Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition

Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition 3(2+1)

Lesson 19:Fevers – Causes, types, dietary management

Malaria

Four species of the genus plasmodium are responsible for human malaria. P. vivax, P. malaria, P.ovale and P. falciparum.

Signs and symptoms:

Shaking chills (the cold stage), fever (the hot stage) to 41°C or higher and the sweating stage.

Associated symptoms include fatigue, headache, dizziness, gastrointestinal symptoms (anorexia, nausea, mild diarrhoea, and vomiting, abdominal cramps) myalgia, arthralgia, backache and dry cough.

Diet:

Dietary management is same as that of fever.