How Iron And Vitamin C Supplements Negatively Impact Malaria Treatment
Some years ago, it was a standard practice to give an Antimalarial with iron supplements. The rational for adding an iron supplement was that malarial parasites destroys red blood cells. Iron supplements help build back red blood cells. However, some of the iron supplements contain vitamin C. Recent research is changing all that practice. Sporozoites, one of the form of malaria parasites that lives in the liver require iron to survive and multiply. To get some amount of iron, they invade red blood cells, multiply inside and destroy it releasing the iron in red blood cells for themselves. This is because red blood cells contain haem which is rich in iron. But giving iron supplements is like supplying the parasites with what they need without working for it. Most drugs get metabolise in the liver as the liver contains many enzymes for that. Same too with iron supplement. The iron supplements goes straight to the liver where the parasites utilize it for themselves. Read Also: H...
