Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium. The disease is transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes infected with the parasite. In the human body, the parasites Plasmodium proliferate in the liver and then red blood cell infection that eventually causes the sufferer to experience symptoms of malaria in patients with influenza-like symptoms, if not treated it will be more severe and complications can occur that culminate in death.
The disease occurs in most tropical and subtropical areas where Plasmodium parasites can grow well so is the vector Anopheles mosquitoes. Area south of the Sahara in Africa and Papua New Guinea in Oceania are the places with the highest incidence of malaria.
Based on the data in the world, malaria kills one child every 30 seconds. Approximately 300-500 million people are infected and about 1 million people die from this disease every year. 90% of the deaths occur in Africa, especially in children.
For its findings on the cause of malaria, a French military doctor Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran get Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medical in 1907.
Causes of Malaria
Malaria caused by the parasite, which is the plasmodium. Major media to prevent spread of the disease that is the female Anopheles mosquito. Mosquitoes are infected by the parasite plasmodium from bites committed against a person who is already infected with this parasite. Mosquitoes will be infected for one week until the next mealtime. At the time of eating, then this mosquito bites another person once injected into the blood parasite Plasmodium person until that person will be infected with malaria.
There are four types of plasmodium can menginfeksi people, among which were:
- Plasmodium ovale
- Plasmodium malariae
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Plasmodium vivax
Of cases of malaria worldwide, concluded that the type of plasmodium vivax is most often found in patients who attacked this disease. The Plasmodium falciparum is the most significant contributor to mortality in malaria that attacked people in the world that is around 90%.
How to Prevent Malaria
Malaria is transmitted by nyamuh so we should take care of themselves as well as within some time so there are no mosquitoes that breed. If you're visiting the famous places as the onset of malaria, chloroquine drug drink that works to prevent the entry of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in the body.
Nanda for Malaria
- Imbalanced Nutrition Less Than Body Requirements
- Risk for Infection
- Hyperthermia
- Altered tissue perfusion
- Deficient Knowledge
