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Effects of Malaria

September 15, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION what are effects of malaria? ANSWER If a person becomes infected with malaria, they may start to experience the symptoms of the disease. These include high fever, aches, chills, nausea, headache, and sometimes more severe manifestations, such as severe anemia, impaired consciousness and even coma or death. These latter severe effects are more commonly associated with Plasmodium … [Read more...]

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Malaria and Nausea

July 31, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can malaria cause vomiting when a smell of petrol is inhaled? ANSWER One of the symptoms of malaria is nausea, and vomiting can also occur, but it would not necessarily be linked to certain smells. The most characteristic symptom malaria is a high fever, often also accompanied by periods of chills. See more malaria symptoms here. … [Read more...]

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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...]

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Malaria or Not?

May 20, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I went to Luanda, Angola and Port Hartcourt, Nigeria, Onne, Nigeria and Warri, Nigeria a few times. I suffer with voice problems, muscle control on my right side and some joint pains that have not been explained by my doctors. I have been to doctors in Houston, Tx., New Orleans, La., New Iberia, La. and Franklin, La. and they all say the same thing. They don't know what's wrong … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Atlanta GA, CDC, chills, fever, Malaria Symptoms, travel medicine, tropical medicine

Vaccine for malaria? Differences with yellow fever?

May 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Is there a vaccine to prevent malaria? What is the difference between yellow fever and malaria? ANSWER In answer to your first question, no, there is not currently a vaccine available to prevent malaria. The best current candidate, the RTS,S vaccine which was developed by GlaxoSmithKline, is currently undergoing Phase III clinical trials in Africa. Although preliminary results … [Read more...]

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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

Recurring Malaria

March 3, 2012 By Malaria Q&A 2 Comments

QUESTION I had malaria twice when I was 4 and 8 years old. I am 50 years old now but I have severe chills at least once or twice a month, muscle aches, fatigue severe head aches for the past 10-15 years with no apparent cause and my I take head ache medication for migraine (maxalt and excedrim) and my chills and fatigue is getting more frequent. I had no other history of any diseases. Is this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chills, fever, malaria antigens, Malaria Diagnosis, Malaria Symptoms, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, relapsing malaria

Malaria Muscle Aches

February 22, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I am someone who has traveled to malaria-infected areas in the past and will do so again in the future. I also happen to have a form of musculr dystrophy (myotonic dystrophy type II) that, among other things, causes me to experience frequent episodes of muscular pain. Thus, the mere presence of muscle pain, in my particular case, can tell little about whether I might have malaria. … [Read more...]

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Symptoms and Causes of Malaria

February 14, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION What are the symptoms and causes of malaria? ANSWER Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells. Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infective female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes can transmit … [Read more...]

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Headache and Chills with Malaria

February 10, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Could a person be infected by malaria without symptoms of headache and chills? ANSWER Malaria symptoms vary considerably, depending on the type of malaria, the severity of the infection and the patient's natural immunity. It is certainly possible for a patient to have malaria without experiencing headache and chills; some people infected with certain forms of malaria, such as … [Read more...]

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