I DON'T LIKE MALARIA

Malaria is a very common disease caused by a parasite called plasmodium and it is transmitted through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito.

Difference between the male and female Anopheles mosquito is that the males feed on only nectar... they do not bite and so do not transmit the plasmodium parasite causing malaria.

On the other hand, the females require a blood meal in order for their eggs to mature and survive... and so they bite humans in order to feed on their blood, in the process transmitting the plasmodium parasite that causes malaria.

( that says a lot about females     hehehe.... *dr. TM chuckles)

Very common ( 1.5 million cases in Nigeria alone)

The bite of the female Anopheles mosquito introduces the parasite into the persons blood, this parasite then travels to the liver where they mature and reproduce starting the life cycle all over again.

Symptoms start 1-3 weeks after the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. These include headache, fever with chills, sweating, generalised body weakness and joint pain, vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth, reduced appetite.

It affects pregnant women and may contribute to stillbirths, spontaneous miscarriages.

Also in children less than 5yrs, it could lead to cerebral/severe malaria.

Children less than 5yrs and pregnant women are commonly affected by malaria because these group of people are immunocompetent and immunocompromised respectively.

And so because of that,  they are more vulnerable to malaria.

Malaria is a very deadly disease and should be taken seriously...could lead to severe anaemia ( reduced blood levels), could also affect the kidneys, lungs,brain( as in cerebral malaria)


Preventive measures include;

-Use of long lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN)
-indoor residual spraying
-Clearing of bushes around your home
-Decreasing the number of stagnant water around your homes.
-seeing a doctor ontime whenever you have symptoms
-Never take your antimalarial drug alongside your vitamin b and c tablets.

Lets come together and fight MALARIA...it's getting too much biko.



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