How to recognize malaria ?
Symptoms of malaria One of the first symptoms is fiver accompanied with chill, rigor and followed by sweating. These symptoms recur at regular intervals (daily, 48 or 72 hours). If the person has had these symptoms, then it could be malaria. See the doctor or the health worker as soon as possible. The danger signs of severe malaria are: changes in behaviour (convulsions; unconsciousness; drowsiness; confusion; inability to walk, sit, speak, or recognize relatives); repeated vomiting, inability to retain oral medication, inability to eat or drink; passage of small quantities of urine or no urine, or passage of dark urine; severe diarrhoea; unexplained heavy bleeding from nose, gums or other sotes; high fever (above 39˚ C); severe dehydration (loose skin and sunken eyes); anemia; and the whites of the eyes turning yellow.
