Malaria | Malaria Awareness Challenge

Good day steemians today I will be taking part on @ahsansharif contest titled
Malaria | Malaria Awareness Challenge

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What is Malaria?

Malaria is a serious disease caused by parasite from the plasmodium family and this disease are mainly spread to humans through the bites of infected female mosquitoes also called Anopheles.
When mosquitoes bites a person that has malaria,it can carry the sickness to another person . Malaria is a common disease in the tropical and subtropical areas affecting millions of people yearly. The symptoms of malaria do show up that a mosquito had bitten a person after 12 to 15 days of the bite and if not taken care of malaria can become severe and even life threatening.

What are the three symptoms of malaria explain it.

Fever
One of the main signs that a person has malaria in him can be detected through fever. And people with malaria often feel very hot and very cold sometimes too. Meaning that I can be high today and very low tomorrow depending on the type of mosquitoes that bite you.

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Headache
People who have malaria constantly have headache and it is quite painful and is often one of the symptoms that appears first when someone gets malaria or gets sick.

Chills
Chills are very common in malaria because many people feel cold and start shivering and this can cause their body to sweat profusely and their body temperature may not be constant.

How does malaria affect our lives?

Health burden

Malaria can be very serious that it can cause death and particularly among young growing children and pregnant women. Severe cases may lead to high complications like anemia which is called low blood or brain swelling.

Economic impact

The disease can be very expensive to treat in terms of when it gets very serious and many poor families may not be able to afford the money for it's treatment.

Social consequences Malaria can disrupt daily life as the affected individuals cannot participate or work .

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How to prevent malaria?

When we want to prevent malaria we should make use of good insecticide that can kill mosquitoes in the night.
Another one is wearing protective clothes like long sleeves and trousers which will not show out our skin for the mosquitoes to bite.
Use of mosquitoes creams can help to scare mosquitoes away from human body.
Environmental cleaning and management can help reduce mosquitoes because mosquitoes do leave in an environment that is dirty and unkept.

So thank you for reading my post I now call on @bonaventure24 @chiagoziee @ngoenyi
@josepha and @saintpaul17 to also take part in this contest

Cc @ahsansharif