Malaria is a protozoan disease transmitted by the bite of infected Anopheles

mosquitoes,is the most important of the parasitic diseases of humans. This

infection prevalence rose in many parts of the tropics. Four species of the
genus Plasmodium cause nearly all malarial infections in humans. These are P.
falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae.
Human infection begins when a female anopheline mosquito inoculates
plasmodial sporozoites from its salivary gland during a blood meal. Malaria is a
very common cause of fever in tropical countries. The first symptoms of
malaria are nonspecific; the lack of a sense of well-being, headache, fatigue,
abdominal discomfort, and muscle aches followed by fever are all similar to the
symptoms of a minor viral illness. In some instances, a prominence of
headache, chest pain, abdominal pain, arthralgia, myalgia, or diarrhea may
suggest another diagnosis. Nausea, vomiting, and orthostatic hypotension are
common
The principal complications of malaria are cerebral malaria, hypoglycemia,
acidosis, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, renal impairment, hematology
abnormal, liver dysfuction and other complications.
When a patient in or from a malarious area presents with fever, thick and thin
blood smears should be prepared and examined immediately to confirm the
diagnosis and identify the species of infecting parasite. The diagnosis of
malaria rests on the demonstration of asexual forms of the parasite in stained
peripheral-blood smears.
The treatment with chloroquine is the most common used in the world for the
infected patients with malaria
Is very important that familys doctor in the diagnosis of malaie because it can
prevent possible grove complication.