Malaria

Malaria - Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Protozoan parasite Plasmodium, which is the process which takes through Anopheles mosquito bites. This type of Parasitic Protozoa are scattered in many tropical regions, for example in the Americas, Asia and Africa.

There are four types of plasmodium parasites that can partially human infection, but which is often encountered in the case of malaria is Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. The others are Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae.

· Signs and symptoms of malaria

Period of this disease incubation/shoots can be a few days until a few months later he appears signs and symptoms that were complained of by the sufferer as fever, chills, joint pain, sciatica or sometimes to throw up, looked pale/anemis, enlarged liver and spleen, urine looks cloudy/concentrated for containing Hemoglobin (Hemoglobinuria), feels amused on the skin and undergoes kekejangan.

However, the sign is a feeling of classic showed a sudden coldness followed by rigor and then fever and sweating emergence after 4 to 6 hours later, it takes place every two days. Between this period, may feel healthy as sufferers to his work. At the age of the children of malaria attacks can lead to strange symptoms, for example, shows the movement/abnormal posture as a result of brain cavity pressure. Even more serious again can cause brain damage.

· Its Manifestations Of Malaria

There are several forms of manifestation of malaria, among others:

-Malaria tertiana, caused by Plasmodium vivax, where sufferers feel the fever appears every third day.

-Malaria quartana, caused by Plasmodium malariae, sufferers feel the fever every fourth day.

-Cerebral Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the sufferer experienced fever accompanied by disorganized symptoms terserangnya parts of the brain, even entering a phase of coma and sudden death.

Pernisiosa Malaria, caused by Plasmodium vivax, symptoms can arise very suddenly, like a Stroke, coma accompanied by symptoms of severe malaria. · Enforce Malaria Diagnosis

With the presence of signs and symptoms as well as the conduct complained of by the health team looks, it will be immediately conducted a laboratory examination (especially blood examination) to ascertain the cause and diagnosis will be given to the patient. · The Treatment Of Malaria

On the basis of examination, either directly from the complaints arising and focus more on the results of laboratium then the doctor will give you some medicine to sufferers. Among them is a drug for lowering a fever like paracetamol, vitamins to increase durability of the body as an attempt to help the healing.

While the drug is usually used antimalarial Chloroquine, since price is cheap and until recently proved effective in curing malaria in the world. However there are some of the patients by administering Chloroquine resistant, then some physicians will give other antimalarial Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine Artesunate-Artesunate-amodiaquine, Artesunat,-piperquine, Artemether-lumefantrine, and Dihidroartemisinin-piperquine.

· Prevention Of Malaria

Prevention of malaria can be done by Cleaning the nest Mosquito (PSN), attempting to prevent themselves from mosquito bites, or prevention efforts with the drug Chloroquine when visiting malaria endemic areas.Linked Site: PROPOLIS | Drug Propolis