Malaria is spread through mosquitoes that transmit parasites to humans when they sting.\u00a0Malaria is found in many countries in Africa, South America, and Asia, and the risk of being infected is greatest in Africa.\u00a0The disease is serious and can be life-threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the disease breaks out, the symptoms come quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are common symptoms of malaria<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It usually takes between one to four weeks from the time you are infected until you get sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it can also take months, up to several years, before you become ill with malaria. This is because some mosquitoes from the mosquito can hide in the liver for a shorter or longer period without giving symptoms before they infect the blood. When this happens, you get fever peaks every two to three days, but can be fever-free in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seek immediate medical attention if you experience high fever during a trip abroad in\u00a0countries\u00a0where malaria<\/strong> is present.\u00a0You should also seek care if you fall ill, even if you have taken preventative medicine.\u00a0For current information, you can read more on the\u00a0website of the Public Health Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a high fever up to three months after traveling where the disease is present, you should immediately seek care in the emergency room, primarily in hospitals with an infection clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are different types of malaria, but all types are spread by mosquitoes that transmit parasites to humans when they sting.\u00a0The malaria<\/em> mosquito usually stings in the evening and night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Malaria does not infect people directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The disease is found in many countries in Africa, South America, and Asia.\u00a0The risk of being infected is greatest in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To avoid getting infected, it is important that you protect yourself from mosquito bites.\u00a0You should use mosquito pins in the evening and mosquito nets over the bed or air conditioning.\u00a0There should be mosquito nets for windows and doors.\u00a0 Rapid treatment with malarial drugs<\/span> is vital.\u00a0As a rule, hospital care is needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Malaria is spread through mosquitoes that transmit parasites to humans when they sting. Malaria is found in many countries in Africa, South America and Asia, and the risk of being infected is greatest in Africa. The disease is serious and can be life-threatening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,881,1014],"tags":[658,1084,1085,1086],"class_list":["post-770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-infections","category-unusual-infections","tag-infections","tag-malaria","tag-symptoms-of-malaria","tag-treatment-of-malaria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2952,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions\/2952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you get sick when you get home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
This is how malaria is infected<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Where is malaria?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How can I prevent malaria?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes you need to take\u00a0medicines for preventive purposes.\u00a0Often it is important to continue taking the drug even after you have returned home.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTreatment for malaria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n