Malaria

Malaria can occur despite taking anti-malarial drugs and symptoms of malaria infection usually occur within 9 to 14 days.

Treatmen depends on the severity of the infection, the patient´s age, inmune status, the pattern of antimalarial drug supceptibility and the cost and availability of such drugs.

You should do everything it can to prevent mosquito bites. If you can, sleep in a room with screens on the windows and doors. Use a protective mosquito on her bed. At dusk, wear lightcoloured pants and shirts with long sleeves.

Malaria is a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium. The symptoms are varied, starting with fever 8 to 30 days after infection, accompanied or not, headache, muscle aches, diarrhea, weakness and cough.

Quiz What is malaria? a) A disease caused by plasmodium. b) A virus c) A common cold.

Quiz How do you avoid the mosquito spung? a) Taking a pill. b) Drinking a glass of water. c) Sleeping with mosquito nets on windows and doors.

Quiz What does the treatment depend on? a) As dark as you are b) how bad you are c) If you itchy

Quiz Where is there malaria? a) The India, South America,... b) Spain, France,... c)The USA, Portugal,...

Quiz What are the symptoms? a) Laughter and high fever b) Fever, chills, sweating and headache. c) Hot and fever.

THE END Laura S. C, Zaira, Sandra and Carolina.