What is malaria

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In summer, mosquitoes will become more and more, so many people will feel irritable, and many people will also be bitten by mosquitoes. In fact, the pathogen of malaria comes from these mosquitoes. Now let's talk about malaria.

What is malaria

First, malaria is an insect borne infectious disease caused by the infection of Plasmodium through the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes or the transfusion of blood from people with Plasmodium. There are four kinds of Plasmodium parasitizing on human body, namely Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium ovale. In China, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum are the main species; the other two are rare, and some cases imported from abroad are occasionally seen in recent years.

Second: the disease is mainly manifested as periodic regular attacks, body chills, fever, sweating, long-term multiple attacks, can cause anemia and splenomegaly. Suddenly feel chilly, first for the end of the limbs cool, rapid back, body cold. Skin from goose bumps, lips, nails cyanosis, pale face, body muscles and joints ache. And then the whole body trembles, teeth tremble, some people cover a few beds quilt can't stop, last about 10 minutes, or even an hour, chills naturally stop, body temperature rise. At this stage, patients often have severe illness.

Third: fever period, after the cold feeling disappears, the complexion turns red, cyanosis disappears, and the body temperature rises rapidly. Generally, the colder the body temperature is, the higher the body temperature is, up to 40 ℃. Patients with high fever are suffering. Some are restless and groaning; some are delirious and empty, even convulsive or unconscious; some have severe headache and stubborn vomiting. The patient's face is red and shortness of breath; conjunctival congestion. Herpes is common in lip and nose after several attacks.

matters needing attention

So the emergence of malaria is mainly due to the pathogen, through the mosquito into the human body, and then caused people to get sick. After suffering from malaria, patients will have many different clinical symptoms, which brings a lot of inconvenience to their life. Therefore, patients should be treated as soon as possible.