3. Malaria is dominant in hot and
luscious vegetation areas, especially
those that are deemed tropical. This
is why many people who venture into
rainforests and jungles find that
they are encouraged to take
protection to not contact this
disease that is spread through
protozoan parasites.
4. These parasites are usually transferred to
people through the bite of a mosquito. When
the mosquito bites the person, they are
injecting the parasite into the person, which
eventually hits the liver and then infects the
red blood cells. From the liver the parasites
are slowly multiplying as they reach more and
more red blood cells. The process from the
liver will continue until each and every red
blood cell is affected or when they are
destroyed. Hence, the danger of contracting
malaria.
5. Those that get in contact with malaria
and do get infected often experience
symptoms such as chills, fever, sweating,
muscle pain, anemia, nausea, headache and
vomiting. Many times the person may
think that they have just ate something
that does not agree with them and they
are having adverse reactions to this.
However, the longer the person waits to
get to the doctor, the harder it is going
to be to treat malaria.
6. These symptoms are usually appearing in
those people who have been bit as little as
ten days ago and as much as a month ago.
This is why many people do not suspect
malaria when they start to show symptoms.
The treatment for malaria involves first
a diagnoses, which is conducted through
blood tests and sometimes DNA testing.
The doctor can then narrow down which
type of malaria the person has contracted
since this will tell the doctor which type of
medication to use to treat the person.
7. For those that do not have a serious
case of malaria are going to find that
they respond to oral treatments.
However, for more series cases of
malaria will require that the person be
put into the hospital where they are
going to have IV's hooked up to them
and have constant monitoring since the
malaria can slowly start to shut down the
systems in the body.
8. For those that have a low immune system
or for children under the age of five the
chances of survival are much lower than
those who get immediate attention and
have no immune system problems. Malaria
can kill, however, for those that are going
into areas in which this is present, they
should be certain to take precautions to
prevent putting their bodies through such a
difficult process.
