Malaria Treatment FAQ:
Okay, so I can understand how cancer kills you, causes your cells to stop working right, I understand AIDS stops your immune system from working, and you die of something… etc. etc. etc. …. but how does someone die from a disease like Malaria or West Nile Virus etc? Like, specifically, what happens that causes them to die? Always been curious about this.
Okay, so I can understand how cancer kills you, causes your cells to stop working right, I understand AIDS stops your immune system from working, and you die of something… etc. etc. etc. …. but how does someone die from a disease like Malaria or West Nile Virus etc? Like, specifically, what happens that causes them to die? Always been curious about this.
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See, what happens is when you’re bit by a mosquito who carries Malaria, the parasites infect your body, traveling down to your liver, and reproducing more and more of these buggers.
What they do is attack, infect, and ultimately kill your blood cells, and then move to another.
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There are so many complications regarding treatment and the overall disease in itself.
malaria is said to have killed 50% of all the people that have ever lived on this planet. it can kill in as little as 24 hours. it’s a parasite.
The female anopheles mosquito harbors the malaria parasite (Plasmodium) in its tummy. There are several types of these parasites, but the most deadly of all is called Plasmodium falciparum. This parasite is responsible for up to 5 millions deaths in children in sub Sahara Africa, south America and Asia every year.
The mosquito injects saliva which contains the parasites into the blood circulation and they travel to the liver where they develop and multiply. After that the parasites rupture themselves out of the liver cells and they return to the blood circulation and they enter the red blood cells which they attack and destroy. Also red blood cells which contain the parasites do not travel in the circulation so they cause blockage of small blood vessels in the brain and lungs. The spleen also tend to filter out any abnormal red blood cells. The result of all this destruction of red cells, blockage vessels leads to lack of oxygen in the vital tissue like brain and lung. There is also anemia due to destruction of the red cells and pooling of blood in the tissue. Shock easily develop leading to further problems. The high fever and other chemical changes as a result of the massive red cell destruction all play their part.
All these can lead to specific condition in malaria such as cerebral malaria, lack of oxygen due to blockage of small vessels in the brain with coma followed by death is common. Black water fever where massive destruction of red blood cells lead large amount of bile pigments making the urine dark color. Finally hemolytic uremic syndrome, there is kidney shut down due to prolonged shock. Except for cerebral malaria, black water fever and hemolytic uremic syndrome are rare, but deadly.
Pellegrini Kitara-Okot
http:www.malariapreventiontips.com