Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite called plasmodium. It is transmitted through the bite of an infected female mosquito and can lead to severe symptoms like fever, headache, vomiting, jaundice, and coma. The article discusses the symptoms of malaria and how it can be prevented. It also looks at the efficiency of anti-malarial drugs.
What Is Malaria?
Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite called plasmodium. It is transmitted through the bite of an infected female mosquito and can lead to severe symptoms like fever, headache, vomiting, jaundice, and coma.
Anemia
One of the most common symptoms of malaria is anemia. The malaria parasite destroys red blood cells, which reduces the amount of hemoglobin in the blood. This can lead to weakness and shortness of breath. High fever, headache, and other flu-like symptoms are also possible. Malaria parasites are carried by mosquitoes and transmitted through bites from infected insects.
Chills
Chills are one of the most common symptoms of malaria. Chills often occur at night, soon after coming indoors from a cold or wet environment. Other symptoms include fever, headache, shivering, and sweating with no apparent cause. These symptoms usually point to the presence of malaria. The disease is usually diagnosed using a blood test and confirmed using a microscope or by examining Giemsa-stained blood film.
Fever
Malaria is a mosquito-borne illness that can cause fever, shaking chills, and flu-like symptoms. The most common symptom is fever. It’s also possible to mistake malaria for the flu or other illnesses because a person may not have any symptoms at all. The only way to diagnose malaria is through blood tests.
Headache
One of the most common symptoms of malaria is a headache. It can be caused by the fever, rapid heartbeat, and excess fluid in the brain. The headache usually starts suddenly and gets worse over time. Other symptoms may include fatigue, chills, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain and seizures.
Joint pain
Joint pain is one of the symptoms of malaria. Joint pain typically occurs in the finger, wrist, ankle, or knee. It can also involve the jaw joints. The joint may look swollen or red, and it’s painful to move the joint. In some cases, the joint may feel warm to the touch.
Other symptoms of malaria
Blood in your stool. This symptom is more common with Plasmodium vivax malaria than with other types of malaria. It occurs during or shortly after an attack of fever, and it’s usually only a few drops of blood every day or two. Some people won’t have this symptom at all, while others will have slightly bloody stools daily for weeks or months. The blood is often described as looking like coffee grounds. It’s more common in children than adults. Blood in your urine. This symptom is usually only seen with Plasmodium vivax malaria and can be a sign that the infection is spreading to your kidneys. It’s uncommon with other types of malaria, but it may occur after a mosquito bite if you have lupus nephritis. Additional symptoms of kidney failure include weakness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and low blood pressure.
Malaise
Malaise is one of the most common symptoms of malaria. It is a feeling of lassitude that may accompany a fever. Malaise can be confused with feelings of fatigue, lethargy, and listlessness that can occur with any type of infection due to the body’s response to illnesses. The disease often has other flu-like symptoms such as headaches, coughs, nausea, and stomach pain.
Muscle pain
Malaria is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes. The symptoms usually start to show after 24 hours, but it can take two months for them to disappear. The main symptoms are fever and chills. Other symptoms include muscle pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Nausea
Nausea is one of the symptoms of malaria. It’s not always a symptom, but it can happen. Other symptoms include fever and chills. If you start to experience these symptoms, it is important to seek medical help as soon as possible.
Paralysis
One symptom of malaria is paralysis. The parasite first infects the liver, before moving to red blood cells. These cells are then attacked, and release substances that cause the blood vessels to constrict. This leads to a slowing down of blood flow, which in turn can lead to what doctors call hypovolemic shock.
Seizures
Malaria is a disease that is spread by mosquitoes and usually occurs in the summer. Symptoms of malaria include high fever, sweating, headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain or seizures. Seizures are common with malaria because there is often impaired brain function.
