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Malaria Effect on Host

May 28, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What is the effect of malaria on host? ANSWER In the human host, malaria can often make a person very sick, though the exact symptoms and severity of the disease depends on the type of malaria (five different kinds of malaria infect humans). Many people will have a high fever, chills, nausea and body aches. In a symptom very typical of malaria, a patient will experience cyclical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: aches, blood meal, Cerebral Malaria, chills, cyclical fever, fever, life cycle, mosquito, nausea, Plasmodium Falciparum, symptoms, transmission

Swelling of Lymph Nodes and Malaria

May 6, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I would like to know if swelling of lymph nodes in neck is any way connect to malaria? ANSWER Swollen lymph nodes are often a sign that the body is trying to fight off an infection, and so swollen lymph nodes are certainly sometimes observed in malaria patients. However, most malaria infections would also be associated with other symptoms, such as fever, chills, nausea and aches. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: aches, blood test, chills, cyclical fever, diagnosis, fever, lymph nodes, Malaria Symptoms, nausea, treatment

Symtoms of Malaria

April 2, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Please tell me the symptoms of malaria. ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Due to the way in which the malaria parasite reproduces in the human body, fevers occurring in a cyclical fashion (i.e. high fever one day, no fever the next day, then recurrence of fever on the third or fourth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anaemia, Cerebral Malaria, coma, cyclical fever, Diarrhea, jaundice, Malaria life cycle, Malaria Symptoms, nausea, organ failure, Plasmodium Falciparum, vomiting

What are the symptoms of malaria?

March 11, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the symptoms of malaria? ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. Symptoms usually appear between 10 and 15 days after … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: anemia, Cerebral Malaria, coma, cyclical fever, death, fever, kidney failure, Malaria Symptoms, mental confusion, Plasmodium Falciparum, red blood cells, seizures

Cyclical Fever and Malaria Symptoms

March 7, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION My dad is not well from last one month. In the evening time he feels headache, neck pain and 102 Temp. Can you please tell me can it be Malaria. ANSWER Those symptoms can be characteristic of malaria—cyclical fever is a key symptom, though usually the cycles are every other day or even every third day (depending on the type of malaria). However, in some cases the cycles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood film, cyclical fever, Malaria Diagnosis, Malaria Symptoms, Malaria transmission, Malaria Treatment, rapid diagnostic test

What are the Symptoms of Malaria?

December 14, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are malaria symptoms? ANSWER Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. Symptoms usually appear between 10 and 15 days after the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chills, cyclical fever, fever, flu-like illness, jaundice, kidney failure, Malaria Symptoms, nausea, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Ovale, red blood cells, relapse, seizures

Cyclical Fever

December 3, 2011 By Malaria Q&A 6 Comments

QUESTION My husband has been suffering from recurring fever every 3rd or 4th day for the past 7 months. All blood tests are normal, esr ,crp, cultures of urine and blood all normal, chest ct full body pet heart echo all normal. Tested positive for montoux and quantiferon gold, with no symptom other than fever, was put on ATT on 4th JULY 2011 fever persists with no other symptoms. Has been on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood film, Chloroquine, chronic illness, cyclical fever, Malaria Diagnosis, Malaria Treatment, Plasmodium malariae, rapid diagnostic test

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