Signs and symptoms of malaria can be easily confused with the symptoms of flu illness. These symptoms are however more severe in malaria and if left untreated can lead to other diseases like anemia, and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) due to the excessive loss of red blood cells. Poorly, wrongly or a delay in the treatment of malarial infection can lead to severe side effects like kidney failure, coma, seizures, brain damage, mental confusion, and death.

Malaria symptoms begin to appear within 7-10 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Some types of malaria parasites can lie dormant in your body for up to a year before they are activated and cause a malarial infection. https://earthlydiets.com/malaria-symptoms-prevention-and-treatment/