Brain Malaria: What are the Symptoms and Prevention?

S Venkateshwari
Brain Malaria: What are the Symptoms and Prevention?


Everyone knows about malaria but have you heard about brain malaria, and how it becomes very fatal? Just as a malaria mosquito bite causes fever in the body, in the same way it is also a type of malaria. Brain malaria is transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito. Let's know the causes, symptoms and how to prevent this disease


How is this malaria different?

Malaria can also have a connection with the brain, it would seem very surprising, but when this disease occurs in the brain, then there is a lot of damage. These days a lot of patients with this disease are coming to hospitals, it is different from common malaria because it spreads from the liver to many other organs. When this mosquito bites the skin of your body, then at that time it transmits a parasite named Plasmodium into your blood, this Plasmodium is of four types namely P vivax, P ovale, P malaria and P falciparum. In this situation, a person can get an attack and blood can accumulate in the brain.

Causes

Mosquitoes breed more in the rainy season due to dirty and contaminated water. There is no concrete reason behind its spread, but as common malaria spreads, it also spreads in the same way.

Symptoms

Body tremors and fever,

Frequent return of fever,

Chills with high fever,

Return of fever in 48 hours.

Prevention

Keep the surrounding clean.

Use mosquito nets.

Do not allow water to stagnate anywhere.

Drink and keep clean water.

Don't sleep outside.

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