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Please explain what are some symptoms of malaria ?

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Dr. Ryan Phasouk answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

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.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Malaria symptoms: may include: headache, fever, shivering, sweating, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, dry cough, muscle/joint/back pain & enlarged spleen. There is a cyclic pattern of being very cold & 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 & coma. Death may occur.

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