Mlr 1

Question 1

What is malaria?

Answer 1

Malaria is a mosquitoe - borne blood disease spread by a female anopheles mosquito , in which the parasite goes directly to the liver and destroy the red blood cells. It also destroy the immune system.

Question 2

What is the causatic agent and vector of a malaria?

Answer 2

Plasmodium specie is the causatic agent and the female anopheles is the vector

Question 3

When does the symptoms usually begins?

Answer 3

The symptoms usually begins 10 to 15 days after initial mosquitoe bite

Question 4

What does malaria do to pregnant woman?

Answer 4

Infant mortality, miscarriage and low weight.

Question 5

Severe malaria is caused by?
What are the species of plasmodium?

Answer 5

Severe malaria is caused by P. Falciparum.
P. Falciparum, P. Vivax, P. Ovale, P. Malariae are the species of plasmodium.

Question 6

Malaria is usually confirmed by?
The complication in malaria are?

Answer 6

Malaria is usually confirmed by the examination of blood or antigen detection tests.
Seizures, coma, organ failure, anemia and cerebral malaria are the complications of malaria

Question 7

List the prevention and treatment of malaria.

Answer 7

Mosquitoe nets, insect repellent,improved sanitation, mosquitoe control and medication are the prevention.
Malaria is treated with antimalarial medications.

Question 8

What is the full meaning of
RDT, ACT

Answer 8

Rapid diagnostic tests.
Artemisinin combination therapy.

Question 9

What are the main symptoms of malaria?

Answer 9

Central-Headache. Systematic - fever.Skin- chills and sweating. Back-pain. Respiratory-dry cough.spleen - enlargement. Stomach - nausea and vomiting Muscular - fatigue, pain. Anaemia

Question 10

Initial manifestation common to all malaria species resemble other conditions such as?

Answer 10

Sepsis, gastroenteritis and viral diseases.