High Body Temperature? Beware of Malaria

High body temperature in recent days? maybe it’s a symptom of malaria. Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite that is spread through mosquito bites and can be deadly if not treated properly. However, malaria is rarely found to be spread by touch from one person to another.

Causes of Malaria

Humans can get malaria after being bitten by a mosquito that contains the malaria parasite in the mosquito’s body. This malaria parasite named Plasmodium in general that transmits malaria is P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale. The life cycle of Plasmodium consists of a sexual phase in the female Anopheles mosquito as the definitive host and an asexual phase in the human body.

Symptoms of Malaria

Symptoms of malaria appear between 10 and 15 days after being bitten by a mosquito. These symptoms occur in three stages over 6-12 hours, namely chills, fever and headache, then profuse sweating and weakness before the body temperature returns to normal. Prevent the spread of malaria-carrying mosquitoes