{"id":5373,"date":"2022-10-27T17:31:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:45:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:15:21","slug":"malaria-symptoms-diagnosis-and-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/malaria-symptoms-diagnosis-and-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaria – Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/span><\/h2>\n

Malaria is an infection caused by single-celled parasites that enter the blood through the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. The parasites in mosquitoes that cause malaria belong to the Plasmodium genus. Once an infected mosquito bites a human, the parasites multiply in the host’s liver before infecting and destroying red blood cells.<\/span><\/p>\n

If Malaria<\/a> isn’t diagnosed and treated promptly, it can be fatal. A single mosquito bite is all it takes for someone to become infected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us look at the signs and symptoms of Malaria in the next section.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are the signs and symptoms of Malaria?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The signs and symptoms of Malaria can develop as quickly as seven days after an infected mosquito bite you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Typically, the time between being infected and when symptoms start (incubation period) is 7 to 18 days, depending on the specific parasite you’re infected with. However, it can take up to a year for symptoms to develop in some cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

The initial symptoms of malaria are flu-like and include:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • High Fever<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chills<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Profuse Sweating<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Headaches<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Muscle Ache and Fatigue<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Nausea and Vomiting<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chest or Abdominal Pain<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    With some types of malaria, the symptoms occur in 48-hour cycles. During these cycles, you feel cold at first with shivering. You then develop a high temperature, accompanied by severe sweating and fatigue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    In some cases, malaria can progress and affect vital body organs. Symptoms of severe malaria include:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Severe anemia<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Blood in the urine<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Changes in blood clotting<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Impaired consciousness<\/span><\/li>\n
    • High acidity in the blood and body fluids<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Seizures<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Coma<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Severe malaria is a life threatening medical emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n

      What are the complications of Malaria?<\/span><\/h2>\n

      Malaria can be fatal and can result in serious complications such as<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Cerebral malaria:<\/b> Swelling of the brain or brain damage may occur if parasite filled blood cells block small blood vessels in the brain. <\/span>It can also cause fits (seizures) or coma.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Breathing problems:<\/b> Accumulated fluid in the lungs can make it difficult to breathe.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Organ failure:<\/b> Malaria can cause the kidneys or liver to fail, or rupture the spleen<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Anemia:<\/b> The malaria parasite’s destruction of red blood cells can cause severe anemia. Anemia is a condition where the red blood cells cannot carry enough oxygen to the body’s muscles and organs, leaving you feeling tired and weak.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Low blood sugar:<\/b> Severe forms of malaria itself can cause low blood sugar<\/span><\/p>\n

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        Overview Malaria is an infection caused by single-celled parasites that enter the blood through the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. The parasites in mosquitoes that cause malaria belong to the Plasmodium genus. Once an infected mosquito bites a human, the parasites multiply in the host’s liver before infecting and destroying red blood cells. If Malaria […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9407,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions\/9407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}