Malaria: Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis

As the rainy season picks up so will Malaria 🦟🦟🦟. Watch the video and learn how you could protect yourself and your family. Stay healthy and stay safe.
Dr Dosunmu Jubril.
Southern Shore Hospitals.

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Malaria is a life-threatening mosquito-borne blood disease transmitted to humans by the Anopheles mosquito

Once an infected mosquito bites a human, the parasites multiply in the host’s liver before infecting and destroying red blood cells.

In some places, early diagnosis can help treat and control malaria. However, some countries lack the resources to carry out effective screening.

Dr Dosunmu Jubril reveals mosquitoes are just the transporters of malaria while human beings are the major carriers of the disease.

According to him, Malaria is being over-diagnosed hence its popularity as its symptoms are similar to the majority of other diseases such as chills, general feeling of discomfort, headache, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, Abdominal pain, Muscle or joint pain

It’s not advisable to treat malaria with just one medicine because it’s quick to build resistance turning the drug ineffective