malaria Your people in safe hands [email protected] medilinkint.com symptoms Main symptoms of Malaria include: Headache, Nausea, Muscular Pain and High Fever. Each Malarial attack is of 6 to 10 hours duration and consists of the three Stages: Cold stage: i.e., feeling very cold and shivering Hot stage: i.e., high fever, faster respiration and heart beat Sweating stage: i.e., due to profuse sweating temperature goes down to normal. Malaria may also secondarily cause enlargement of SPLEEN or LIVER. | | | malaria definition if you think you have malaria Go to the doctor & get tested to confirm malaria. Begin and follow the recommended course of treatment. Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Seek medical treatment as soon as possible – especially if your medical condition is rapidly deteriorating and/or you are pregnant. CHILLS SWEATING SKIN NAUSEA VOMITING Stomach ENLARGEMENT SPLEEN FATIGUE PAIN MUSCULAR PAIN BACK HEADACHE CENTRAL FEVER SYSTEMIC DRY COUGH RESPIRATORY
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laria
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sym
pto
ms
Mai
n sy
mpt
oms
of M
alar
ia in
clud
e:
Hea
dach
e, N
ause
a, M
uscu
lar P
ain
and
Hig
h Fe
ver.
Each
Mal
aria
l att
ack
is o
f 6 to
10
hour
s du
rati
on a
nd c
onsi
sts
of th
e th
ree
Stag
es:
Co
ld s
tage
: i.e
., fe
elin
g ve
ry c
old
and
shiv
erin
g
H
ot s
tage
: i.e
., hi
gh fe
ver,
fast
er r
espi
rati
on a
nd h
eart
bea
t
Sw
eati
ng s
tage
: i.e
., du
e to
pro
fuse
sw
eati
ng te
mpe
ratu
re
goes
dow
n to
nor
mal
.
Mal
aria
may
als
o se
cond
arily
cau
se e
nlar
gem
ent o
f SP
LEEN
or L
IVER
.
| | |
ma
lari
a d
efin
itio
n
if y
ou
th
ink
yo
u h
ave
ma
lari
a
Go
to th
e do
ctor
& g
et te
sted
to c
onfi
rm m
alar
ia.
Beg
in a
nd fo
llow
th
e re
com
men
ded
cour
se o
f tr
eatm
ent.
Mal
aria
is a
life
-thr
eate
ning
dis
ease
cau
sed
by
para
site
s th
at a
re tr
ansm
itte
d to
peo
ple
thro
ugh
the
bite
s of
infe
cted
fem
ale
Ano
phel
es m
osqu
itoe
s.
Seek
med
ical
tr
eatm
ent a
s so
on a
s po
ssib
le –
esp
ecia
lly
if y
our m
edic
al
cond
itio
n is
rap
idly
de
teri
orat
ing
and/
or
you
are
preg
nant
.
CH
ILLS
SW
EAT
ING
SK
IN NA
US
EA
VO
MIT
ING
St
om
ac
h
EN
LAR
GE
ME
NT
SP
LEE
N
FATI
GU
EPA
IN
MU
SC
ULA
R
PAIN
BA
CK
HE
AD
AC
HE
CE
NT
RA
L
FEV
ER
SY
STE
MIC
DR
Y C
OU
GH
RE
SP
IRA
TO
RY
areas where malaria transmission occurs
precautions:ABCDTalk to your doctor about long-term prevention if you live in an area where malaria is common.
nobody is totally immune to malaria!
life-threatening complications of malariaIf drugs are not available or if the parasites are resistant to them, malaria infection can change fast into life-threatening complications.
Breathing problems Hypoglycemia
sugar level
Cerebral malaria (coma, life-long-learning
disabilities and death)
Anemia
Organ failure:kidneys,
liver, spleen
attacks by infected mosquitoes. Although such ‘semi-immune’ people often may not develop
severe disease, they can still be infected by malaria parasites.
malaria
act fastEarly diagnosis and treatment of
malaria reduces disease and prevents deaths. It also contributes to reducing
malaria transmission.
ACT fast
People living or working in a malaria endemic region develop a partially protective immunity to the disease by having experienced repeated
Awarness
Chemoprophylaxis
Diagnosis &Tratment
Bite Prevention
online resourcesInternational Association for Medical
Assistance to Travellers – IAMAT:www.iamat.org
The World Health Organization – WHO:www.who.int
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC:www.cdc.gov
AB
CD
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