Malaria Warning Signs: What To Look Out For
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Overview
A mosquito-borne parasitic disease. This causes high fever, severe chills and sweating.
Symptoms
If you or someone you know is exhibiting symptoms of a Malaria, seek medical attention immediately
Common symptoms include:
- High fever
- Shaking chills that can range from moderate to severe
- Profuse sweating
- Headache
- Abdominal pain
- Muscle pain
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Anemia
- Deep breathing and respiratory distress
- Clinical jaundice and evidence of vital organ dysfunction
- Impaired consciousness
- Bloody stools
- Convulsions
- Coma
→ Common treatment options
→ Questions to ask your doctor
Causes
- It is caused by a microscopic parasite which is transmitted by mosquitoes when they bite
– Rarely the parasite can be transmitted by:
- Organ transplant
- Blood transfusion
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