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WHAT IS MALARIA?
Malaria is a life-threatening tropical disease spread by mosquitoes.
It is one of the world's biggest killers, claiming the life of a child every two minutes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Most of these deaths occur in Africa, where 250,000 youngsters die from the disease every year.
Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, of which five cause malaria.
The Plasmodium parasite is mainly spread by female Anopheles mosquitoes.
When an infected mosquito bites a person, the parasite enters their bloodstream.
Symptoms include:
Fever
Feeling hot and shivery
Headaches
Vomiting
Muscle pain
Diarrhoea
These usually appear between a week and 18 days of infection, but can taken up to a year or occasionally even more.
People should seek medical attention immediately if they develop symptoms during or after visiting a malaria-affected area.
Malaria is found in more than 100 countries, including:
Large areas of Africa and Asia
Central and South America
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Parts of the Middle East
Some Pacific Islands
A blood test confirms a diagnosis.
In very rare cases, malaria can be spread via blood transfusions.
For the most part, malaria can be avoided by using insect repellent, wearing clothes that cover your limbs and using an insecticide-treated mosquito net.
Malaria prevention tablets are also often recommended.
Treatment, which involves anti-malaria medication, usually leads to a full recovery if done early enough.
Untreated, the infection can result in severe anaemia. This occurs when the parasites enter red blood cells, which then rupture and reduce the number of the cells overall.
And cerebral malaria can occur when the small blood vessels in the brain become blocked, leading to seizures, brain damage and even coma.
Source: NHS Choices
In a snapshot of the map from the year 2000 large areas of Africa are glowing yellow and even red in parts, which shows more than around 60 per cent of children between two and 10 have malaria parasites in their blood
Fascinating time-lapse map of the world shows how malaria has moved since 2000 | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7159319/Fascinating-time-lapse-map-world-shows-malaria-moved-2000.html
เชื้อรา C. auris ดื้อยา มีประเทศไทยติดโผกับเขาด้วย เหตุที่น่าเป็นห่วงเพราะ
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สาเหตุหลักที่ทำให้เชื้อรา C.auris ดื้อยา ส่วนหนึ่งเกิดจากการใช้ยาฆ่าเชื้ออย่างพร่ำเพรื่อ
the risk is higher if you are in a hospital for a long time or if you are in a nursing home, and patients who are in intensive care are much more likely to get a C. auris infection.
The risk of picking up an infection is also higher if you have been on antibiotics a lot, because the drugs also destroy good bacteria that can stop C. auris getting in.
Candida auris: The new superbug on the block - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49170866
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