What are malarias symptoms?
Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like symptoms such as headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain and malaise. Rigors (severe shakes or muscle spasms) and chills often occur. Acute infection can cause enlargement of the spleen and make the liver tender. Cerebral malaria, which may occur with P. falciparum infection, affects the brain with symptoms such as personality change, confusion, lethargy and seizures. The severity of the illness varies depending on which species of the malaria parasite is responsible for the infection. Of the four species causing malaria, P. falciparum leads to the most serious illness and can cause seizures, coma, kidney failure and respiratory failure, which can lead to death. You must seek medical attention as soon as possible for any unexplained fever that arises during or after travel to an area where malaria occurs. Progression from malaria infection with no symptoms to severe and complicated malaria can be extremely rapid, with death occurring withi
Symptoms of malaria include fever and flu-like symptoms such as headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain and malaise. Rigors (severe shakes or muscle spasms) and chills often occur. Acute infection can cause enlargement of the spleen and make the liver tender. Cerebral malaria, which may occur with P. falciparum infection, affects the brain with symptoms such as personality change, confusion, lethargy and seizures. The severity of the illness varies depending on which species of the malaria parasite is responsible for the infection. Of the four species causing malaria, P. falciparum leads to the most serious illness and can cause seizures, coma, kidney failure and respiratory failure, which can lead to death. You must seek medical attention as soon as possible for any unexplained fever that arises during or after travel to an area where malaria occurs.
