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Symptoms of Malaria
Symptoms of Malaria and related queries
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cause of plencenta malaria?
Malarial infection in placenta is characterized by sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes and infiltration of immune cells.
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Is malaria a viral or a bacterial disease?
Malaria is neither a viral or a bacterial disease.
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How can malaria be considered a waterborne disease?
Malaria is the world's most important parasitic disease transmitted from one person to another through the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes, which breed in fresh or occasionally brackish water.
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Can malaria cause blindness?
Research is suggestive that neurologic defects may occasionally persist following cerebral malaria, especially in children. Such defects include trouble with movements (ataxia), palsies, speech difficulties, deafness, and blindness.
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What is a Malaria (Malarial Parasite) Test?
Malaria parasites can be identified by examining under the microscope a drop of the patient's blood, spread out as a blood smear on a microscope slide.
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What are the symptoms of malaria?
The primary symptoms of malaria include fever and flu like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness.
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How is malaria fever treated?
Malaria is treated with prescription drugs to kill the parasite.
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How is malaria treated and prevented?
Malaria is treated with prescription drugs to kill the parasite. It is prevented by applying mosquito-repellant creams and avoiding areas that are prone to malaria infection zones.
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Which part of the body does malaria affect?
Malaria can damage the kidneys or liver or cause the spleen to rupture. Any of these conditions can be life-threatening.
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What should I do if my child has malaria?
If your child has malaria you are advised to seek medical attention at the earliest.
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What does it feel like to be infected with malaria?
You may experience fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur.
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Which virus causes malaria?
Plasmodium falciparum is the type of malaria that most often causes severe and life-threatening malaria
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How does malaria cause jaundice?
Intravascular hemolysis and disseminated coagulation have been the well-known causes of jaundice in patients with malaria. However, malarial hepatitis is turning out to be one of the common reasons for jaundice in patients.
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What causes malaria and how is it contracted?
Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite. The parasite is spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
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Can malaria symptoms come back every year?
Malaria may recur. Some varieties of the malaria parasite, which typically cause milder forms of the disease, can persist for years and cause relapses.
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What should be the right way to treat malaria?
Antimalarial drugs include artemisinin drugs (artemether and artesunate). The best treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria, if available, is artemisinin combination therapy along with drinking plenty of fluids.
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How does malaria kill?
Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. If not promptly treated, the infection can become severe and may cause kidney failure, seizures, mental confusion, coma, and death.
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What are the similiar symptoms of malaria and dengue?
A few similar symptoms of malaria and dengue are pain behind the eyes, nausea and rashes.
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Is malaria possible in 1 day after a mosquito bite?
For most people, symptoms begin 10 days to after infection, although a person may feel ill as early as 7 to 9 days.
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Which one causes malaria, mosquito or virus?
Malaria is caused by parasites, not by a virus or by a type of bacterium.
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How does malaria spread?
Malaria is spread by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Malaria may also be spread by transfusion of blood from infected people or by the use of contaminated needles or syringes.
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Why does malaria cause body pain?
Among the several complications, the effects of malaria seem to target the skeletal muscle system, leading to symptoms, such as muscle aches, muscle contractures, muscle fatigue, muscle pain, and muscle weakness.
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Can malaria be cured without an injection?
Yes, however, one needs anti-malarial prescribed drugs so that one can prevent severe malaria.
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Why is malaria considered a communicable disease?
Because the malaria parasite is found in the red blood cells of an infected person, malaria can also be transmitted through blood transfusion, organ transplant, or the shared use of needles or syringes contaminated with blood.
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What is the difference between malaria and bacteria?
The difference between the two is that malaria is caused by a parasite and not a virus or bacteria. Bacteria are microorganisms that cause fever and diseases.
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Why can malaria cause splenomegaly?
It can cause splenomegaly because of immune system responses.
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PERIPHERAL SMEAR FOR MALARIAL PARASITE (MP)
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