MALARIA

WHATS MALARIA

• Malaria is a mosquito-born disease caused by a parasite
• People with malaria often experience fever and chills

CURABLE OR NA?

• Malaria can be cured with just some medicine
• But once you have it, procedures are more complicated

SYMPTOMS

• Moderate to severe shaking chills
• High fever
• Profuse sweating as body temperature falls
• Headache
• Vomiting and diarrhea

Mosquito transmission cycle

Uninfected mosquito. A mosquito becomes infected by feeding on a person who has malaria.
Transmission of parasite. If you're the next person this mosquito bites, it can transmit malaria parasites to you.
In the liver. The parasites then travel to your liver — where they can lie dormant for as long as a year.
Into the bloodstream. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect your red blood cells. This is when people typically develop malaria symptoms.
On to the next person. If an uninfected mosquito bites you at this point in the cycle, it will become infected with your malaria parasites and can spread them to the next person it bites.

COMPLICATIONS OF MALARIA

• Organ failure
• Breathing problems
• Anemia and low blood sugar

WHERE ITS COMMON?

PREVENTION?

• Tents over tribes to kill Mosquitos
• Having shots to be immune to a sting
• Wearing mosquito spray when outside

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