STUDY OF COMPLICATIONS OF MALARIA IN ADULTS PATIENTS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM BHOPAL

Abstract

Background: Malaria is a major health problem all over the globe. WHO recorded that 228 million people suffered and 405000 died due to malaria in 2018. Severity of malaria is known to be the cause of serious morbidity and mortality in poor population. Understanding of its current symptoms and associated complication can help in early diagnosis.

Aims and objectives: To study the malarial complications among the adult patients.

Materials and Methods: Hundred malaria patients were studied at Gandhi Medical College and associated with Hamidia Hospital from Jan 2019 to Dec 2019. For all the subjects’ medical history, demographic details and medical complications were recorded.

Results: Major symptoms at the time of admission were fever, nausea and headache. Major complications in SM patients were severe anemia, prostration, hyperpyrexia (9%) respiratory distress in (6%), thrombocytopenia (70%), low leukocyte count (21%), and cerebral malaria was recorded in 4%. No mortality was recorded during this study.

Conclusion: Severe anemia, prostration, hyperpyrexia, ARDS, thrombocytopenia and low leukocyte count are the major complications of SM.

Keywords: nausea, anemia, prostration, hyperpyrexia, thrombocytopenia