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Symptoms of Malaria - know the symptoms of malaria‎.

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Symptoms of Malaria - know the symptoms of malaria‎. What is malaria? Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a plasmodium parasite and spread by the Anopheles mosquito. In 2015, there were 214 million cases of and 438,000 deaths due to malaria. What is malaria? Malaria is a serious, sometimes fatal, disease spread by mosquitoes and caused by a parasite. Malaria was a significant health risk in the U.S. until it was eliminated by multiple programs in the late 1940s. The illness presents with flu-like symptoms that include high fever and chills. There are three necessary aspects to the malaria life cycle: The Anopheles mosquito carries the parasite and is where the parasite starts its life cycle. The parasite (Plasmodium) has multiple subspecies, each causing a different severity of symptoms and responding to different treatments. The parasite first travels to a human's liver to grow and multiply. It then travels in the bloodstream and infects and destroy...

What's Causing My Yellow Skin?

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What's Causing My Yellow Skin? :-  jaundice What is jaundice ? Jaundice is a term used to describe a yellowish tinge to the skin and the whites of the eye. Body fluids may also be yellow.  The color of the skin and whites of the eyes will vary depending on levels of bilirubin. Bilirubin is a waste material found in the blood. Moderate levels lead to a yellow color, while very high levels will appear brown. About 60 percent of all babies in the United States (U.S.) have infant jaundice. However, jaundice can happen to people of all ages and is normally the result of an underlying condition. Jaundice normally indicates a problem with the liver or bile duct. In this article, Today will discuss what jaundice is, why it happens, and how it is diagnosed . What is jaundice? Jaundice is caused by a buildup of bilirubin, a waste material, in the blood. An inflamed liver or obstructed bile duct can lead to jaundice, as well as other underlying conditions. Symptom...

Dengue Fever :- What is dengue fever? What causes dengue fever?

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Dengue Fever :-  What is dengue fever? What causes dengue fever? Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as   headach e , fever, exhaustion, severe muscle and  joint pain ,  swollen lymph nodes ( lymphadenopathy ), and rash. The presence of fever,  itchy  rash, and  headache  (the "dengue triad") is characteristic of dengue. Other signs of dengue fe ver include  bleeding gums , severe  pain  behind the eyes, and red palms and soles. Dengue (pronounced DENG-gay) can affect anyone but tends to be more severe in people with compromised immune systems. Because it is caused by one of five serotypes of the dengue virus, it is possible to get dengue fever multiple times. However, an attack of dengue produces immunity for a lifetime to that particular viral serotype to which th...