Eastenders Star Larry Lamb Almost Loses Hearing After Malaria Scare In Africa

‘Eastenders’ star Larry Lamb admits that he almost lost his hearing after contracting malaria during his recent trip to Africa. And now the soap opera star is warning other travelers to take the right kind of precautions before traveling to the continent.

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According to The Mirror, Larry explained, “Seven years ago I went on a trip with the charity Plan International in Senegal. At the time there wasn’t a big risk of malaria where we were going but it was decided everyone on the trip should take precautions. So I took a course of anti-malarial tablets. You are supposed to take them before you go, while you’re there, and then carry on when you are back.”

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He added, “We were staying at a hotel in the capital Dakar. They didn’t have a problem with mosquitos. It wasn’t a place where you needed mosquito nets or anything. About two or three days after I got back to the UK, I was suddenly hit by what appeared to be a terrible hangover, which wasn’t possible because I wasn’t drinking. Headaches, feeling really physically sick, having these terrible sweats at night – this hangover went on for the next two months. I have never been so ill but it took me a while to realize that my illness and the trip could be related.”

Larry added that his doctor asked him if he had any problems with hearing because he was talking loud. Fortunately, Larry says that his hearing is fine although he does occasionally have joint pain and flare-ups, but that they also eventually go away. He does say though that all the nerve endings that transmit the sound into his brain had been blown apart by malaria.

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