Symptoms
· Fever
· Chills
· Headache
· Sweats
· Fatigue
· Nausea and vomiting
· Dry cough
· Muscle or back pain or both
· Enlarged spleen
Malaria can be identified when fever occurs between 4 to 8 hours of cycle depending on the specie. The fever starts off with shivers (30-60 minutes) then sweats after it. If it was affected by the Plasmodium falciparum, risks of life threatening situations can lead to symptoms like:
· Breathing problems
· Organ failure
· Impaired function of the brain and spinal cord
· Seizures
· Loss of consciousness
· Fever
· Chills
· Headache
· Sweats
· Fatigue
· Nausea and vomiting
· Dry cough
· Muscle or back pain or both
· Enlarged spleen
Malaria can be identified when fever occurs between 4 to 8 hours of cycle depending on the specie. The fever starts off with shivers (30-60 minutes) then sweats after it. If it was affected by the Plasmodium falciparum, risks of life threatening situations can lead to symptoms like:
· Breathing problems
· Organ failure
· Impaired function of the brain and spinal cord
· Seizures
· Loss of consciousness
Body Parts Affected
There are lots of body parts affected by malaria. One of them is the liver. The parasite passes from the blood into the liver where it changes and reproduces form. The parasite re-enters the blood and infects the red blood cells after a period of 1-4 weeks in the liver. When the parasite reproduces more in the cells, it bursts out once the cycle is complete. The reproduction and destroying of red blood cells results in a build up of toxins and then the resultant immune reaction produces effect that give out symptoms like fever, chills, nausea and aches.
The Plasmodium falciparum can identify the surface of red blood cells it infects and it causes it to become “sticky”. So they lodge in the blood vessel then leading up to the major organs such as the heart and the kidney, which is called sequestration. These results reduced blood flow and oxygen distress in the organs. “Cerebral malaria” occurs when the patient experiences impaired consciousness, psychological disruption, coma and even death when sequestration happens in the blood vessels in the brain.
The parasites in the blood can be killed quickly if diagnosed and treated as soon as possible. Patients can take primaquine if they have Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale still in their body, which can stay in the liver for months or even years.
Other body parts affected:
There are lots of body parts affected by malaria. One of them is the liver. The parasite passes from the blood into the liver where it changes and reproduces form. The parasite re-enters the blood and infects the red blood cells after a period of 1-4 weeks in the liver. When the parasite reproduces more in the cells, it bursts out once the cycle is complete. The reproduction and destroying of red blood cells results in a build up of toxins and then the resultant immune reaction produces effect that give out symptoms like fever, chills, nausea and aches.
The Plasmodium falciparum can identify the surface of red blood cells it infects and it causes it to become “sticky”. So they lodge in the blood vessel then leading up to the major organs such as the heart and the kidney, which is called sequestration. These results reduced blood flow and oxygen distress in the organs. “Cerebral malaria” occurs when the patient experiences impaired consciousness, psychological disruption, coma and even death when sequestration happens in the blood vessels in the brain.
The parasites in the blood can be killed quickly if diagnosed and treated as soon as possible. Patients can take primaquine if they have Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale still in their body, which can stay in the liver for months or even years.
Other body parts affected:
- heart
- brain
- lungs
- spleen
- nervous system
- stomach