Study of Clinical and Hematological Profile of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Maharashtra
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Malaria continues to be one of the important public health problems in India. As per the World Health Organization (WHO) report 2015, Southeast Asian region bears the second largest burden of malaria (10%), only being next to African region (88%). The present study is aimed at to study clinical and hematological profile of patient with Plasmodium vivax malarial infection. Materials and Methods: Cases satisfying WHO criteria of malaria included in the study population which included 100 patients admitted in Krishna Institutes of Medical Sciences. Results: A maximum number of cases (78%) were in between the age group of 18-50 years with the high incidence (38%) between the age group of 18-30 years and 67% male and 33% were female. Fever was the most common clinical manifestation present in 100% cases followed by nausea and vomiting in 42%, headache in 23%, myalgia in 19%, pain abdomen in 13%, joint pain in 12% cases, cough 8%, and dyspnea in 4%. Conclusion: Thrombocytopenia is a common complication seen in vivax malaria and is no longer a distinguishing feature between vivax and falciparum. The clinicians should be aware of this change and give as much attention to vivax malaria so that they can identify the early signs of complications and severe disease. This will help in reducing the morbidity and mortality in malaria.
Authors and Affiliations
Swati Aundhakar, Piyush Prajapati, Shakuntala Prajapati, Aditya Aundhakar, Divyen Kothia, Dany John, Akshay Shrisath, Mohit Khatri
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