Clinical Manifestations of Cerebral Malaria
Malaria is clinically characterized by paroxysmal attacks of fever, and periodic, accompanied by anemia, enlargement of the spleen and sometimes with pernicious complications such as jaundice, diarrhea, black water fever, acute tubular necrosis, and cerebral malaria. In parasitology known 4 genus Plasmodium, the clinical characteristics of different forms of the fever, namely: Plasmodium vivax , clinically known as benign tertian malaria caused the fever attacks that arise every 3 days. Plasmodium malariae , also known clinically as well as Malaria Quartana arising because of the fever attacks every 4 days. Plasmodium ovale , clinically known as Malaria ovale, with no fever typical pattern every 2-1 days. Plasmodium falciparum , clinically known as Malaria tropicana or malignant tertian malaria causes the fever attacks which usually occur every 3 days with more severe symptoms than other species of plasmodium infection. Cerebral malaria is a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum