Name: Jasmin David

Date: 10/20/14

Malaria: Physicians Report

Date of Outbreak: September, 2014
Location: San Francisco, CA
A Physician is a professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting,
maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease,
injury, and other physical and mental impairments. They may focus their practice on certain
disease categories, types of patients, or methods of treatment known as specialist medical
practitioners or assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive
medical care to individuals, families, and communities known as general practitioners.

Question 1: What is Malaria?

Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite that commonly
infects a certain type of mosquito which feeds on humans. People who get malaria are typically
very sick with high fevers, shaking chills, and flu-like illness.This disease is transmitted by
mosquitos. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012, December 12). The Disease.

Question 2: How do you know if you have the disease?

Most people, at the beginning of the disease, have fever, sweats, chills, headaches,
malaise, muscles aches, nausea, and vomiting. Malaria can very rapidly become a severe and
life-threatening disease. The surest way for you and your health-care provider to know whether
you have malaria is to have a diagnostic test where a drop of your blood is examined under the
microscope for the presence of malaria parasites. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(2012, December 12). The Disease.

Question 3: Who gets this disease?

Any kind of person residing in or traveling to a country where malaria is prevalent is at
risk for contracting the disease. Malaria is spread by the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
Department of Health. Malaria.

Question 4: What countries?

The disease malaria is found on every continent of the world except Antartica. Regular
transmission every year mainly only occurs in Central and South America, Africa, parts of the
Middle East, Asia and parts of Oceania/the Pacific Islands. Uniting Against Malaria. (2011,
december 11). Malaria.

Question 5: How to avoid malaria?

To prevent malaria involves protecting yourself against mosquito bites and taking
antimalarial medicines. Medicines to prevent malaria depends on the geographic region where
you may be exposed to malaria and your health condition. WebMD. (2013, April 11).

Question 6: How do they cure it?

Medicine can prevent malaria and is needed to treat the disease. Several things
influence the choice of medicine choice is base on the specific parasite causing the infection,
how bad the infection is, your condition (such as age, pregnancy, allergies, or health problems),
medicine resistance of the parasite found in the geographic area where you were infected.
WebMD. (2014, January 23). Malaria.

Overall Recommendations
It is recommended that, if people stay clean and is responsible to their environment then
it can help countries to reduce the spreading of the malaria disease. People should be advised
to avoid areas where malaria and mosquitoes are present if you are at higher risk and use
flying-insect spray indoors around sleeping areas. The most effective method of preventing
malaria is to stay inside when it is dark outside, preferably in a screened or air-conditioned room
and wear protective clothing (long pants and long-sleeved shirts

VISUAL

This guy lived in Algeria (North Africa, near the Mediterranean sea), where
approximately most people die in the disease called Malaria. He lives in an urban area. He have
some neighbors that had a very dirty backyard which is next to his. After a few weeks he notices
that some he have some insect bites but, he doesn't know what insects is it. He got sick for a
few weeks and skipped work a lot for he had an excuse to not work. He went in the hospital to
get checked. The results are: his blood platelets went down and he has a high fever and a chill.
He wondered why. His house is clean, his backyard is clean everything is free from mosquito to
live in.The only thing he do is relax in his backyard everyday after work. What he doesnt know
is there is a dirty canal next to his backyard where mosquitos multiply and spread.