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.
Cerebral malaria refers to a medical condition in which a parasite-filled blood cells block small blood vessels to your brain (cerebral malaria) and in some cases may cause brain damage. It is caused by the parasite P. falciparum. It is one of the five species of the Plasmodium (P.) parasite that causes malaria.