Emergency999112Kenya Red Cross 1199

Conditions A-Z

Malaria

From Wikidata and MedlinePlus; a guide, not a diagnosis.

Usual symptoms

  • Anemia
  • A fever (feeling hot, with chills or sweats)
  • Yellow eyes or skin
  • Coma
  • Splenomegaly
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Chills or shivering
  • A fever that comes and goes in waves
  • Fevers that come back every few weeks
  • Headaches
  • Vomiting
  • Nausea (feeling sick)
  • Muscle aches
  • Heavy sweating
  • Tiredness that rest does not fix
  • Diarrhoea (loose or watery stools)

Red ones can be signs of an emergency: get help at once.

Having some of these does not mean you have this condition: many conditions share the same symptoms.

Who to see

  • A clinic for infections

Related health checks

Fever check · Protection check: tests and vaccines

Read more

  • Malaria MedlinePlus
    Malaria is a serious disease caused by a parasite. You get it when an infected mosquito bites you. Malaria is a major cause of death worldwide, but it is almost wiped out in the United States. The disease is mostly a problem in developing …
  • Mosquito Bites MedlinePlus
    Mosquitoes are insects that live all over the world. There are thousands of different species of mosquitoes; about 200 of those live in the United States.Female mosquitoes bite animals and humans and drink a very small amount of their bloo…
  • Global Health MedlinePlus
    The spread of a disease doesn't stop at a country's borders. With more people living in crowded cities and traveling to other countries, it's easier for germs to spread. Infectious diseases that start in one part of the world can quickly r…

Search MedlinePlus for “Malaria” · Symptom guide · Health checks

Symptoms, specialties, risk factors and codes from Wikidata (CC0 public domain); reading from MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine. A guide, not a diagnosis: please see a health worker.