The Causes And Effects Of Malaria

In the world today, most people do not worry about diseases that are not in their country. There are millions of deaths each year because of malaria in Africa that is caused by a mosquito. Many of these deaths from this disease become unknown by the world. Malaria is a disease that kills many travelers and africans every year.

Many wonder “what is malaria?”. Malaria has been studied by Malaria No More and they're article says “Malaria is a disease of the blood that is caused by the Plasmodium parasite, which is transmitted from person to person by a female mosquito.” (“MalariaNoMore”). Malaria is transmitted by only the female the Anopheles mosquito. This disease can be serious and sometimes be fatal if the parasite is in the female mosquito.
The Mayo Clinic states that there is “severe shaking chills, high fever, sweating, and other signs and symptoms may include, vomiting and diarrhea”. These signs and symptoms have been in every case of malaria disease. As the symptoms of this disease are very common with symptoms of a cold or the flu there is some confusion as to which the person has a common cold or something worse. These signs and symptoms could be fatal and would needed to be advised by a physician. In some cases there are people who could go without any signs or symptoms not showing that they have the malaria disease, even though this disease could go unknown it is recommended to get a check up if you have traveled of live in parts of africa such as the
Even though malaria could be deadly there can be preventions you could take, The Health Poverty Action article states “to prevent malaria you need Insecticide-treated bed nets. Most malaria-carrying mosquitoes bite at night, so insecticide-treated mosquito nets can be a life-saving barrier”(HealthPovertyAction). These barrier nets blocks the mosquitoes from biting which also prevents the disease from spreading. Another prevention is to wear clothing that covers all parts of the skin at all times and to wear bug repellent that acts as a barrier says The News Medical Life Sciences “Simple measures like wearing covered clothes, using a mosquito net and using an insect repellent helps in preventing bites.” (NewsMedicalLifeSciences). These measures take malaria from being a top killer for travelers to being a big help in the mortality rate. These prevention steps help drastically but there are still many in parts of africa who are not able to take these percautions because of the expenses they do not