{"id":4493,"date":"2020-02-20T10:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:45:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:15:10","slug":"malaria-symptoms-complications-and-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/malaria-symptoms-complications-and-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaria – Symptoms, Complications and Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes. The mosquito that spreads malaria is called Female Anopheles mosquito. This mosquito carries the parasites named Plasmodium that enters the human bloodstream through the mosquito bite. When the mosquito bites the infected person, it sucks the blood containing the parasite. When the same mosquito bites a healthy person, it releases Plasmodium into the blood of that person. Once the parasite enters the human bloodstream, it travels to the liver where it matures and multiplies in number. As the parasites mature and grow in number, they start entering the human bloodstream and infecting the red blood cells<\/a><\/span>. Eventually, they damage the red blood cells and cause symptoms of malaria to occur.<\/p>\n

The cause of malaria fever<\/a><\/span>, Female Anopheles mosquito, thrives under hot temperature and humid weather conditions. For this reason, malaria is a common disease in tropical and subtropical regions. In 2018, approximately 228 million cases of malaria were registered out of which 93% belonged to the African Region, 3.4% cases were from the South-East Asian Region and 2.1% were from East Mediterranean Region. The number of people who did not receive proper malaria treatment and died in 2018 is close to 405000 and 67% of these people where children. The reasons why these areas are most affected by this disease are the delayed diagnosis of malaria, lack of information regarding malaria symptoms and its treatment. Children and pregnant women are most vulnerable to malaria, as their immunity to fight the disease is weak.<\/p>\n

\"Malaria\"<\/p>\n

Female Anopheles is the transmitter of malaria. So, it is very rare that malaria fever gets transferred from one person to another. Though less often, the infection can be passed from a woman to her child during pregnancy or transmitted through blood transfusion, organ transplant or use of contaminated syringes.<\/p>\n

Malaria Fever can be life-threatening. After the mosquito bite, it takes 7 to 30 for the symptoms of malaria fever to surface. This period of 7 to 30 days is called the incubation period. Malaria has several symptoms. But these symptoms vary, depending on the type of malaria a person is affected by. There are two types of malaria. Let\u2019s talk about these two types of malaria and their symptoms.<\/p>\n

Uncomplicated<\/span> Malaria<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Symptoms of uncomplicated malaria are similar to that of common flu. Symptoms of uncomplicated malaria are:<\/p>\n