Malaria disease. Read On!

What is Malaria ?
Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium . Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes that have been infected with the parasite . In the human body , the parasite Plasmodium will proliferate in the liver and then infect red blood cells .

Patients who have been infected by malaria will show early symptoms resemble influenza disease , but if left untreated they can lead to complications that lead to death . The disease is most common in tropical and subtropical areas where Plasmodium parasites can thrive as well as vector Anopheles mosquitoes . The area south of the Sahara in Africa and Papua New Guinea in Oceania are the places with the highest incidence of malaria .

Based on the data in the world , malaria kills one child every 30 seconds . Approximately 300-500 million people are infected and about 1 million people die from the disease each year . [ 4 ] 90 % of deaths occur in Africa , especially in children . For his discovery of the cause of malaria , a French military doctor Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran get the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medical in 1907 .


Cause of Malaria
Malaria is caused by plasmodium parasite that is class . The main media that the disease is spreading the female Anopheles mosquito . Mosquitoes are infected by the parasite plasmodium of bites inflicted on a person who is already infected with the parasite . The mosquitoes will be infected during a weekly until mealtime hereinafter . During the meal , the mosquito then bites another person simultaneously injects the plasmodium parasite into the blood so that the person will be infected with malaria .

There are 4 types of Plasmodium that can infect humans , such as:
1 . Plasmodium ovale
2 . Plasmodium malariae
3 . Plasmodium falciparum
4 . Plasmodium vivax

The cases of malaria worldwide , concluded that the type of plasmodium vivax is most often found in patients with this disease . Additionally plasmodium falciparum is the major contributor to the death of the malaria disease affecting humans in the world that is around 90 % .


Symptoms of Malaria
Symptoms of malaria can be divided into two parts in terms of severity . The symptoms are as follows .

A. Mild symptoms of Malaria ( Malaria without complications )
In patients with malaria , generally have a fever and chills , headache , nausea , vomiting , diarrhea , pain in the muscles , aches . In mild malaria symptoms , can be divided into three stages as follows .

-Cold Phase
In the cold stage patients feel cold and shiver extraordinary , the pulse was more rapid but weak , bluish lips and fingers look , dry skin , vomiting that occurred approximately 15 minutes to 1 hour .

- Fever Phase
At this stage the patient felt hot , red face , dry skin , vomiting and head feels very sick . Body temperature usually reaches 40 degrees Celsius or more . Sometimes patients experience seizures . These symptoms usually lasts 2 to 4 hours .

- Sweating Phase
The sweating stage of malaria sufferers are always sweating , body temperature is below the average , causing the body temperature to cool . Because often sweating , usually often feel thirsty and very weak body condition .

B. Malaria Symptoms Weight (Malaria with complications)
Patients who fall into this criteria is usually very weak. Severe malaria can be determined by laboratory examination of peripheral blood and the patient also has the following complications.

-Sometimes unconsciousness and coma
-Often delirious
-Talk wrong ( not controlled )
-Convulsions
-Body temperature is very high
-Dehydration
-Rapid breathing , shortness of breath


Treatment of Malaria
1. Modern Ways
If exposed to malaria, try quickly dealt with took him to a specialist for treatment of malaria. If it is in the hands of physicians will certainly quickly handled, but what if you're a secluded place and very far from the doctor, you can use the traditional way

2. Traditional Ways
The traditional way can be used as an alternative if there are obstacles to the doctor for treatment. For traditional treatment is very easy to use "Papaya Leaf". Make no mistake, papaya leaves are also very effective to treat malaria. The trick is to prepare some papaya leaves and then boiled water and drink 3 times a day. Do this regularly every day and be assured that you will be cured.


How to Prevent Malaria
Malaria is spread by mosquitoes so we have to maintain personal hygiene and the environment so that no mosquitoes that breed. When you are visited famous places as the incidence of malaria, take chloroquine drug which serves to prevent the entry of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum into the body.

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