STEEMALIVE PRESENT ProWritersHub-w3: Malaria, Causes, Effects, Symptoms And Prevention by @princesshope 27/07/2022.

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Introduction

Greatings fellow steemians it's get another topic in this wonderful contest and it's an honor for me to participate. It's my second entry for this contest and I will be talking about malaria, it's causes, symptoms, effects and ways to prevent it.

Malaria

Malaria is a disease caused by a plasmodium parasite transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito called Anopheles. Malaria is one of the most common disease around the world and we record more than 1.5 million cases per year in Nigeria.

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Types Of Malaria

  1. Plasmodium malariae
  2. Plasmodium vivax
  3. Plasmodium ovale
  4. Plasmodium knowles
  • Plasmodium malariae÷ is a disease caused by plasmodium parasite transmitted by the bite of infected mosquito. It's a disease that causes servere and life-threatening Malaria and this parasite is very common in Africa South of the Sahara desert.

  • Plasmodium ovale÷ this is a species of parasitic protozoa that causes malaria in humans. It is one of the five plasmodium species found in the year 1922 that can infect humans.

  • Plasmodium knowles÷ it is one of the parasite that causes malaria in humans and it is found throughout South Asia and it's the most common cause of human malaria in Malaysia.

Causes Of Malaria

Malaria can be caused due to dirty environment and storage of water around our environments.

Symptoms Of Malaria

A patient infected with malaria will have some symptoms such as sweeting,chills, muscle aches,nausea, headache and vomiting.

Effect Of Malaria

Malaria can cause anemia jaundice because of the loss of red blood cells which could lead to :

  • Kidney failure
  • Seizures
  • Mental confusion
  • Coma
  • Death

Ways To Prevent Malaria

  1. Apply mosquito repellent.
  2. Drap mosquito over beds.
  3. Treat clothing mosquito net and other fabrices with an insect repellent called permethrm.
  4. Clear every bush around you and always keep your drainages clean especially during the raing seasons.

Have You Ever Used Any Drug To Treat Malaria

Hmm I personally hate drugs and I don't like taking it especially malaria drugs because their are some malaria drugs that can smell for Africa even to the point where your sweet will be smelling like the drugs.

Conclusion

Malaria is one of the most deadliest disease that can lead to death if not treated on time but thank God it's a disease that can be treated. Thank you all for going through my post.

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Malaria it's a deadly disease and has killed so many persons since it's existence but today we can now cure it with the help of some drugs

My dear malaria is never a friend of man just that there is nothing we can do about it.

After reading through you post I just learnt about the types of malaria and there meaning,thank you for this very nice post.

You are very much welcome.

Thanks dear.

I really appreciate your article on this topic. Malaria is one of the diseases that kills more people in Africa. I already do one of the things you suggested below:

Drap mosquito over beds.

I cannot remember the last time I slept with a net. Even when I travel, I make sure that my host will provide a net. It is an effective way to prevent getting malaria.

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So it's Plasmodium malariae that has been attacking us all this while. It's interesting to learn about the types of malaria.

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Malaria can be caused due to dirty environment and storage of water around our environments.

Yes these are the basic causes of malaria we should stay aware about them and we have to stop malaria in our hometowns good work stay blessed

Thank you very much I appreciate your comment.

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Its my pleasure

Effect Of Malaria
Malaria can cause anemia jaundice because of the loss of red blood cells

This is just the fact. My doctor told me this when I was pregnant. I make sure i clear bushes around me to avoid this mosquito of a thing. Thanks.

I just learned about this during my research. Now, you have confirmed this too.

Malarial is one of the bad sickness people don't know some people don't know and it is not good to take it common

Malaria can indeed easily cause by dirty stagnant waters and uncleaned environment . Here this is very informative and educative .Thank you for sharing.