Malaria is caused by Plasmodium - a single-celled parasite that is transmitted through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Typically, you can see the symptoms of Malaria 8-25 days after the mosquito bite. Dengue, on the other hand, is also transmitted by a mosquito bite - the Aedes mosquito to be precise. These mosquitoes transmit the disease by biting and spreading the blood of people infected by the Dengue virus, usually in the early morning or at dusk.

What Are the Different Signs and Symptoms of Malaria and Dengue?

Although both Malaria and Dengue are mosquito-borne diseases, there are a few fundamental differences between the two.


Symptoms of Malaria

Malaria will generally exhibit symptoms such as:

Fever and chills.
Headaches.
Nausea and vomiting.
Muscle pain and fatigue.
You can prevent further escalation of Malaria by looking out for the below changes :

During malaria, red blood cells die rapidly and the spleen is often not equipped to keep up with the demand of RBCs, thereby leading to organ failure.
Look out for changes in your spleen that may exhibit symptoms like pain in the upper left abdomen, feeling full without eating, frequent infections or fatigue.
Also, make it a point to track your temperature, if it rapidly rises above 40 degrees C and beyond, and is followed by chills and sweating, it is mostly likely Malaria Fever.


Symptoms of Dengue

Dengue will show similar symptoms of high fever, fatigue, and nausea, but some of them stand out, such as:

Pain behind the eyes.
Swollen glands.
Rashes.

Dengue fever results in a drop of your white blood cells and platelet count, from 150,000 - 400,000 lakhs to as low as 20,000-40,000. This happens because the Dengue virus can damage your bone marrow, which is the primary platelet-producing centre of the body and can generate antibodies that destroy the platelets.


Look out for warning signs like intense headaches especially if they are accompanied by gnawing or throbbing pains as they could be a result of excessive internal bleeding caused due to a capillary burst.


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