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Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites spread by night-biting Anopheles mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable but can be severe if untreated. Symptoms: Fever with chills and sweats, headache, body aches and tiredness, often in cycles, usually 10–15 days after a bite. Get a malaria test for any fever after travel to or living in a malaria area; severe malaria (drowsiness, fits, breathlessness) is an emergency. generated by SI from cited sources · general information, not a diagnosis · consult a health professional
Sources: World Health Organization · Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division · SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased)
Malaria is a serious disease caused by a parasite. You get it when an infected mosquito bites you. Malaria is a major cause of death worldwide, but it is almost wiped out in the United States.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
Fever with chills and sweating, often in cycles, headache, body ache, nausea, tiredness.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
Plasmodium parasites (P. vivax and P. falciparum in Nepal) spread by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes, mostly at night.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
EMERGENCY, go now: confusion, fits, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, dark urine, yellow eyes, unable to drink, severe weakness. Any fever after travel to a malaria area needs a test the same day.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) or thick and thin blood smear, which also gives the species.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
Antimalarial medicine chosen by species and severity under the national treatment protocol; severe malaria is treated in hospital. No dosing information is given here.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
Insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor spraying, repellent, covering up at dusk; preventive medicine for travellers on advice.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
Nepal targets malaria elimination. Remaining local transmission is in some Terai and inner Terai districts; many cases are imported from India. EDCD runs the National Malaria Programme.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
WHO malaria guidelines 2023
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/malaria.html; https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Malaria; Guideline: WHO malaria guidelines 2023; https://edcd.gov.np
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