds a decrease in red blood cells, platelets, and a increase in the inflammation-specific protein, CRP. There is no vaccine to protect against malaria but three drugs can optionally be prescribed before a trip to a risk area: the Lariam© (mefloquine), Malarone© (atovaquone) and doxycycline©.