Question 1

what are some symptoms of malaria?

Accepted Answer

Quickly: Often within hours after the mosquito injects plasmodia into you, fever and chills and diffuse muscle aches and malaise may develop, depending upon the species with which you are infected.  Subsequently the initial random fevers and chills assume a regular pattern of every third or fourth day, you become anemic and may have mental changes (all species related).

Question 2

can you explain what are the symptoms of malaria?

Accepted Answer

Malaria: Malaria symptoms are many indeed!  fever, chills, sweats, headache, cough, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain/bloating, diarrhea, muscle or joint aches with the mild or uncomplicated type.  For more severe cases, patients can present with comatose state, seizures, respiratory distress, kidney or liver failure, anemia just to name a few.

Question 3

please explain what are some symptoms of malaria ?

Accepted Answer

Malaria: Malaria symptoms are many indeed!  fever, chills, sweats, headache, cough, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain/bloating, diarrhea, muscle or joint aches with the mild or uncomplicated type.  For more severe cases, patients can present with comatose state, seizures, respiratory distress, kidney or liver failure, anemia just to name a few.

Question 4

how long does it take the symptoms of malaria to show up?

Accepted Answer

Quickly: Often within hours after the mosquito injects plasmodia into you, fever and chills and diffuse muscle aches and malaise may develop, depending upon the species with which you are infected.

Question 5

what are the symptoms of malaria? when should i be worried?

Accepted Answer

Malaria: The presentation may vary with the plasmodium species involved but often begins with shaking chills, high fevers,  sweats, headache, fatigue and nausea and vomiting.  In persons who have been in a malarious area for very long and have been repeatedly infected there may be minimal if any symptoms.  It also varies with the state of the infected individual.

Question 6

how long do the symptoms of malaria last if untreated or treated?

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Lengthy: Untreated, if not dead, they may last a lifetime.  You develop low grade immunity and compensatory mechanisms to deal with damage, but this is seldom cured on its own.  Treated appropriately, symptoms will begin to regress within hours of initiation of therapy, but if not fully treated for the extraerythrocytic stages of disease, may recur up to 20 yrs or more after therapy for acute illness.

Question 7

can malaria symptoms reappear later in a lifetime and what can cause it?

Accepted Answer

Recurrent malaria: Malaria due to different species of plasmodium can recur if the extra-erythrocytic phases of the disease are not appropriately managed.  When recurrence happens it has to be treated as primary malaria and all forms of the disease must be managed.  It has been reported to recur as long as 26 years after primary infection.  I have seen it 20 years after.

Question 8

i was recently in a malaria area, and may have been bitten.
i did not take any malaria tablets prior to the trip.

what symptoms should i watch out for?

Accepted Answer

Malaria symptoms: May be non-specific, but may include fever, malaise (not feeling well), diarrhea and abdominal pain. Severe cases may start with change in mental status, seizures or liver or kidney failure. Regardless for you, given exposure, you should seek immediate medical attention.

Question 9

what are the symptoms of malaria? what's the treatment?

Accepted Answer

Malaria Symptoms: may include headache, fever, shivering, sweating, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, dry cough, muscle/joint/back pain &amp; enlarged spleen. There is a cyclic pattern of being very cold &amp; shivering followed by feeling very hot and sweating. Additionally one can develop jaundice, blood in urine, anemia, eye problems (nystagmus, problems with eye movements), seizures &amp; coma. There are a # of antimalarial meds

Question 10

what are the symptoms of cerebral malaria?

Accepted Answer

Bad stuff: Headache, fever, confusion...Then coma and death.

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