How to know if you have malaria.

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Steps
Method 1 of 4: Detecting Early Symptoms
Method 2 of 4: Learning to Notice Late Symptoms
Method 3 of 4: Treating Malaria at Home
Method 4 of 4: Treating Malaria with Medicines
Tips
Warnings

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease. If you have recently been in an area where malaria is common and have not taken antimalarial pills or mosquito repellent, you should know the symptoms of the disease and how to get rid of them. Refer to the first step to find out what malaria is, its symptoms, and how to treat it.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Detecting Early Symptoms

1 Find out how long it takes before the first symptoms of malaria. You can become infected after being bitten by an anopheles mosquito carried by a single-celled, malaria-causing organism called Plasmodium. Typically, symptoms of malaria are detected 7-30 days after the bite.
2 Pay attention to a sudden change in body temperature. The first thing you can feel is cold. You may start to shake and your feet and hands will be very cold. Then you will be very hot, sweat will cover you and throw you into a fever. This change in temperature can occur hours or weeks after you get cold.
- After a few days, your body temperature will return to normal. But you will feel severe weakness and pain throughout your body.
3 Pay attention to sudden headaches and dizziness. Fever, headaches, nausea, and vomiting can occur if a person has recently contracted malaria. These ailments can also be combined with temperature changes. A cough may also appear.
4 Monitor your symptom cycle. This cycle of symptoms is called paroxysm. First you will be very cold, then hot, the third stage is sweating. These symptoms will appear every two days. Paroxysm occurs due to the fact that the malaria parasite has several life periods, which have a certain effect on the body.

Method 2 of 4: Learning to Notice Late Symptoms

If you are not properly treated right away, your malaria can progress to an advanced stage, which is unfortunately irreversible and can lead to death. If you have these symptoms, go to the hospital immediately.

1 Find out what happens as the parasite matures. The first two things that the plasmoid parasite infects are blood and liver. As soon as the plasmoid enters the bloodstream, it travels to the liver, where it begins to multiply. When it is in the liver, it infects liver cells. As the parasite matures, it destroys the host cell and enters the bloodstream, where it infects red blood cells. After that, it will multiply further and affect other organs.
2 Check if your skin turns yellow. Jaundice or yellowing of the eyes and skin can occur due to low CCP levels. You may experience severe itching of the skin due to dry skin due to jaundice.
3 See your doctor immediately if you develop anemia. Malaria causes anemia because it destroys red blood cells. Fewer red cells in the blood means there will be fewer cells in the blood to transport oxygen and nutrients to various organs and tissues. Anemia is manifested by general weakness and decreased levels of brain activity.
- Anemia can lead to respiratory problems. With anemia, your blood cannot transport the usual amount of oxygen. This means that you may have difficulty breathing.
4 Go to the hospital immediately if you suspect cerebral malaria. Cerebral malaria is a type of late stage malaria. Malaria parasites tend to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. This is one of the worst problems in malaria. You may develop coma, seizures, a change in consciousness, abnormal behavior, and a change in sensory perception.
5 Let your doctor examine your liver for enlargement. Your liver may increase in size due to a plasmoid infection. As an option for your liver to fight this parasite, this is the development of inflammation, which leads to its increase. As a result, other liver functions can be compromised, such as glucose distribution function.
6 Check if your spleen is enlarged. Your spleen may also be enlarged. Infected blood also enters the spleen, and this organ is also good at detecting parasites. When this happens, the spleen will kill a large number of affected blood cells, causing it to enlarge.

Method 3 of 4: Treating Malaria at Home

Home medicines should be used in conjunction with medical medicines. If you are not on medication and you notice worsening symptoms, see your doctor immediately and take your medication.

1 Use a compress to relieve fever. One of the main symptoms of malaria is fever. Use a cold compress to fight fever. Soak a clean cloth in cold water. Squeeze out a rag and place it on your forehead or torso. Remove the compress when it warms up and repeat the procedure.
2 Eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice. Grapefruit contains quinine, which interferes with the growth of malaria parasites. Eat raw grapefruit or juice it by boiling a quarter of the grapefruit in water. Strain the cake and drink the juice.
3 Drink lemon juice to fight infection. Lemon stimulates the production of white blood cells, reports show. White blood cells are immune cells that fight infection. Squeeze the juice from one half of a lemon and add to room temperature water.
4 Eat basil. This herb contains quinine, which helps fight the malaria parasite. Squeeze the juice from 12-15 leaves and add 1-2 teaspoons of black pepper. Drink some juice.
5 Use Fever Nut to fight fever. Fever Nut can be purchased at herbal stores. Take six grams of fever nut and add to a cup of water.Drink two hours before the fever is suspected. Drink another cup within an hour of the onset of your fever.
6 Fast with water and orange juice. When malaria is diagnosed, it can be very beneficial to fast, but add orange juice and clean water. Depending on the severity of the illness, the orange juice fast can last 1-3 days.
- After the orange juice fast, you should consume fresh fruit. All this will help restore your immunity with the help of vitamins and minerals found in fruits.

Method 4 of 4: Treating Malaria with Medicines

The following medications are often prescribed for malaria, but treatment depends on the complexity of the disease and the patient's condition. It is best to get advice and a prescription from your doctor.

1 Take your wormwood-based medicine. This antimalarial medicine should not be used alone, but in combination with other medicines and therapies. Artimisin is a component of the drug that attacks the proteins of the parasites, thereby killing them. If you are going to take it, tell your doctor.
- The adult dosage is 2 400 mg capsules twice a day.
- Children weighing 15 to 45 kg are prescribed one 400 mg capsule per day.
- Children weighing less than 15 kg are prescribed half of 400 mg. capsules per day.
2 Take preventive medications. Preventive medications should be taken if you are planning to travel to countries affected by malaria. But if you live in an area where it is already prevalent, you are advised not to take medication to prevent malaria, but to take other precautions.
- Chloroquine is the most widely used remedy and prevention of malaria. It is effective against 3-day malaria, Plasmodium malaria and Plasmodium oval. Although there are places where Plasmodium malaria has developed immunity to Chloroquine. Therefore, this drug should be taken in conjunction with proguanil.
- Alternative methods of prevention are mefloquine or atovacon. These medicines can also be used for people who already have malaria.
3 Take Artemether Lumefantrine (Coartem). This medication interferes with the growth of the malaria parasite. Side effects can include insomnia, muscle pain, and weakness. Tell your doctor if you develop these syndromes or get worse.
- For adult patients whose weight exceeds 35 kg, the initial dose of the drug is 4 tablets and after 8 hours, 4 more tablets additionally, after the first day 4 tablets twice a day for two days.
4 Take Mefloquine (Lariam). These medications affect the parasites that grow. Abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhea are possible as side effects. Inform your doctor if side effects worsen or appear. A single single dose is 1250 mg orally.
- The SES (Sanitary Epidemiological Service) recommends taking 750 mg orally as the starting dose for uncomplicated malaria (for example, species such as Plasmodium three-day malaria or Plasmodium falciparum). 6-12 hours after the initial dose, 500 mg of the medication should be taken orally.
5 Take Quinine. This medicine kills parasites and prevents them from multiplying. Side effects include diarrhea, weakness, nausea and vomiting. If side effects appear or get worse, tell your doctor. The dosage every 8 hours daily for seven days is 648 mg.

Tips

Take your prescribed medications throughout your treatment. If you feel better and don't finish the course, malaria may return.
If you are traveling to a part of the world where malaria is common, take pills to prevent malaria.
If you are in an area where malaria-carrying mosquitoes live, wear a mosquito net.