Malaria||Cause of malaria||symptoms of malaria



Malaria
Malaria is a viral disease.which is cause by different type of viruses.malaria cause serious health issue.
Cause of malaria
Malaria is caused by parasite called malarial plasmodium.there are four type of malarial plasmodium
 》Plasmodium vivax
 》Plasmodium falciparum
》 Plasmodium ovale 
 》Plasmodium malaria
Plasmodium falciparum kill one million peopleeach year.nearly all falciparum are now ressisent to chloroquine and an many areas of the world also resistant to fansidar.
Symptoms of malaria
There are many symptoms of malaria  by which it digonose.some of them are followimg:
 》Usually there is fever with chill.
 》There may b headache,body ach,malasia,and hepategaly.
 》There may be three stages of each attack:
☆cold stage:patient feels cold and weare blanket
☆Hot stage:patient feels hot and throw blanket
☆sweating stage:sweating starts on body of patient and fever lowers.
 》In vivax malaria,episode of fever is on each second day,while in falciparum malaria fever may be continous.
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