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MALARIA SYMPTOMS.
BY
IVAN HINCE
Each year the Anopheles species of
Mosquito causes devastation to the human population.
There is much talk about things like Aids yet Malaria is
a killer and claims many lives each year.
Malaria symptoms can almost be flu
like with headaches, sickness and fever. The one
important thing to remember is if you think you’ve been
bitten, seek medical help as soon as possible.
If you’re going on holiday or if
you’re going to be working in malarial areas most travel
companies and Doctors will advise what sort of
precaution and prevention you will need. Some of
preventive drugs can have side affects but it will be
certainly worth the risk rather than catching Malaria,
and the most frightening thing for most people is that
it can take a week before any Malaria symptoms can be
detected.
In normal circumstances it’s the
female mosquito of the Anopheles species that bites
someone and then passes on a parasite by the name of
Plasmodium. Once this parasite is inside of you it
travels in your blood till it reaches the liver, and
from there it will enter the blood stream again where it
attacks the blood cells that feed oxygen around our
bodies.
Each year it is estimated that over
600 million people and children will suffer from
Malaria, and at a guess the death rate is something up
to 3 million. This figure cannot be accurate as many
people that suffer will never even see a Doctor as they
live out in poor communities far away from medical help.
For prevention you must get the
most up to date information from your Doctor who will
advise what precaution as far as different vaccines.
You must also make sure you have the right sort of
netting for your bedding, and be sure to have some form
of replant.
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