Malaria

Alternate Name:

Test:

Blood smear microscopy (+), S.bilirubin (H),(+), Hb (L), WCC (N or L), platelets (L),VDRL (false + or N), S.AST (H), S.ALT (H)

Sign:

Jaundice, cachexia, chloasma, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly

Dd:

Typhus, amoebiasis, typhoid, relapsing fever, hep-atitis, dengue fever, septicaemia, hypoglycaemia, meningitis, CNS lesions, pneumonia, viral infec­tions, encephalitis, drugs, leptospirosis, schistoso­miasis, lymphoma, leishmaniasis, Lassa fever

Phys:

Infection of red blood cells by Plasmodium genus, injected by Anopheles mosquito that acts as a transmitter from host to host Characterised by fevers, chills, malaise, spleno­megaly and anaemia