A cluster of imported malaria outbreaks has occurred in some provinces. What kind of disease is this?

According to relevant media reports, imported malaria clusters have occurred in some provinces. In fact, when it comes to malaria, everyone is familiar with it, because in the last era, due to unsatisfactory conditions and hygiene, malaria was very easy to occur.

What kind of disease is malaria?

The source of malaria infection is malaria patients and carriers of Plasmodium. It is transmitted through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito, or through the transfusion of blood containing Plasmodium or from mother to child. When a patient suffers from malaria, he or she will have chills, high fever, sweating and fever, with attacks occurring once a day or every other day or every three days, accompanied by headache, body aches, nausea and vomiting. In more severe cases, the spleen and stomach may become enlarged.

And this disease can be transmitted not only between people, but also between animals. Among the animals that carry malaria pathogens are primates, rodents, birds and reptiles . Moreover, children are more likely to be infected by such diseases, because children themselves are still in the developmental stage and the functions of various organs in the body are not yet perfect, so it is easy to induce the occurrence of such diseases.

How to prevent malaria?

1. If the patient lives in a place with a lot of mosquitoes, he can take some anti-mosquito measures to prevent it. Such as hanging mosquito nets, using mosquito killer lamps, etc. You can wear long pants and long shirts every day. ?

2. If you travel or go out, you must avoid malaria-infected areas.

3. Prevention through drugs is also one of the most commonly used methods at present. Take intermittent preventive medication and use anti-malaria drugs once a week, especially if some people are already in areas with high incidence of malaria. At this time, corresponding drugs must be taken to achieve preventive measures, which can effectively reduce the infection of high-risk groups. Although prevention can also be achieved through drugs, drugs should not be taken indiscriminately and must be taken under the guidance of a doctor.

4. Medical care is now relatively good, and relevant vaccines are currently available, so relevant vaccines can be injected in advance to achieve prevention.