Swamp fever, it was so called earliermalaria, belongs to the group of infectious diseases. It is registered, as a rule, in the southern countries of the African continent. The infection is transmitted by the bites of malarial mosquitoes.
That is why in the Europeanstates, the disease is usually imported. Every year, according to medical statistics, more than a million malaria cases terminate. The source of infection can serve as a parasitic carrier, and a sick person.
Malaria. Symptoms of the disease
The characteristic feature of malaria isfebrile state. It arises when the blood concentration of parasites reaches a certain level. There are four main forms of this disease. They are caused by various pathogens. There are three- and four-day, oval, and also tropical malaria. Symptoms in all these forms are the same. The patient has fever, anemia and spleen. In this case, each of the forms of the disease is caused by a specific type of pathogen.
Periods of the disease
Malaria is referred to as polycyclic-type infections. Its course is characterized by four periods:
- primary latent (incubation);
- a period that is characterized by primary acute manifestations;
- secondary latent;
- the period of relapses.
The acute period that comes to replaceIncubation, is characterized by recurrences of fever attacks. When they occur, a clear change of states occurs. Chills replace fever. She is replaced by a state of increased sweating.
During the acute period from thirty minutes toHalf an hour a patient may experience chills. In this case, a person, despite the increase in body temperature, can not keep warm. There is cyanosis of the extremities. This is also characteristic of a disease such as malaria. Symptoms of an acute period are manifested in increased heart rate and increased blood pressure. In this case, the patient's breathing becomes superficial.
After the chill comes the state of fever.The patient gets warm. The temperature of his body rises to 40-41 degrees. This period is characterized by redness of the patient's face. In this case, the skin becomes hot and dry. They also note increased psychoemotional excitability at this stage of the disease, which is malaria. Symptoms of this condition: anxiety, agitation, confusion, headaches and emerging seizures.
Feverish period gives way to stateincreased sweating. The patient calms down and quickly falls asleep. After this, the stage of apraxia follows. During this period, the patient will maintain a satisfactory condition and normal temperature. However, with a certain cyclicity, seizures will have a repetition.
Malaria patients develop anemia andthere is an increase in the liver and spleen. It affects the infection of the cardiovascular, hematopoietic, genitourinary and nervous systems. The secondary (latent) period occurs after ten to twelve acute attacks.
Treatment of the disease
The means to get rid of malaria,Little. The most proven and reliable drug is "Quinine". Effective and an extract of annual wormwood. It contains the curative substance artemisinin. However, this tool is rarely used due to its high cost.
