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What is Malaria?

Malaria is caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted through infected mosquito bites. The disease's severity depends on the plasmodium species.

Typical Symptoms of Malaria

Diagnostic Questions for Malaria

Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this disease:

  • Have you experienced any seizures?
  • Do you have a fever?
  • Do you have a headache?
  • Do you excessively sweat at night and need to change clothes?
  • Is your headache interfering with your daily activities?

Treatment of Malaria

Malaria treatment involves anti-malarial drugs to combat the parasite. Travelers to areas with a high risk of malaria can take preventive anti-malarial medication before, during, and after their trip.

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Saqib Baig, MD, MS

Saqib Baig, MD, MS (Pulmonology, Critical Care, Internal Medicine)

Dr. Baig graduated from Army Medical College (NUST) Pakistan in 2007. He did his internal medicine training from Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the years 2009-2013. He joined the internal medicine faculty practice at Medical College of Wisconsin in USA for 2 years before pursuing advanced training. He completed his pulmonary disease and critical care medicine fellowship from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School from 2015-2018. | | During his fellowship, Dr. Baig completed his master's in health care services management through Rutgers Business School. He currently serves as the medical director of respiratory therapy and pulmonary function lab and the clinical director of the COPD program at the Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute at Thomas Jefferson University. He holds the Assistant Professor of Medicine rank at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Baig's interests lie in respiratory physiology, airways disease, and data science.

Yoshinori Abe, MD

Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal Medicine)

Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.

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  • History - considers past illnesses, surgeries, family history, and lifestyle choices.

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FAQs

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Sudden Fever? Why Your Blood Is Fighting Malaria & Medically Approved Next Steps

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Sudden fever with chills, sweats, body aches, or fatigue after recent travel or residence in a malaria area can mean your immune system is fighting malaria, a mosquito-borne parasite that invades and bursts red blood cells and causes cyclical fevers. Act now: get urgent medical care for a malaria blood test such as a blood smear or rapid test and prompt prescription treatment; malaria is serious but highly treatable when diagnosed early, and seek emergency help for red flags like confusion, trouble breathing, seizures, jaundice, severe weakness, or persistent vomiting. There are several factors to consider that can change your next steps, including parasite type, exposure location, and drug resistance; see the complete guidance below to choose the safest plan.

References:

* White NJ, Pukrittayakamee S, Hien TT, Faiz MA, Mokuolu OA, Dondorp AM. Malaria. Lancet. 2014 Mar 29;383(9918):723-35. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60024-0. Epub 2013 Nov 1. PMID: 24656124.

* Dondorp AM, Fanello CI, Krishna S, Pukrittayakamee S, Tarning J, White NJ. The Management of Severe Malaria. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jan 10;380(2):189-200. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1715454. PMID: 30625076.

* Ashley EA, Phyo AP, White NJ. The treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Lancet. 2021 Mar 27;397(10280):1196-1208. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32431-3. PMID: 33773121.

* Langhorne J, Ndungu FM, Sponsel N, Nottle L. Immunity to malaria: more questions than answers. Nat Immunol. 2023 Feb;24(2):236-243. doi: 10.1038/s41590-022-01402-w. PMID: 36720743.

* Rosário VE, Lameirão J, Viana M, Arez AP. Recent Advances and Challenges in Malaria Diagnosis. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Feb 11;13(4):659. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13040659. PMID: 36832168; PMCID: PMC9955762.

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Which is the best Symptom Checker?

Ubie’s symptom checker demonstrated a Top-10 hit accuracy of 71.6%, surpassing the performance of several leading symptom checkers in the market, which averaged around 60% accuracy in similar assessments.

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