To be able to say for certain about malaria symptoms, one needs to know that the time between initial infection and when the symptoms appear ( the incubation period) varies.

9 to 14 days is the normal time of incubation, but symptoms may appear in as little as 7 days or after as long as 10 months with the virus just staying dormant in the body.

Causes of delayed manifestation.

The general good health of and body immunity of a person can lengthen the incubation period.

A person may be infected but show no signs because they happen to be on preventive medicine for malaria.

What is important to know is that especially at the onset, what are malaria symptoms may not follow a specific pattern and one should not strictly use the time factor as the basis for diagnosis. The infection could be present, showing little or no symptoms and yet continue to deteriorate because of staying unattended.

Symptoms

– high fevers

– chills

– nausea and vomiting

– appetite loss

– headaches

– sweating

– lethargy

– fatigue

– dry cough

– back pain and muscle pain

– enlarged liver and spleen

Get that fever properly diagnosed, it is the earliest sign of malaria. And keep in mind that an attack of the disease can be very subtle.

Severe malaria infection

Serious malarial symptoms will be experienced if the disease degenerates because it is left unattended. These include:

– yellowing of the eyes

– convulsions

– shock even coma

– Liver failure and kidney failure

– an altered mental state and the onset of cerebral malaria

Malaria is a killer disease. So go for proper diagnosis in case you experience some of the above listed malaria symptoms.