What are the symtoms of malaria?

Answer 1

malaria causes a flu-like illness and these would include

• fever
• rigors
• headaches
• sweating
• tiredness
• myalgia (limbs and back)
• abdominal pain
• diarrhea
• loss of appetite
• orthostatic hypotension
• nausea
• slight jaundice
• cough
• enlarged liver and spleen (sometimes not palpable)
• vomiting

Answer 2

I know a man who caught malaria while traveling in the Far East. His symptoms he told are typical. Heavy perspiring, ie the sweats. So much a mattress would be drenched in sweat. High fever over 103 , fatigue and malaise. These symptoms are periodic. That is they go away and come back every few months. IOW for example three months symptom free, 3 months symptomatic. Okay its not that regular. The term for symptoms coming and going on a regular bass is intermittent.

Answer 3

In the early stages, malaria symptoms are sometimes similar to those of many other infections caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Symptoms may include:

Fever

Chills

Headache

Sweats

Fatigue

Nausea and vomiting

Answer 4

Malaria symptoms, which often appear about 9 to 14 days after the infectious mosquito bite, include fever, headache, vomiting and other flu-like symptoms. If drugs are not available or the parasites are resistant to them, the infection can lead to coma, life-threatening anemia, and death.

Malaria kills 781,000 people each year. Ninety-one percent of malaria-related deaths occur in Africa, the majority of whom are children under 5 years of age.

Answer 5

If you are in a region that has malaria and you have symptoms of fever, chills, nausea, flu-like illness, you could have malaria.

Answer 6

fever, unable to eat and your mouth gets very dry

Answer 7

well its starts with dizziness, then fever, for a day or two then stomach cramps ,heavily vomiting, loss of sleep ,pail skin ,loss of hunger, and that's the sytoms

Answer 8

cold and vomiting