Malaria. Symptoms of an infectious disease

The swamp fever, exactly as it was previously called malaria, belongs to the group of infectious diseases. They register it, as a rule, in the southern countries of the African continent. The infection is transmitted by the bites of malarial mosquitoes.

That is why, on the territory of European countries, the disease, as a rule, imported. Every year, according to medical statistics, more than a million cases of malaria end in a lethal outcome. The source of infection can serve as a parasitic carrier, and a sick person.

Malaria. Symptoms of the disease

A characteristic feature of malaria is a febrile state. It arises when the blood concentration of parasites reaches a certain level. There are four main forms of this disease. They are caused by various pathogens. There are three- and four-day, oval, and also tropical malaria. Symptoms in all these forms are the same. The patient has fever, anemia and spleen. In this case, each of the forms of the disease is caused by a specific type of pathogen.

Periods of the disease

Malaria is considered a polycyclic type of infection. Its course is characterized by four periods:

- primary latent (incubation);
- a period that is characterized by primary acute manifestations;
- secondary latent;
- the period of relapse.

The first period is the incubation period. Its duration depends to a full extent on the type of pathogen caused by malaria. Symptoms that occur at the end of the incubation period are precursors of the disease. Thus the person complains of headaches, a fever, and also on pains in a muscular fabric.

The acute period, which replaces the incubation period, is characterized by recurrences of fever attacks. When they occur, a clear change of states occurs. Chills replace fever. She is replaced by a state of increased sweating.
During an acute period from thirty minutes to half an hour a patient may experience chills. In this case, a person, despite the increase in body temperature, can not keep warm. There is cyanosis of the extremities. This is also characteristic of a disease such as malaria. Symptoms of an acute period are manifested in increased heart rate and increased blood pressure. In this case, the patient's breathing becomes superficial.

After a chill comes the state of fever. The patient gets warm. The temperature of his body rises to 40-41 degrees. This period is characterized by redness of the patient's face. In this case, the skin becomes hot and dry. They also note increased psychoemotional excitability at this stage of the disease, which is malaria. Symptoms of this condition: anxiety, agitation, confusion, headaches and emerging seizures.

The feverish period is replaced by a state of increased sweating. The patient calms down and quickly falls asleep. After this, the stage of apraxia follows. During this period, the patient will maintain a satisfactory condition and normal temperature. However, with a certain cyclicity, seizures will have a repetition.
In patients with malaria, anemia develops and there is an increase in the liver and spleen. It affects the infection of the cardiovascular, hematopoietic, genitourinary and nervous systems. The secondary (latent) period occurs after ten to twelve acute attacks.

Above, the symptoms characteristic of such a disease as malaria, symptoms were listed. Treatment, in case of incorrectly chosen therapy or if it is ineffective, can not completely eliminate the infection. In this case, after a certain time interval (several weeks, and maybe months), there are relapses.

Treatment of the disease

There are not enough funds to get rid of malaria. The most proven and reliable drug is "Quinine". Effective and an extract of annual wormwood. It contains the curative substance artemisinin. However, this tool is rarely used due to its high cost.