Malaria Disease Lab Report

Malaria Disease The Malaria disease made its first appearance more than 4000 years ago. It used to be one of the diseases that people feared the most. About 655,000 people die from Malaria in 2010, about 200 people per day. In that year, 90% of the deaths occurred in the WHO region, Africa. Most of the Africans were women and children under the age of 5. (World Heath Organization, 2012) First of all, to know that u have Malaria, your body will start acting strange. You will get a headache, a high fever, your back and muscles will feel pain and your coughs will be dry. Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium. The parasites grow in our liver and then they attack our red blood cells. (Malaria Symptoms and causes , 2011) The female Anopheles mosquito is the one that most people get the disease from. The disease can be transmitted through blood transfusion, organ transplant, or any connection with blood. (Malaria Symptoms and causes , 2011) I think that the best methods of protection against Malaria are Doxycycline and Taking anti malaria medications for malaria prophylaxis. This can help stop the disease from spreading. Even though mosquito nets can be used to stop or slow down Malaria, it has both advantages and disadvantages against many factors. Science can be used to solve the malaria problem. It can be used to create cures and vaccines to kill the Malaria inside your body or even stop it from going airborne. Using Doxycycline to prevent Malaria has many disadvantages in different factors. In our social life, the protection might not be that strong and we could transmit it. For example, Women who are pregnant cannot use this drug, so does children under 8 years old. Sometimes, we also don’t want to take medicines every day. Another disadvantage of it is against your health. Most people that doxycycline are afraid that they might have an upset stomach. Also, if you use this drug and stay out in the sun too long, you will have in increased risk if